Only 17 more days of work! If you haven't guessed, I'm a teacher and work is almost over for the summer. For those of you nay-sayers out there who think teachers don't need a summer break, well don't get me started! I for one know that if I didn't have a summer break, I'd go insane. You try being in a room with 30 mouthy, needy children for 182 days......
But I digress.
Yesterday was run a mile day. I didn't get to run because a)I'm having a hard enough time managing work commitments and actually getting sleep and b)I'm just super tired. Excuses, excuses. I should have been running 20 miles after eating that Pastel de Tres Leches one of my students brought on Monday! She decided we needed to have a Cinco de Mayo party in my classroom and so told her sister that she needed to bring a cake. Crazy kiddo! It was a fun and impromptu party and if you've never had a Tres leches cake, I strongly advise you NEVER NEVER NEVER to do so. It is quite possibly the most amazing cake I've ever had -- and I'm generally a chocolate fan so that is saying a lot!
And the tangent queen strikes again........
Back to the whole point of this blog! What's your WHY? Weird title. Yesterday during the run a mile day coverage on my local news network, this professional runner/trainer guy was on talking about exercise and getting healthy and losing weight. And he said something very subtly profound. He said something to this extent: we all have our who's, what's, when's and how's of our exercise and weight loss plans but often times we end up with really shaky WHY's. And at the end of the day, if you don't have a really good WHY (like one Fat Grl I know right now!), it gets hard to stick with the plan. How true are those words? I think we often underestimate the power of why we do things. I realize that that's one of the main reasons I've been treading water -- I've forgotten my why.
Thank you all for your kind words and support these last few weeks of me floundering. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to get a random email in my inbox with kind words of support or kicks in the arse. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Humbly yours,
FGS
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
What's your WHY?
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7 comments:
the cake sounds and looks sinful. if it were chocolate I might have an issue passing it up lol.. It is hard to come up with Whys.. but I know my why would be.. WHY? because I simpley must or I will die.. its simple really.. make changes.. try and be healthy .. move and eat the best I can.. and live longer.. thats my why..
Hooray for only 17 more days!!! My Ohio teacher peeps have 23 left and they to are in countdown mode.
Hang in there! You'll get yourself righted. I'm now going to ponder my why.
I wanted to be a teacher ... well I really wanted to be a lifetime student but teacher would be a close second. Unfortunately, I let myself get sucked into working for lawyers and now I can't give up the paycheck.
I'm still trying to figure out my WHY. I've been able to lose weight but can never keep it off. I need someone to teach me how to find my WHY.
I hope we can both stop floundering and figure out the WHY.
Woo Hoo ... 17 more days 'til VACATION! I'm jealous. :)
My WHY is because it dawned on me one day that there was no REAL reason why I couldn't become the person I am in my fanstasies. Why fantasize about being a healthy, athletic, energetic girl who runs and cycles when I could -gasp- ACTUALLY BECOME that person?
I guess I had a Dr. Phil moment or something and just realized that if I wasn't happy with who/what was looking back at me in the mirror then it was up to me to DO something about it.
It just seemed like a now or never point.
I might also add that I had started reading the blogs of a few really successful people that started out like me - Roni, Shauna and I realized that the only difference between them and me was that they had decided to do something to change their lives and that I (up to that point) had not. They made me see that it was actually possible. Then I found so many more like me at various stages of progress on this journey and it was so inspiring.
Love, love, love your blog.
Wait, did someone say cake? :-)
Hey stranger - I loved the topic of this blog, I think about what I need to do all the time, but really do get lost in the WHY sometimes. So, I'm going to make a notecard or a sticky (I do this a lot when I see something inspirational) and put it where I'll see it, to remind myself WHY exactly I am doing all of this.
Hope to see you back on the board soon - have missed you!
Oh, and if I had to sit for just an HOUR in a room with 30 mouthy and loud kids, I'd be needing a drink - so I really admire you and others who have that tolerance.
:-)
Hi :-)
I just started a new blog and need some buddies to cheer me on and vice-versa! Stop by and say hi if you'd like and I will do the same again!
Have a great weekend!
Jill
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