The small moments

Motivation: (from a cheerleader at work)

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In the small moments there are big opportunities.

For the small moments are where successful, fulfilled lives are built.
The small moments have great power because there are so very many of them.

Make wise, effective use of the small moments, and the impact can be enormous.
To harness the power of the small moments you must accept them for what they are.

To gain value from the small moments you must make use of them as they come.
One particularly effective strategy for making the most of the

small moments is to cultivate positive and productive habits.

Habits enable you to choose in advance what you will do with the

valuable load of small moments that will surely and steadily come your way.
Keeping yourself focused and disciplined only every now

and then is no great challenge and produces no great result.
However, when you can stay consistently and persistently focused on an objective,

there is no limit to the magnitude of what you can accomplish.
Though the small moments may seem trivial and not worth your attention,

they are in fact a crucial factor in the quality of your life.

Give your best to the small moments, for they are where much of life's greatest value is built.
- Ralph Marston

Diary:

D: cabbage rolls with pork & beef, also had some salmon
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B: sausage and eggs
S: canned chicken breast & mayo, rye crisps
L: protien bar and 4oz sliced beef
S: 4oz sliced beef, 3oz sliced cheeze, orange
G: elliptical 1.61 miles, 332+calories

(this was a weird day, as I had meetings, so had to take a really late lunch break, so my meals don't really look right, and they aren't, but the task was to eat something every few hours of the day to keep the body going. Tonight I am eating pizza from a place that is - made from scratch, including the sauce, the sausage and the dough. Not that this means it is healthier, but it has got lots of fresh stuff, including saurkraut. We will see if it is any good.)

Notes:

There is a guy, lets call him Scott, in the cubicle right next to mine. He is going to continue to be a motivation for me. He is about the same size ad shape as I am, he is overweight and has that pear-shape body. I think he could lose his weight, too, becuase his head and neck, arms and legs look normal, but his abdomen and belly are obese.

The point is not to put him down, but everytime I see him, I feel like I am looking in a mirror. I don't like the things that I think about when I see him, as I see an uncomfortable person who could be a lot better. I haven't talked to Scott about this, and I don't think I plan too. Maybe after I have lost 100lbs, I might just gently ask him how things are going in his life. Maybe I can help him, or just listen to his problems. I don't know how God is going to use this new plan.

Ok, now I feel a good cry coming on. This weight loss is going to take forever, and THAT SUCKS! I am re-reading the Motivation above. For the small moments are where successful, fulfilled lives are built. I have got to keep that in my mind. All I can do is what is right today, and plan for tommorow. I really can't focus too much on the final result, becuase it will overwhelm me.

Going from baggy 6x clothes to these 4x clothes adds a new issue. In the 6x clothes, a certain amount of fat was hidden and deciptive, now I am small enough to get into 4x clothes, but that hidden fat is now exposed, as the clothes are stretching around my huge belly. This is very frustrating as I am actually smaller, but my clothes don't reflect it, and I FEEL like I am going to burst. This has to look really akward to others. (oh well.)

more later. tommorow we will review the last three weeks, and remind everyone of the last weigh-in (Jan 30, 06) and current goals, in preperation for Measurement Day #3.

Chazz