Met with my counselor today, and we talked a lot about my responsibility for taking care of myself. Really, it comes down to commitment.... I am the only one who is in charge of myself and my choices. I can choose to take care of myself, or I can choose not to. It is not up to my husband or anyone else to take care of me... it is totally and completely on me. I tend to blame people, events and/or situations for my downfall (talking weight loss here) or lack of ability to reach my goals, but instead I need to focus on the question "Am I taking care of myself?" If I am, then I need to just keep doing what I'm doing. Right now, for example, I am a bit frustrated with lack of movement on the scale.... but since I know that my nutrition is excellent and my exercise is on track, I need to just accept the number and move on to tomorrow. I AM taking care of myself, so the rest will follow. If I am faced with a situation that may make it difficult for me to continue to take care of myself as I need to, I will use the mantra that is the title of this post:
STOP. BREATHE. REFLECT. CHOOSE.
Every choice is mine to make, and I will own them. Hopefully more often than not, I will make the choice to take care of myself. I won't expect perfection, but I will be mindful of the process and make my choices knowing what the consequences may be.
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