Stay Positive

Greetings Friends~

If you read this blog, you know that I am a TOTAL Biggest Loser groupie. Seriously, if I had to do away with every other television program BUT the Biggest Loser, I could do it. While I LOVE Survivor, Lost, The Amazing Race and 24, the Biggest Loser is my all time favorite.

I checked out Bob Harper's new book, Are You Ready!, from the library recently. This is the second Biggest Loser book that I have checked out and this one is every bit as excellent as the cookbook I read earlier.

I must say that I am surprised about the content and style of the book. Seeing Bob week after week on TV, I would never have thought that he "suffers" from some of the same problems that all of us do. I won't go into all the details because I don't want to ruin it for any of you that might read the book but let me say that he certainly has gone through many of the same feelings that most of us have concerning how we feel about ourselves. This really amazed me. I always assumed that he was some kind of Superman.

I've only read a few chapters so far. I really like how he stresses that if we are to succeed in losing weight, and be successful in our lives, that we should concentrate more on the positives and less on the negatives. I am in complete agreement with him on that.

Instead of berating myself for not working out all three days this weekend, I should be pleased that I went to the gym twice. What difference does it really make that I chose to skip my workout today and instead substituted four strenuous hours of work in the garden? Why punish myself for missing a workout when I should be giving myself positives about how much I accomplished? Why be depressed that I might not lose an extra pound this week when the better choice is to feel proud that I made some great progress in getting "the place" back in order?

There are so many good messages that we can give ourselves but we so seldom do. I think this is because we have programmed ourselves to focus on the negatives, at least I do. I could have done more. I could have eaten less. I should have do this. I should have done that.

Take a few minutes and make a short list of positive things about yourself. Once you have made that list, read it and see how you feel. Then, when you are in one of those moods where everything you do seems to get you down, take out that list and read it again. Maybe even add an item to it. Before you know it, you may find that you have realized that there are a LOT more positive things about you then they are negatives.

Remember...fat may be WHAT we are...but not WHO we are.

Inspiration of the Day

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, British-born American Inventor of Telephone

Recipe of the Day

Salmon is one of the few kinds of fish that I like to eat. Well, that's not really true. I would probably eat any fish if it is deep fried so let me say instead that salmon and halibut are two of the only kinds of fish that I like to eat that don't have to be covered in batter and deep fried. So here is yet another recipe for salmon that will put some variety in your diet. http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Grilled-Orange-and-Bourbon-Salmon-Fillets-159338

Today's Link

How Many Calories Do You Burn A Day (BMR Calculator)

I'm off to my weigh-in at Group Health. Today is another opportunity to show myself that I deserve better health and that I am strong enough to acheive it. Don't forget your small steps Travelers.

Happy Trails!