Injuries, Setbacks, and...Transformation?

Injuries and setbacks seem to have become a way of life for me.  Interestingly enough my knee stopped hurting but now doesn't feel right.  I've tried to do a little bit of exercising this week and it went okay but I'm really understanding how the excess weight is effecting my recovery. 

I've become so used to being able to workout to lose weight.  It's also my stress relief but what do I do when I've been laid up for 10 weeks now.  To be perfectly honest I'd normally feel sorry for myself.  You know what?!  Feeling sorry for myself is why I'm in this situation. 

I feel like this is happening for a reason.  I've felt for a very long time now that getting my nutrition under control is going to be the key to my losing weight and keeping it off.  The problem is working out distracts me.  It's fun and it allows me to forget about the nutrition aspect of weight loss.  The problem is my body keeps breaking down.  Right now I can't do basic things, such as walking or riding a bike. 

You know how in the scriptures it talks a lot about people needing to be humbled to not only hear but listen?  I feel like this is what is happening with me. I hear the promptings to focus on the nutrition and I choose to ignore it.  Slowly everything that I love to do is being taken away.  It's a painful process physically and mentally.  Physically for obvious reasons. Mentally because I know I've done this to myself and I continue to do this to myself.

So then the question becomes what am I going to do about it?  Do I continue to feel sorry for myself?  No, not this time. 

I came up with a transformation agreement.

 

The original agreement is signed and dated.  It reminds me of what I want for my life and what I'm committed to.  One of those things is embracing physical challenges.  I won't dwell on what I can not do.  I'm going to focus on this things I can do, such as swimming and preparing healthy meals. 

 

I'm going to focus on the action steps I have developed that I believe will lead me to the transformation that I want.

 



My goal and what I'm saying will be transformation is to do these things within 80%.  It's not enough to hit 80% once.  I want a lasting transformation so I'm saying that I will have a true transformation when I hit 80% week after week without fail for 6 months. 

I've decided to accept where I'm at and not try to fight it or resist it.  I'll be honest with you I started at 21.02% the week of July 7, 2014.  I'm not going to put a label on what this means, I'm just going to accept that it is what it is.  We all have to start somewhere.  I tend to be a perfectionist so my goal isn't about being perfect and hitting the percentage right away, it's about continually improving so when I finally get to 80% I'll be able to sustain at least that percentage for the rest of my life. 

You might be wondering about the possible points I assigned to things.  Overall I picked the key things that I believe I need to do to truly transform my life.  I assigned a higher weight to those items that I really struggle with that I think are absolutely necessary to the transformation I want.

I choose to focus on what I can do.  If physical activity is out right now that is okay.  I believe that is what needs to happen right now.  If I'm being honest with myself I already knew that weight loss comes mostly from what I eat not from working out.  Don't get me wrong I think the working out is absolutely necessary to be fit and healthy but not absolutely necessary to lose weight. 

This is what I'm up to. How about you?