Responsibility 199, what is it?

Responsibility 199 is a belief; I believe that to be healthy and to increase my longevity I need to weigh 199 pounds or less...
Responsibility 199 is a need; I need to reduce my weight, reduce my percentage of body fat, and the elevated threat of disease my present condition presents...
Responsibility 199 is a mission; I recognize that achieving 199 will be a challenge, perhaps the hardest I have ever undertaken...
Responsibility 199 is a commitment; I acknowledge that I must commit to action, commit to change, commit to myself and those I love to achieve this mission, to increase my longevity...
Responsibility 199 is ME.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Day 368 - Three Something Wednesday

Not much response to the riddle, trivia yesterday. Perhaps a bad selection from the fun bag on my part. Lets give it another day and see if anyone takes a peek back to yesterday for a crack at any of these before I give out the answers. I know one member of my family who I believe peeks in here from time to time should recognize that castle. "Should", being the operative word there.

So what shall we do today?

Lets do something responsible for ourselves, something sincere for someone else, and something a few notches outside of our comfort zones.

Here are my three somethings...

For Myself:
Spend some time in reflection upon a commitment I've made? No More Fast Food.
A year ago yesterday I made that commitment. For the last 8 months of 2010 I bet I didn't eat a fast food meal more than 5 times in total. Here in 2011, I bet I've had a dozen. While not a all out fall of the wagon collapse of this commitment, I think it is safe to say I have a limb or two hanging over the wagons edge.

Today I am committing to getting those limbs safely back within the wagon but reaffirming to that commitment to change. Next week I expect to be released from the hold I've been placed on from lifting weights and strenuous exercise while I recover from last weeks surgery. I will be ready; man I can't wait to grip that bar and knock it around. Fast food will not benefit me in any way towards reaping maximum benefit from that exercise. Choosing to eat No More Fast Food will!

For Someone Else:
I am hoping others, YOU,  who read this will join me in this sincere act for someone else.
The someone else is Lynda over at Taking Less Space. In her post linked there from yesterday she stepped up bravely and owned up to having slipped up hard on the diet yo-yo. Please go read for yourself and help her any way you can.

For Lynda, this is what I have for her to ponder this day... Think, just stop and think quietly (after you read this post of course). Listen to the voices inside right now, who do you hear? I am willing to bet the $3.49 in my pocket that your Evil Inner Dialogue is back and louder than ever. Now listen harder to that evil, can you identify what its been feeding off of that has pumped up it's volume in your head? Find it, whatever it is, and focus on improving/eliminating that one loudest source of evil. For now, forget about all the other sources of angst, today they are not important. One day, today, you can choose to find & fix the primary root of your weight gain. This you can do, today, tomorrow and any day you choose.

Outside My Zone:
I'm going to have some fun with this one, I can't help myself; sorry (not). I have a personal purchase to make soon; not going to say what it is here to protect surprise factor from onlooking eyes. In most buying situations I do not haggle price much if at all. This item does have some room for price haggling. So I am going to haggle my face off.

The amount I may be able to haggle down is irrelevant as I have no intention of making the actual buy today, my need today is product comparison. The fun will come from observing the reactions of the store sales people as I drag them through a haggling that is really more of a hazing.

Do you have three somethings?



Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!

6 comments:

  1. Haggle your face off? That won't be pretty, but make sure you take pictures!

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  2. I think for myself I'm going to recommit to the plan. I've slipped the last couple days for no reason other than emotional baloney so no more crying and whining that affects my food plan. I will cry and whine without changing my food and keep eating healthy. For someone else, my husband, I will commit to taking some financial burden off him by watching my spending even more closely. He can't seem to say no when I ask for things I shouldn't be asking for. I'm going to commit to not asking for things that I don't really need. Outside my zone, I'm considering going off on my son-in-law. My daughter is talking about getting a second job and letting him stay home with the kids. Bull hockey! He needs to get a better job in the first place. So, yes, I'm considering being an interfering MIL.

    My dad loved to haggle car salesmen. Are you looking into cars? :)

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  3. You got me curious on that haggle stuff!

    For Lynda - we all have these times - the key is to just move on from it right away. Don't wait a day or 2 or a week.. the very next meal r whatever it is that you think you messed up. Life is made of these things - a journey - and ya just have to get up & keep moving forward the best you can!

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  4. Thanks so much. Lots to think about, lots to ponder. You're a good person. {{hugs{}}

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  5. Fast food is evil. It is addictive and at least for me even one time can mean slipping into the abyss of overeating.
    Now off to check Lynda's post.

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  6. I saw Lynda's post too. Everyone should go send her some support. It takes a brave person to admit they aren't doing their best.

    Sarah
    notaneffingdiet.blogspot.com

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