Day Fifty-Five - I Can't Wait to End My Procrastination

I have a bad habit of saying, "we'll do that when..." or "we'll take care of this at this point."  I'm always looking ahead or putting things off until the kids are older or our income is better.  I'll fix something when I have more time or build something when we have the extra money.  It seems like there is always something else to put off.  Sometimes there is a legitimate reason to put something off.  Sometimes there isn't.  My problem is that I try to just delay or put off what I need to or want to do rather than categorizing and setting a time frame to deal with it.  Buying a Toyota Tundra or a Genesis G90 would be completely impossible financially and would need to be delayed for a long while (if not completely removed).  Building a workbench out of the old countertop in my garage is something that isn't an immediate need, but shouldn't be put off for very long.  Spending more time with my children is an example of an immediate need.  The biggest thing I'm learning is that immediate needs will cost you something if you don't deal with them, um, immediately.

Losing weight through lifestyle change is an immediate need.  Somehow in the past I had made such a practice of just putting everything off and trying to ignore it.  That is until the end of August.  As I've mentioned in the past, something just clicked this time.  I finally admitted to myself that if I didn't change something, and find a way to be accountable to someone (or potentially millions of someones) that I would begin to lose something (if not everything).  I believe I have mentioned that I am learning to apply the same goal mindset that I use at work in my personal life.  In the same way, I am learning to stop putting things off and prioritize tasks and relationships.  Making a lifestyle change is more than just hitting a goal.  It's revamping the way I live.  The best thing is that instead of my day revolving around and thinking about what to eat and when, I am thinking about people, goals, and dreams.  So it isn't just weight that is changing along this journey to lose my butter half.

My calorie intake was great today.  I ate healthy foods and even got a delicious s'more treat Bekah and E made today.  Had a really good ride on the bike.  Weigh in is in less than forty-eight hours!