#3 Getting Off Your Butt Takes Self-Discipline!

I'm a new mom with a 4-month old and yesterday I decided to start doing some exercising & healthy eating---like no more chips, cookies & cheese cake (my favorite)---only healthy food! I need to get off my butt and exercise so that I can lose this post-baby-belly-pouch!! I'm ready to go!!! Super Excited, because I wanna wear my swimsuit this summer!!

So this is how my 1st day went:

The Morning: This is going to be great Oatmeal! Positive Attitude: Say Yummy!!
The Mid-Morning: I think I need a snack, but I'll get yogurt and not cookies! :-)
Early Afternoon: My Tummy is growling! Raisins Anyone?
Mid Afternoon: Day-Dreaming of French Fries! Or anything Fried!!
Late Afternoon: At work--STRESSED--I can't take it!! Vending Machine!!
Evening: Exercise--huh?? I'll just watch this Hip-Hop Abs Infomercial.

I just can't do it--then I thought wait a minute-Do I have Self-Discipline or what?

Well, just as I said that, I had a flashback!! When I was in junior high school, my band teacher would assign 500 lines to anyone in class who was talking when they should have been paying attention to him!! I like to run my mouth--so I was averaging 4,000 lines a month! 500 lines--twice a week (that darn Mr. Chavis!!) We had to write this statement 500 times for homework:

SELF-DISCIPLINE--The control of one's actions for the sake of improvement!

Soooooooooooooo, I guess if I want to improve my post-baby-belly-pouch and whip myself into shape---its going to take some Self-Discipline!

Self-Discipline---How do I do that?? It simply takes practice--just like with any good habit or bad habit that we create in our lives. Its something that is done over and over again. It won't happen over night, but we must remind ourselves that self-discipline is for the SAKE OF IMPROVEMENT!

So, I guess I will use some of this self-discipline and go back to this exercising and healthy eating plan! I'll keep you posted!