Moment by moment, day by day
Yesterday, for the first time in months, I logged all of my calories on MyFitnessPal and stayed on track. For one day. It isn’t much, but it’s a start.
Don’t they say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step? Well — your journey in life begins with a single day. A single hour. A single moment. For now, I’m taking things — everything — one day at a time.
I’m in this season of life where things feel like complete and utter chaos. It comes with the territory: full-time working mama to a busy toddler. Recently, I’ve adopted a new mantra — one thing at a time — because looking at everything I had to do in a week was sending me straight into overwhelm. So I took a step back.
I told myself: just get through one day at a time. One thing at a time. I’d go to work and focus only on work. I’d try not to even think about everything waiting for me after work until… after work. Then I’d tackle the rest of the day in small pieces, one task at a time. And finally, I’d climb into bed at the end of the day and let myself relax. Not thinking about tomorrow. Not spiraling into next week. Just staying in the moment.
That mindset? It needs to apply to everything. Especially this. One day at a time. One hour at a time. One moment at a time.
Getting ahead of myself is something I’ve always done — with ease. My anxiety thrives on what’s next: after I do this, I need to do that. Rush, rush, rush. Plan, plan, plan. And that kind of constant forward motion? It takes a toll. In every part of life. Especially when it comes to weight loss.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you look at the whole mountain. When I lost weight the first time, I didn’t stare at the 120 pounds I needed to lose. I broke it down into smaller goals. Ten pounds. Then ten more. Because if I hadn’t, I might have quit. That strategy worked before. And I know it’ll work again.
So instead of looking back at the last few months of failure, I’m choosing to look ahead. Instead of staring down the 50 pounds I need to lose, I’m looking at one pound. One day. One meal. One choice.
No more waiting. After Halloween isn’t the time to start. After our November cruise isn’t the time to start. After the holidays isn’t the time to start. It’s now. It has to be now. It needs to be now.
And if I take a break for the holidays? If I have an off day? That’s okay. What matters is that I come back. That I don’t give up. That I stop worrying about all the hard days to come… and focus on today.
So today, I’ll log all my food again. Today, I won’t go over calories. Today, I’ll go to the gym after work — even if it’s just for 30 minutes. Because oday is the day I stop waiting. The day I stop making excuses. The day I begin again — for real this time.
Not Monday. Not after the cruise. Not after the holidays. Today. Not because it’s perfect. Not because I’m ready. But because it matters.
Today is the day I take control. Today is the day I stop letting tomorrow hold me back.
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