With New Years quickly approaching, some of us have already made our resolutions for 2019, some of us are still planning our resolutions and the rest of us haven’t even started. The rest of us still have the mentality that there would be no point because we would give up on our resolutions in a week or less. Committing to resolutions can be hard, I remembered when I struggled committing to my weight loss goal just 2 years ago. The first 2 weeks were hard. Temptation knocked on my door every day. The thought of just giving up and going back to my old ways endlessly plagued my mind. To get through these weeks I had to get rid of anything that could have tempted me because I knew I wasn’t strong enough to get through the weeks with them there. As the days went by the knocking slowly got quieter and quieter until I no longer heard it. However things only got worse, after those first few weeks I started bargaining with myself. I tried to find any excuse to fall back into my old habits. After I reached a weight mile stone, I tried to convince myself to get a burger as a reward. At my lowest point, I fell to the coercion and was in McDonald’s so I could get a small meal as a reward for all the progress I had made. That was my biggest mistake because after that I kept coming back. At first it was once a week then twice or even double that a week. I found myself right where I was at the beginning of the year and all the progress I had made was lost. But I didn’t give up, I started from the beginning, although this time I was more determined than ever because I wanted to achieve that goal I set for myself in January. This time I got a friend to support me and push to achieve that goal. When January came again I had made it I had achieved the goal I wanted. Even though I stumbled a bit I managed to get back up and push through. To those out there struggling to commit to their resolution, is my story as comfort but also learn from the mistakes I made. Always remember its ok to fall just as long as you get back up.
