Wednesday, April 1, 2009

pain of discipline vs. pain of regret

So last week John woke me up to say goodbye and I decided I would turn on the TV and lay in bed for a while (something I rarely get to do). So I turned on the news and was bored, flipped thru some channels and landed on MTV Made. Lame I know. But I got sucked in for about 15 minutes and learned a lot from a high school senior. Some cheer leading squad wanted to win something and all of them were fed up and frustrated with their coach so they left. One of the Senior boys yelled at the girls (it was awesome) and talked to them about how the pain they feel now is the pain of discipline, but the that they will feel the pain of regret when the leave and it's much worse.

I thought to myself, that's really smart. How have I never heard that from a coach? weird. Anwyay, it got me out of bed and I allowed, Jillian Micheals from the Biggest Loser (on DVD) to kick my butt for an hour and it felt GREAT!! I realized every time I want to lay around and not workout or eat something bad for me I will feel the pain of regret, I would much rather be on the side of discipline.

So I had a little help in the food area because (most of you know this) I haven't been able to chew for the last 2 months. So, not by choice I have drastically changed my eating habits. And I have lost A LOT of weight. But it was so funny how I actually LEARNED that it really is all about your portions. We (Americans) eat WAY too much!! I go back to the doctor on thursday and I'm praying that he'll tell me I can eat normal foods, but I think I am going to stick to the diet of NOT gorging myself. I love that I haven't felt sickly full in 2 months. :)