Week 6: Promises

         So last week taught me 2 things:

1.)         Being vegetarian is hard, but I made it 5 days without meat.  Thank God I love salads.

2.)         Stairs suck!  Didn’t do so well with this one, but I did make an extra conscious effort to include more stairs in my life.  I even got my students involved, and let them take the stairs down one day.  I had a great week of working out.  Felt really good about that but am going to do more this week.  

         Last week, also had me thinking a lot about my insecurities.  I have so many and deal with them on a constant basis.  However, what I can say, is that my biggest insecurity involves being worthy enough.  I secretly have an intense fear that I'm not good enough to be liked or loved by others.  I work extra hard to keep friendships and put up with a lot more than most because anytime a friend does me dirty, I feel like it was somehow my fault.  I find that I'm getting better at forming healthier relationships, but I'm still a work in progress.  I really haven’t figured out how to properly address insecurities like this one, but what I have been able to do is look to my friends and family for support and advice.  It’s because of them that I’m able to continue to move forward and not look back.  I’m stronger because of them.  

         Anyhow, all this thinking led me to thinking about the future, and what I want out of it.  So that led me to this week’s challenges.  Enjoy!

Physical	Mental	Emotional
Due to the ferry incident, my Spartan race has been postponed until June 15th.  So I have a month to get ready.  I need your help.  I want to push us to do a 10K this week.  Run, walk, crawl…just do it!  #pushit	I LOVE BEER!  My core doesn’t.  I’m taking beer away from you.  I’m not gonna be that party pooper and take all your fun away, but I’m taking beer.  Also, I’m making it a personal goal of mine to drink less this weekend.  I will be "classy Stephen" and let someone else be the rockstar for me.  ;)	What promise can you make to yourself?  Why are you doing this?  What makes you happy?  What do you want out of life?  How is losing weight (if that’s what you are doing) going to get you to your goals?  What will make this time different?

This week’s hashtags are: #sgjunebody #promises

So many of you have shared your stories of success and failure.  It’s all a part of the journey.  Let’s keep trying to be the best that we can be and make this week a great one!  Don’t stop putting in the work, and don’t stop making time for yourself.  You deserve it.  The world doesn’t owe any of us anything.  We owe everything to ourselves.  I love y’all!  3 more weeks until my birfumaday!!!!