Bob My Builder

I have officially worked out four days a week for two full weeks. My hope is that if I continue like this for 4 full weeks it will become habit!  Supposedly, research says repeat something for three weeks and it shall become habit, but I figure 1) I'm stubborn and 2) working out is not in my blood. Therefore, I better add some cushion.  I'm just waiting until magically, it sticks, and I wake up one morning and become one of those obnoxiously obsessive people (yes, right now I think they are obnoxious) who just must work out at least five days a week or they don't feel complete! Of course, I do have obsessive issues.  I mean, I can totally see myself addicted to exercise.  hahahahaha.

On a more serious note, I've decided on my new motto: "stand up and finish what you started."  I saw it on this season of The Biggest Loser. It's a quote from Bob Harper (the trainer). Now, I don't typically watch this show and I was leery this time. On one hand, I want to be inspired, but on the other hand, I don't want to be discouraged by the huge numbers these people are dropping on the scales each week. Let's face it. In reality, I work during the day and can't exercise five hours at a time, I don't have a trainer, there are no medics next to me when I'm working out, I'm not secluded from other people and restaurants and I don't have someone helping me with food.  However, I really like a couple of their workout videos and I think Bob is adorbs, so, I turned it on to see what, if anything, I could glean from their process. Here's what I got.
1.  Hallelujah...there are some people bigger than me on the show.
2.  Two people, with lots of weight still to lose, already lost 100 pounds, on their own, before getting on the show.
3.  If they can work out that hard, I can work out as hard as I am if not harder.

Another quote that resonated with me, from Bob of course, was during a conversation he had with a guy who kept focusing on all the weight he had to lose and he kept feeling defeated before he really got started.  Bob said, "We gotta think about what we gotta do today...
otherwise it will just mess with your head."  Love it!

P.S.- I now, as of three days ago, am carrying around a water bottle and actually drinking from it and...wait for it....refilling it!  One more positive change.