The last couple days one word has been coming up time and time again for me as I work on getting my weight loss journey moving again. At first I ignored it...but after a bunch of times of this word popping up, I decided it was time to sit back and listen. Right?
What is this word? The word is control.
The first time the word came up was while I was watching a YouTube video that was posted by a gal that is working to lose weight. In her video she was talking about how she was in control and how it felt good. It made me sit back and think about when I last felt in control of my eating. It was a while and I well remember how amazing I felt. It was so empowering! I smiled at the memory and thought about getting that feeling back. I thought about it enough that I filmed a clip for my YouTube channel about the word control! In that clip I talked about control and that empowering feeling. In that same clip I also talked about how I had succumbed to stress eating.
Weirdly enough, I had a comment before I even posted my clip about how my word of the year should be control. Hmmmm
And then this morning. I stepped on the scale and saw that my weight was up. I was frustrated as I stood in the shower. It is hard, seeing a gain makes me want to give up. But I stopped and told myself. NO! Get control of yourself. (Yes, I said it out loud too!). I thought about that clip I had filmed, and I realized that even the stress eating was me LOSING control. Crazy! Immediately I was stuck on the word control, and I knew that I HAD to make control my word of the..........
Nope, I've done a word of the year before. I jumped on the bandwagon a few times over the years. Most recently in 2020, my word of the year was Committed. I remembered the word for a few days...but I always forget it. It becomes a thing of the past. So, it really does no good for me! But, while I was in the shower this morning I thought that maybe, just maybe I could do a word of the week. It could change and adjust to where I was in my life journey/weight loss journey/etc. I decided that my word of the week would be written on the top page of each week in my dayplanner/journal. I could reuse words. Maybe control would be the word the whole year through. But maybe control would only be my focus for a week....or a month...or a half of year.
So that is what I did....I have added the word in bold red and I'm ready to live that word this week!
