A Spoon Full of Sugar

I am on day 4 of my blog and day 3 of the workout challenge, and already I have had to re-read my blog post to re-motivate myself. Already I am ready to throw in the towel.

 Woke up this morning ready to be the first person at the Nail Salon as planned. I went down to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the kids, but once in the kitchen, all my motivation left me. I did not want to do anything. I shared the situation with a friend and she texted me back: “getting down is inevitable, getting up is mandatory! 1 workout, 1 post at a time.”

I got up and got to work making breakfast and rushed out the house to be the first person at the Salon.

After being pampered at the Nail Salon, I actually lost all motivation again. I just wanted to forget about everything I had committed to doing. I felt moody and glum.

But when I got home, I drowned out the voices, put on my sneakers and before I could change my mind, I went for a brisk 20 minute walk.

Nothing like a good endorphin release into the blood stream!!! I felt great! And I felt accomplished since I had done what I said I would do….but it did not take even 10 minutes of arriving home before the negativity kicked in again. “now I have to get inspired to write” I thought to myself, “I know I want to be honest with the readers, but nobody wants to read my whining stories of non-success”

Saddened, I stepped into the shower, and turned on the warm water.

Instantly I was in Heaven. 



The shower has got to be THE best invention EVER!!!

I LOOOOVE taking a shower. The feel of the water running down my skin is so relaxing and joy inspiring, I could spend my entire day in there.

Then to lather up with a loofah and a yummy body wash is absolute BLISS and then the feeling of the lather being rinsed off by the running water…uh…words cannot express my delight!

Toweling myself dry in the bedroom, a familiar Mary Poppins tune came on the Stage and Screen music channel “a spoon full of sugar”. And there is the inspiration for my blog post today!!!

Sticking with it is HARD. Don’t let anyone try to tell you it is easy to get what you want. You need to work at it and it does not happen in a day. It takes time. And in all that time, you have to keep on keeping on. Keep on working at it. Keep on sticking to it in spite of your mood, the weather or any other great excuse you can come up with. The only way you can lose is if you quit.

But it IS hard and there will be days when your excuses will make all the sense in the world.

On those days, think of Mary Poppins “…a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down, in the most delightful way…”

My spoon full of sugar today was my shower. It made everything worth it and I felt awesome.

Your spoon full of sugar could be your favorite music on your MP3 as you work out, or wearing something you like, or doing something for yourself as a reward after you have accomplished your goal.

So now that my Medicine has gone down in a delightful way, I am off to Chuck E. Cheese for a kiddie birthday bash.