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self talk

I promised I would put this up here. Zig Ziglar promotes "self-talk". The fact is that we all talk to ourselves, but too often we're lying to ourselves. I believe that what you speak can be prophetic. Not for any mystical reason, but if you are speaking positively, you are in the correct frame of mind to see new opportunities. If you are speaking negatively, it puts you in the position to where you expect problems. Do you ever notice how negative people seem to attract trouble? Part of it is perception, as well. When you're in a positive mindset, problems seem small and the good things are overwhelming. I read the following every morning and every evening, out loud, to give myself a "positive talking to". Anyway, feel free to take this and adapt it for your own use:

I am an honest, intelligent, organized, responsible,
committed, teachable person who is sober, loyal and clearly understands that
regardless of where my paycheck comes from I am self-employed. I am an
optimistic, punctual, enthusiastic, goal-setting, smart-working self-starter who
is a disciplined, focused, dependable, persistent, positive thinker. I am
an energetic team player who appreciates the opportunities God offers me.
I take honest pride in my competence and appearance and am motivated to be and
do my best so that my healthy self-image will remain on solid ground.
These are the qualities which enable me to manage myself and help give me
employment security in a no-job-security world.

I am a compassionate, respectful encourager who is a considerate, generous,
gentle, patient, caring, sensitive, personable, attentive and fun-loving
person. I am a supportive, giving and forgiving, clean, kind, unselfish,
affectionate, loving, family-oriented human being and I am a sincere and
open-minded listener and a good-finder who is trustworthy. These are
the qualities which enable me to build good relationships with my associates,
neighbors, friends and family.

I am a person of integrity, with the faith and wisdom to know what I should do and the courage and convictions to follow through. I have the vision to manage myself and to lead others. I am authoritative, confident, and humbly grateful for all
the graciousness of God. I am fair, flexible, resourceful, creative, knowledgeable, decisive and an extra-miler with a servant's attitude who communicates well with others. I am a consistent, pragmatic teacher with character and a finely-tuned sense of humor. I am an honorable person and am balanced in my personal, family and business life, having a passion for being, doing and learning more today so I can be and do more tomorrow.

I am a healthy individual who is physically fit and mentally sound. I eat proper quantities of nutritious food to fuel my body and to give me an abundance of energy to complete my daily tasks. I regularly take time to exercise my body, nourish my soul, and sharpen my mind.

At Night
These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be and I am fully committed to developing these marvelous qualities with which I have been entrusted. Tonight I'm going to sleep wonderfully well. I will dream powerful, positive dreams. I will
awaken energized and refreshed. Tomorrow's going to be magnificent and my
future is unlimited. Recognizing, claiming and developing these qualities, which I already have, gives me a legitimate chance to be happier, healthier, more prosperous, more secure, have more friends, greater peace of mind, better family relationships and authentic hope that the future will be even better.

In the Morning
These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be and I will develop and use these qualities to achieve my worthy objectives. Today is a brand new day and it's mine to use in a marvelously productive way.

progress

I guess I should start blogging everyday. This past month has been great. I've had energy like I haven't had in 3 years. I'm finally down to where my scale will give me a number, not just an "E" for error. I had to wait until my physical exam 2 weeks ago to find out that I weighed 389. The scale this morning read 379. Beautiful. I've been doing quite a bit of walking at night and at lunchtime. I also purchased a used weight bench and weight set off of craigslist, and that's kept me sore all week! That's about it for now.

I'll try to get better at updating more frequently.

Cheers.

sesame street

Things have been going pretty well. I've been eating much better and in better portions. I started off the first few days above my 3,000 calorie ceiling, but I've kept it between 2,800 and 3,000 since then. If you're nosy like me and want to see what I've been eating, you can check it out at www.fitday.com and put in username "natethenorsk" and password "poiuyt". After you do, please go get a life.

Anyway, I've been walking lots more, too. My goal is 30 minutes a day 6 days a week. It's been more like 3 days a week so far, but I'm improving. Tonight the dog and I went to Memorial Park to walk around Prospect Lake. It's about a mile around, so it's perfect for an evening walk. It's been years since I've been there, and I was struck by how diverse the park visitors are. I felt like I had walked onto Sesame Street. There were hispanics, asians, blacks, whites, young, old, disabled, fully-mobile, dogs, bikes, boats, jet-skis, wind-surfboards, and roller blades. People were fishing, swimming, playing basketball, engaging each other in chess, working out, playing frisbee and lots of other activities. I thought Gordon and Maria were going to walk out from behind a tree with Big Bird and Elmo. It was a bit surreal. But things are going well.