Ahhh...Warmth!

I did something last night that I should have done MONTHS ago – I bought some heavy fleece pajamas. We were at Wal-Mart doing some Christmas shopping. We walked by the rack, and they just looked so warm that I had to stop. Dave told me I should go ahead and get some. The price was pretty good, and I could mix and match sizes for the top and bottom (top XL – bottom 2X, although I probably could have done smaller, I like my pj’s loose). When I got to the checkout – it turns out that both pieces were on sale: $5 for the top and $8.47 for the bottom. When we got home, I immediately put them on! They are so soft and comfortable! When I first went to bed – I was a little chilled. I had put some laundry in to wash – and had taken off my socks, so my feet were cold. But within about five minutes, I was perfectly warm. The kind of warm that sinks all the way down into your bones…AAAHHHHH!!!! I slept like a baby – not shivering, not tensed up from the cold, not lying awake wishing I was warm! It was the best night’s sleep I have had in months! I can hardly WAIT to get back home tonight and get into my pj’s!

It always amazes me how stubborn I can be about doing something that needs to be done, just like buying warm pajamas. I froze, I shivered, I complained, I tried to fix it myself by piling on covers – but I didn’t do the one thing I needed to do: Go out and buy warm pajamas.

I did the same thing for years and years concerning my weight: I made excuses, I complained, I ached, I hid, I let my health deteriorate, I pretended everything was fine – but I didn’t do the one thing I needed to do: Get serious about losing weight – and take control of my eating habits.

Hopefully, I am going to figure out that the sooner I just go ahead and do whatever it is that needs to be done, the happier I will be – and the quicker I will get to where I need to be.