The Struggle

When I started this blog I knew a few things:  1. I wanted to lose weight, 2.  I wanted to be completely honest with each post, 3. I wanted to help myself, 4. I wanted to help others.  I wanted others to feel like they weren't alone and to know that there is another person out there that thinks like they do, and is struggling like they are.  I also wanted to tackle fat, tackle the mind games, and tackle the excuses, and you know what?  I'm struggling.  
The "easy" thing to do right now is to make excuses as to why I can't follow my diet and exercise i.e., I had an emotional week, I have plantar fasciitis in both feet, I pulled a muscle in my butt, my kid's keep bringing home candy and it's impossible for me to avoid it etc.  Maybe saying "the easy thing to do" is incorrect, because ultimately it's not making anything easier.  Maybe what I should say is that "going back to old habits" is what I want to do because they are  "comforting" to me, they are what's "familiar".  However, those old habits are what got me here in the first place.  
My brother has been trying to help me by using some "tough love" (he's like my own personal Jillian Michaels).  Want to know how I know that he's right?  Because the things he's been saying to me have been hitting a nerve, a big one.  I've learned from personal experience that when you say something out of love to someone else and it angers them, the person who has said it is right, and the other person knows it - they just don't want to hear it, or they're not ready to hear it, or it might mean that they need to change (and change can be scary).  I know he's right, NOW is the time for me to stay strong and fight the fight, because the tough times are when it counts the most!
So here's to fighting the fight, even when it's hard, and for thanking well meaning people (my brother in this case) even if part of me doesn't want to. :-)