Celebrating the Small Victories

One part of tackling my weight problem has to do with working through my depression.  I am currently seeing a counselor for my depression, and so far things are going well.  One of my first assignments was to track my thoughts and feelings about food and eating.  It has been an eye-opening experience to say the least.

My newest assignment is to begin acknowledging and celebrating the little victories in my life. I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person. When I mess something up a little, I will often just give up.  Lately I've been trying to be okay with the little mess ups.  If I'm mostly staying on track with something, then that is actually a success.  So now I am trying to celebrate the little things.  I was excited about this assignment.  I don't know why, but I could picture in my head just absolutely declaring victory.  I can see myself turning on some loud music and dancing around over my success--"We are the Champions" sounds about right!

I have had a couple of bad days, but what I'd like to celebrate is:

1. I went to counseling!  This is a victory for me because in the past I would sometimes give up or not feel like going.  So I just wouldn't show up, or cancel at the last minute.  Well I went to counseling so good for me :)  Yay!
2. I went to physical therapy!  Physical therapy is very difficult, scary, and sometimes painful.  I am working hard, doing my exercises every night, and attending my appointments.  Each session I go for, I am one step closer to being able to hike or kayak.  Yay!

So now it's time to recognize that I'm doing good things.  Take a minute to write down the things you have accomplished today--and this is for you: