Did You Move To Lose Today? HOPE!

No matter where you stand or who you voted for, we all need and know the power of the word HOPE    What is happening on this historic day gives us all HOPE.  I am going to not post about exercise today but remind us all of the power of the word HOPE 

We in the family of obesity know without this word and what it represents we will never accomplish anything in life, including weight loss 

Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and cir****tances in one's life. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. ^[1] To hope is to wish for something with the expectation of the wish being fulfilled, a key condition in unrequited love. ^[2] Hopefulness is somewhat different from optimism in that hope is an emotional state, whereas optimism is a conclusion reached through a deliberate thought pattern that leads to a positive attitude.

When used in a religious context, hope carries a connotation of being aware of what Christians see as spiritual "truth"; see Hope (virtue). In Christian theology, hope is one of the three theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity), which are spiritual gifts of God. In contrast to the above, it is not a physical emotion but a spiritual grace. Hope is distinct from positive thinking, which refers to a therapeutic or systematic process used in psychology for reversing pessimism. The term false hope refers to a hope based entirely around a fantasy or an extremely unlikely outcome.


 

History

Hope was personified in Greek mythology as Elpis. When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: hope. Apparently, the Greeks considered hope to be as dangerous as all the world's evils. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well. It may be worthy to note that in the story, hope is represented as weakly leaving the box but is in effect far more potent than any of the major evils. In some faiths and religions of the world, hope plays a very important role. Hope can be passive in the sense of a wish, or active as a plan or idea, often against popular belief, with persistent, personal action to execute the plan or prove the idea. Consider a prisoner of war who never gives up hope for escape and, against the odds, plans and accomplishes this. By contrast, consider another prisoner who simply wishes or prays for freedom, or another who gives up all hope of freedom.

Hugs to you all 

Take care,
Kathy

I gave up HOPING and just plain DID IT MYSELF! I got my recumbent exercise bike put together finally after waiting (and HOPING) for months for HELP. Now I am MOVING TO LOSE.

Kathy,

Well, I voted for Ralph, but I do feel hope today - new blood, new thinking, new energy.

This morning I did 1-1/2 miles of a Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds video, and a lot of dog walking.

Jean

Good evening Kathy and back on track buddies

Today met with Steve (personal trainer)  and did 30 minutes strength training then rode the recumbent bike 15 minutes.  Got home and put my portable cd player around my waist ( I now have one) with a Jerry Lee Lewis cd and started to clean my house.  I only managed to clean the Master bath and bedroom but I cleaned them from top to bottom jamming to rock and roll.  Took a couple of hours.  Tomorrow I will tackle the living room, dining room, and my office. 

I am so upbeat.   The sleep tape I have been listening to has helped tremendously.  Its been a week and I now wake up alert and have so much energy.  I really noticed it today.  I have been feeling better each day but today is awesome.  I am not jittery and don't have motor mouth, I just feel good ! ! ! !

Hope everyone had a great day.

I exercised for over an hour at Planet Fitness this morning. Then I did grocery shopping and brought in all of the bags and put everything away.  That would have been impossible prior to my surgeries.