The beginnings of a new me.
For the July 4th weekend, Dean and I went to Asheville, NC to get away from everything and relax. Asheville is such a beautiful place. The energy there is just naturally conducive to good health. In spite of all the good "vibes", I was feeling especially lethargic and heavy. Not comfortable, and certainly not healthy.
We went to Malaprops, the coolest little bookshop in the downtown area, and I bought "Living in the Light" by Shakti Gawain. Didn't really need the book, but got it anyway, and when I browsed through it I found a section on the body and health.
Well, truth be known, I've been struggling with my weight and my health for a number of years and have been wanting to take control of my life and make positive lifetime changes. Like most people, the want to was there, but the will to change wasn't. Thus for nearly 1/3 of my life I've been carrying around 100+ extra pounds of fat I desperately wanted to lose but couldn't get motivated to lose.
Then, over the course of that weekend, something happened.
I decided, just simply decided, that I wanted to be healthy and attain a healthy weight for my body.
It was that simple. Just a simple choice. And so far, it's proven to be a very profitable one in all accounts.
There was a time I was addicted to breakfast biscuits, sweet iced tea, hot dogs, fried foods, potatoes in every guise, white flour products, and sugar. I broke myself of all these things and in two weeks time I can report that my energy level is way up, my clothes are a tad looser, and I feel fabulous.
I've got a set of CDs by Dr. Deepak Chopra called "Magical Mind, Magical Body". I've listened to them off and on for two years, never applying any of his wisdom to my life...until now. In the teachings, he suggests that we need to be mindful eaters and listen to our bodies. Shakti offered similar advice about paying attention to what the body wants. I didn't realize that I was afraid of my body, afraid of paying attention to the one thing I hated most in life. I've learned to look at myself and love myself regardless of what I look like. In doing so, I've acknowledged and accepted my large breasts, long legs, and hour-glass figure that is hiding under 100 pounds of fat. In the past, this realization would have had me running for a honey bun to nurse the wounds of knowing my true self was buried under so much fat.
Today, this knowledge has me running to unearth the real and beautiful me.
I can't wait to see me again.
I have a long way to go to get to where I want to be. When I weighed on Wednesday, July 14, I discovered I'm exactly 100 pounds to my goal weight. This does not deter me. This actually makes me more determined. I'm eager to see how my body is transformed, how my energy picks up, how my spirit feels. This blog will chart my progress. I will also list the foods I'm eating and maybe post some nutrition tips I've learned so far on my journey. Life is too short to be lived sub-par. Now that I've met and married my soul mate, I'm ready to finally attack this last nemesis in my life and move forward leaner, stronger, healthier, sexier, and fitter than I've ever been in my whole life.
Here's to today!
We went to Malaprops, the coolest little bookshop in the downtown area, and I bought "Living in the Light" by Shakti Gawain. Didn't really need the book, but got it anyway, and when I browsed through it I found a section on the body and health.
Well, truth be known, I've been struggling with my weight and my health for a number of years and have been wanting to take control of my life and make positive lifetime changes. Like most people, the want to was there, but the will to change wasn't. Thus for nearly 1/3 of my life I've been carrying around 100+ extra pounds of fat I desperately wanted to lose but couldn't get motivated to lose.
Then, over the course of that weekend, something happened.
I decided, just simply decided, that I wanted to be healthy and attain a healthy weight for my body.
It was that simple. Just a simple choice. And so far, it's proven to be a very profitable one in all accounts.
There was a time I was addicted to breakfast biscuits, sweet iced tea, hot dogs, fried foods, potatoes in every guise, white flour products, and sugar. I broke myself of all these things and in two weeks time I can report that my energy level is way up, my clothes are a tad looser, and I feel fabulous.
I've got a set of CDs by Dr. Deepak Chopra called "Magical Mind, Magical Body". I've listened to them off and on for two years, never applying any of his wisdom to my life...until now. In the teachings, he suggests that we need to be mindful eaters and listen to our bodies. Shakti offered similar advice about paying attention to what the body wants. I didn't realize that I was afraid of my body, afraid of paying attention to the one thing I hated most in life. I've learned to look at myself and love myself regardless of what I look like. In doing so, I've acknowledged and accepted my large breasts, long legs, and hour-glass figure that is hiding under 100 pounds of fat. In the past, this realization would have had me running for a honey bun to nurse the wounds of knowing my true self was buried under so much fat.
Today, this knowledge has me running to unearth the real and beautiful me.
I can't wait to see me again.
I have a long way to go to get to where I want to be. When I weighed on Wednesday, July 14, I discovered I'm exactly 100 pounds to my goal weight. This does not deter me. This actually makes me more determined. I'm eager to see how my body is transformed, how my energy picks up, how my spirit feels. This blog will chart my progress. I will also list the foods I'm eating and maybe post some nutrition tips I've learned so far on my journey. Life is too short to be lived sub-par. Now that I've met and married my soul mate, I'm ready to finally attack this last nemesis in my life and move forward leaner, stronger, healthier, sexier, and fitter than I've ever been in my whole life.
Here's to today!
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