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Believe it or not, sometimes I will walk away from fruit if it is not what my body needs at the time to run better. “Sure,” you say, “but how did you do it every time?” I don’t, who could?
Halloween was and is my toughest time. A nasty evil when you are trying to be healthy. A time I couldn’t help myself from grabbing m&m’s or whatever no-no, I wanted. The difference is now my mind would only allow myself to grab a handful. I would tell myself if I went back for more I had to throw it all away. Again, mind control. In the beginning, I would stand there even with a “bad” food in my hand and decide to take an interim step and to drink water. So the big ta da moment for me was, mind over matter.
I had done it! Standing in the Guess jean store and sliding a size 10 fashionable pair of jeans on was overwhelming. I had to check the size over and over to make sure it really was me fitting into a 10. I truly wanted to burst from the dressing room and show everyone. I had accomplished my goal! I had lost the weight but so much more than that.
I had rediscovered my inner strength, was capable of eating less, exercising more, all with a focused mind.
My relationship with food has been transformed. I am a size 10 now because I have worked, sweated, struggled, and been determined to do so, I didn’t quit. But the bigger result is how differently I look at life and food now.
I lost physical weight but also mind baggage. That is more freeing then I can explain. I have achieved my goal and every day I am proud to maintain it. I’m a new me, not loosing and maintaining weight to look like a model, but a woman who sees the complete benefit of taking care of herself. Eating for health, eating to live, eating to run my engine cleanly, and eating to keep my mind clear and focused.
I challenge you to find this potential inside yourself. What ever you are doing in regards to diet and health keep it up! You’re worth it!
Oh, and back my friends swim party. While, the revels of the new me were all exhilarating, each one never to be forgotten, the best moment was at a summer pool party. The look on people’s faces, the speechlessness of them all, was amazing. I stopped the party just because I was hot and wanted to cool down in the pool. Without hesitation; I pulled off my dress, revealing my new, thin, healthy, bikini clad body stood for a moment, completely comfortable, confident in front of all my peers, and dove in.
“Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow”, good luck.
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