Watching The Biggest Loser last night, the story of D (the one who walked with O'Neil) really struck a chord with me. She talked about how her Mom passed away at 56 and her family had a history of high blood pressure and diabetes, but she was going to change that and break the cycle. My Mom died at the age of 56, having obesity and other health problems for the majority of her adult life. I will be turning 33 this summer and it scares the hell out of me (pardon) to think of only having 23 years left on this earth! Especially if I become a mother.
After my mom passed I had a fire inside of me to get healthier for her, I owed it to her to live a long and healthy happy life since she wasn't able to. That is still in my heart, but now I have been energized with the fact that I want to do it for me. I know I can lose weight, I just need to get back on track and refocus. Everyone can cheer you on but until you have that feeling inside of yourself to push you to make the change, it won't happen. I got that feeling last night....and it feels great.
It feels good to know that I have made the decision to start living for me again. Taking it one day at a a time, and right now one hour at a time...but I know I will get back into the swing of things again soon and be back on my way to being healthy again. I often tend to be a cheerleader for others before I cheer myself up. I'm working on that and it isn't easy, I end up feeling selfish alot of the time. But something switched last night and I felt like I wanted to prove everyone wrong who has thought that I can't change how my future will be. I can....and I am going to start TODAY.
So enter the latest Shrinking Jeans challenge and just at the right time!
(how do these ladies and gent know!)
So for the next 21 days I am going to focus on:
1) Taking my vitamins everyday.
2) Drinking at least 2 liters of water everyday
3) NO sneaking food. (This is a dangerous habit that I have gotten back into over the last few weeks, like it doesn't count if no one sees me. Yeah, that's obviously a lie.)
*Thank you all so much for your support thru my downhill slide, I have tried to keep up with some of you thru Twitter and your blogs. Your sweet emails and comments have meant the world to me. I know we all struggle at times, but when I am down I feel like not wanting to pollute everyone else's clean water with my yuck. But that often is when you need it the most.
