Healthy Body Everyday

No one really noticed I was losing weight until the first 40 lbs were gone. Then when I was finally at that 50 lbs mark people stopped cheering me on. The voices moved from encouragement to things like "you are going to be too skinny, you look sick."

People liked me the way I was. I did not. I could live my life for them, or I could live it for me. I choose to live for me everyday. Call me an Survivalist! I live for me because it starts and ends here with me. If I am not connected to myself, and know myself, then I cannot connect with anyone else. If I do not understand myself how can I expect anyone else to?

Accept that the constants in life are this:

Life changes.

Life ends (as we know it as far as we know).  

Life is hard.

Learning to love can be harder.

Trusting can be the hardest lesson of all.

 

The list above applies to you!  

Today people want to know how I lost the weight. There are so many details, but I want to start from the beginning. I was HUGE. I was GINORMOUS for my frame. I could eat a small pizza on my own. I loved buffets. I loved dairy, cheese, comfort foods and starches. I was living to eat. 

This has been a life long struggle for me. I guess I was naive to assume that the struggle would end at some point. I would naturally slim out. I would nurse after the baby and run a higher metabolism. None of my friends stopped me to say, "You are really unhealthy."   

Every time I went to the doctor for a physical they told me I was obese but not to worry too much about it. They suggested I eat a balanced meal with more vegetables. I felt ugly and hated myself.

You can't break 30 years of bad habits in a day, or a week, or a month . . . it took me around 2 years, and I am still working on it every day.

I made a commitment to myself, that no matter how long it takes, no matter how much weight I lose, I am striving for a healthier me! I started with penny investments in myself. Small tiny changes that grew over time. I didn't rush myself. I have my entire life to be thin!

STARTER TIPS
Word Association: If I want CAKE I touch my neck and say Collar Bone. I didn't have a visible collar bone EVER! I thought my body just wasn't made the same as other people. In my second year my collar bones had a coming out party. BREAD/BUTT, PASTA/POSTURE, BEER/BELLY

Positive Thinking: Visualize a healthy, fit, active and loving life YOU. Immerse yourself in everything about fitness. I even used hypnotism tapes while I slept for about 5 months.

Baby Changes in How & What I Eat: I couldn't change everything right away. It wouldn't stick with me then. I needed to make tiny changes. Some days I can only exercise for 2 minutes, and I always remember that is more than all the people who aren't exercising at all. Work out during commercials at night. Walk in place in front of the TV. Switch it up with squats. Do it so it is just enough to get your body moving. Some people are wildly successful with these rush transformation systems. They just weren't for me. I changed at a snails pace, but I changed.

Who Gives You Advice: Never take advice from someone projecting their fitness struggles on you.

MTFBWU
KrisTen

Recognize who you are, accept those parts of you that you try to hide. Stop pulling and grabbing and keeping your hands clenched on the things you have known. Instead open your hands to the unknown, and once you get pushed out from the shelter of your Ego, you will be born into the world of the Soul, and you will transform again into a new person.

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