"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, yet gently still allows you to grow."
So I can be inspired at any given point and start to put words onto the screen. But like life's changes, sometimes changes happen with my blog. In Weight Watchers, we've discussed lately befriending our body and most recently decluttering. Whether it's the mind or one room or entire house. So since I'm a few weeks behind I'm going to try and wrap everything up with a nice little bow.
It's been a crazy couple of months. Mother Nature decided we needed more rain in late May....as if we hadn't had enough. That same week she sent a train load of hormones my way. Needless to say I was not in any shape to make public appearances. I'd been in a slump because I got away from that happy number I reached last year. And maintained (give or take) to reach lifetime. I persevered and got to that number where I felt my happiest and healthiest. Worked harder than I have before in my life. Then something happened.
No one's fault but my own. Making healthy choices was not a priority at the time. The last time I liked myself and was happy was in the dressing room at Victoria's Secret. I stood in the feminine pink dressing room and looked in the mirror. Who was staring back at me? I was liking (okay maybe loving a little bit) the person in the mirror. She actually had a curve to her.
Recently we discussed loving/liking your body.....befriending it. We are encouraged to tell ourselves one thing we love about our bodies every day eventually loving everything about us. Friends are there to support us as well. I worked hard to achieve my goal with the support of awesome friends to encourage me. Somewhere along the way after I reached lifetime, the wagon stopped I got off and failed to get back on. Things happened in life and I somehow forgot what it took to get to where I was. So I'm taking the weight loss journey again. Trying to find that confidence I was starting to have.
I think part of the problem was not only the rain last month but my walking buddy left the a couple of weeks ago. Like anything, to truly be at peace, sometimes facing something is the best way to move on. I knew it was going to be devastating and I think that's why we hadn't walked together in most recent months. But I found once I said my See ya later and hugged her, I felt fine. I felt ready to hit it and get back on the right path. Yes I would have to walk by myself like I had been before I met her, but I could do that. I could put my ear buds in and jam to my spotify list and walk those 5 miles. We also talked about walking with each other by phone.
So I started slowly back on the main road. The humidity has been really bad so I've cut back on my walking. But I've added some other activities. Last week I made a huge leap and lost 7 lbs. making a great start to my happy number. This week 1.8 of those lbs. found its way back on. Thanks to wine and mother nature.
I am starting to love my body again. I am going to declutter my house and make it clean and organized again. Especially my fridge. It's been disheveled lately. I will have to be really, really focused as dating has reared its head once again. I met this wonderful guy and we are enjoying getting to know each other. He understands about my journey and when I tell him when I go to my meetings, I do not feel like I need to make something up. And he's helped me "love" or befriend my body even more because he tells me I'm beautiful not only outwardly but inwardly as well.
Multi-tasking may not be the most popular of skill sets. But just maybe, while the decluttering/tidying up is taking place, that spare minute when a breath needs to be taken, a kind word can be given to the favorite part of the body. Let's declutter our minds and get back to the real reason(s) we are on this journey. Let's embrace our bodies as they are now and get excited about how they'll look when we reach the final destination.
Y'all have a great week!
Christina
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