thrive

or looking at things differently.yep, i’m not really physically appearing much different than I did 11 pounds ago. But, what is changing is the way I am looking at life, food, exercise, myself.

I had this little mini hiatus from Buddy Slim the last few days and with that a hiatus from better eating and exercise. The funny thing is I couldn’t wait to get back to it today. I was so excited because I have been learning what works for me - at least so far. I am also just learning about me. One of the most exciting pieces is that I have HOPE and BELIEF that I can and will continue to change my life and my habits. I can’t say that I’ve ever felt that way before, especially around eating and exercise. It sure feels and looks good.

Now, let me be really clear here, I have in no way licked the problem, the weight, my sense of self, or any of the big problems that are life, but what i am finding is that these mini successes i’m having and offering myself are adding up to this greater sense of possibility and even probability that i will reach my goal.

that i can change.

wow, who would have thought that drinking 10 glasses of water for a week, or going swimming that one time, or walking the dog more vigorously, or munching in carrots would have such an impact. and, again, I’m still not “there” - I mean I spent the last four days drinking red wine, eating chocolate, and playing with my friends. What feels so different is that tonight when they left, I walked the dog an hour, did my stretches, and did my team challenges and I wanted to do it.

I think I have healthy habits brewing, who knew?

I still can’t beleive I do anything everyday, but i do stretch now. It really all started little by little and with the team challenges which have been HUGE motrivators for me (shout out to all of you!)

i know i have some extra work to put in this week to compensate for the last 2-3 days, but that, too, seems totally do-able. This HOPE stuff rocks.

cool. i like the way this looks so far. at least today, and that’s really all I know…