1. A pair a pants I bought in April (because they were on clearance) that did NOT fit, now FIT ME! I wore them on Sunday.
2. Despite missing cheese and cheetos and junk food, I have not felt sluggish anymore.
3. There is a new energy in me that makes me feel so young (not that I was feeling old, lol).
4. I know I have lost weight. DON'T WANT TO WEIGH MYSELF UNTIL I HAVE MY ASSESSMENT WITH MY NUTRITIONIST.
5. People have been telling me, what are you doing? Your face looks so slim and vibrant! SCORE!
6. My workout has become easier in the sense that I feel more energized!
7. My portion sizes are paying off!
I probably could sit here and list more, but that would bore you to death!!! Or maybe not!
On Sunday, July 21st, I completed ONE MONTH of this part 2 of my journey. It was hard! It took everything in me not to eat CHEESE! LOL it's funny when people ask me how I'm doing, the first thing that comes out of my mouth, "I still miss cheese". I never realized how addicted I was to cheese! But PROTEIN PANCAKES.....love those! I could have these for breakfast everyday! I actually made my protein pancake in my waffle iron. LOVE THESE! The past 2 weeks these babies were my comfort! They tasted so great with a black cup of coffee!
Back to Sunday, I got up to get ready for church and thought...."should I wear the pants?" I had tried them on Friday, but still thought I should wait. Well, took them off the hanger, took off the tags, ironed them and put them on. WOW! Zipped them up, snapped the button and then I cried! I cried there all by myself staring at myself in the mirror. The pants fit. Not only did they fit, but in the "crotch" area, they are loose! POETIC JUSTIC to that belly fat!!!! They fit. There is something that is so amazing deep down inside when you put on the pair of pants that you know that you will wear for a little while and then probably have to donate later because you will still drop more sizes!
Let me tell you something about me. I have never been the one to keep clothes in my closet of different sizes. You can ask my family. I hardly buy clothes. I keep clothes even if they are old because I will keep wearing them. I never wear tight fitting clothes. I would rather wear loose fitting clothes. I do not have various sizes of clothes in my closet so that way when I am going up and down in weight I can have options.
This is who I am. I am getting rid of clothes as I am dropping weight/sizes. I am not keeping it for back-up. Back-up for what? Because I am going to at some point start eating things that I shouldn't again. Because soon I will get to eat "normal" again. What is normal? CLEAN EATING is normal.
This is who I am. I make LIFE CHOICES! When I make a LIFE CHOICE I live it. LIFE CHOICE means I want to live this way! Am I saying that I am perfect? NO WAY! Am I saying that I will mess up? OH YEA! But my JOURNEY is to move forward. My JOURNEY is to move forward and keep going!
Sure I have a goal that I want to reach. But I when I reach it.....then what? Do I then just want to MAINTAIN? Do I then just sit back and relax? NO!!! When you make a LIFE CHOICE....you live! I want to LIVE. I want to do things that I never could! I want to move forward!
I am so excited to LIVE! The things I have planned to do.....LOVE IT!
So you ask me....is it worth it? Yesterday I spoke with someone about my clean eating. They asked me, I just didn't stand on my soap box to preach, lol. They asked, I spoke! After they shared with me how they eat and their patterns. After I shared with them what I eat. That person said, "keep it up, because what you are doing, is working". It felt great to hear that, but inside I felt sad. Sad because despite the "health" problems this person shared they were having, I realized....it's a LIFE CHOICE. I proceeded to share with this person that my dad dying 3 years ago is why I chose to make a LIFE CHOICE to live. I had the same disease that killed my dad: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. I told myself and I told God, I DO NOT WANT TO DIE!!! I want to live.
I got a little choked up when I was sharing this with this person, because even after 3 years, I still remember that day I got the phone call from my sister to tell me that dad had a stroke. Believe me, this was one of the hardest things to hear over the phone.
So yes after sharing yesterday, I was once reminded (as I was wearing the pants that NOW FIT ME), I AM LIVING!!
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| Yep, I've become one of those people...bring my food with me everywhere I go! IS IT WORTH IT??? Yes it is! |
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