My time is now
I can’t believe that we’re one third into 2008 already! Time really waits for no man (or woman). Was this the year that you were going to change your life and your body? How’s that going?
Excess weight is dreams in storage. There’s a myth that we can store up time. Primitive cultures store up for the winter. We store up time in our hips. ~ Paulanne Balch, M.D
Have you ever wondered how you got so fat? I believe it’s because we get so caught up in day to day stuff that we’re always procrastinating our “start”. In the mean time, the pounds pile up and our lives fritter away… and before we know it we’ve been fat for 10 years. Let’s start waking up to the fact that THIS IS IT! This is your life. If you are not happy with the way it’s going, you need to start changing it. If you want to be thinner, DO something. If you are frustrated in your job - CHANGE it. Don’t sit around waiting for “something” to happen. You could still be waiting 10 years from now.
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it. ~ Jonathan Winters
There are those who spend all their time in the past. What was true for them yesterday remains true for them today. It doesn’t have to be that way! You can determine your own truth for today! And that truth is not dependant on how you look, how fat or thin you are, how your parents, the kids at school or your ex treated you or even how you thought about yourself in the past. You CAN start fresh. You can learn to love and respect yourself. And let’s face it, any journey towards a leaner and healthier body has to contain a healthy measure of self-respect and self-nurture.
I really believe that the key to better health and weight loss is an emotional one. Sure, we need to eat healthy and exercise, but if your heart is not in it, you will not maintain your momentum. You WILL sabotage yourself. You WILL undermine your best efforts. You WILL beat yourself up, continue to look for justification for your failures and disappoint yourself and this whole thing will become a desperate, punitive journey - like walking barefoot over broken glass. It’s so unnecessary.
Then of course there are those who are deferring their joy until they reach their destination. They’re missing the point. The journey is not towards a new life. The journey is your life. We only stop journeying at the very end. You deserve the best now!
If you’re not enjoying the journey, then you probably won’t enjoy the destination.” ~ Joe Tye
Don’t throw away your life any longer. If you don’t like your weight, your state of health, your fitness level, DO something. And do it like you mean it!
I’ve been at home for a year now. My main motivation for opting to stay at home was so that I could actively pursue better health, fitness and lose weight. Yes, I’ve learned a lot about myself in that time. I’ve grown as a person. I’ve built a wonderful support system, started a blog, am developing a website. I have rich and rewarding relationships with people all over the world.
But whenever I speak to anybody from my old job, or even my insurance advisor (earlier today) or friends, the first question they ask me is “How much weight have you lost?” They don’t care about the other stuff. They just want to see me and be blown away by the difference.
And yes, I’ve lost 21 kg (46 pounds). But only in the last 90 odd days! Before that zip, nada, niks, f-all! And let’s face it, the difference is not really mind-boggling. You have to look closely to even notice it! For nine months I didn’t earn a cent and showed no results. Through all of this my husband has been patient and supportive…
It’s time to get serious about this. Juice feasting was great! I loved it! I’ll do it again in a heartbeat. Maybe not for so long and definitely not within the next 4-5 months.
But this is where the rubber meets the road! Today is what matters… Today and every day from now on. The time for excuses, justifications, deferments, indulgences and sitting on my fat ass is over. Through juice feasting I have constructed a wonderful foundation on which I can now build the new lifestyle I have been talking about all along.
I am worth the effort! You are too!
I have chosen a theme song for this leg of my journey. Whenever I think of this song, all the passion, the yearning (I can’t put into words what for) and the frustrations of being 18 in an oppressive home in a small desert town floods over me again…
Growin’ up
You don’t see the writin’ on the wall
Passin’ by
Movin’ straight ahead you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You’ll find you’re all alone
Everything has changedPlay the game
You know you can’t quit until it’s won
Soldier on
Only you can do what must be done
You know in some way
You’re a lot like me
You’re just a prisoner
And you’re tryin’ to break freeCHORUS:
I can see a new horizon
Underneath the blazin’ sky
I’ll be where the eagle’s
Flyin’ higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future’s lyin’
St. Elmo’s FireOooh…
Burnin’ up
Don’t know just how far that I can go
(Just how far I go)
Soon be home
Only just a few miles down the road
I can make it
I know I can
You broke the boy in me
But you won’t break the man(CHORUS)
I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo’s Fire burnin’ in me
Burnin’ in meJust once in his life
A man has his time
And my time is now
And I’m comin’ aliveI can hear the music playin’
I can see the banners fly
Feel like you’re back again
And hope ridin’ high
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future’s lyin’
St. Elmo’s Fire(CHORUS)
I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo’s Fire burnin’ in meBurnin’
Burnin’ in me
I can feel it burnin’
Oooh, burnin’ inside of me
For your listening pleasure!
From this day on, I am a woman in motion!
While I was waiting for the song to load, I was browsing through my google reader and came across this very insightful post by Craig Harper. Of course! This is what I’m talking about! Do yourself a favor and read it!
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Thank you all for your comments regarding my hair. I really like Kellie Pickler’s bob and I think it would be perfect for me, provided of course I can maintain it - I’m not so adept with a brush and hairdryer… In fact, I’d have to get a hairdryer… But yeah, I think it’s time to grow my hair a bit longer. I’ve been wearing it short for most of my adult life and I feel like doing something different. And with my new healthier diet (and the MSM) it’s growing like the clappers! But I’ll definitely have it nicely styled before we go to America! And of course I will have to buy some summer clothes over there… Apart from the fact that a lot of my summer clothes are very tired and worn, I’ve got a feeling they’ll also be too big for me!



