Tracey, February 2011
Boy, it has been a very long time since I have posted and the Not So Skinny Wedding Concierge is grateful to be back to check in.
Thank you to my Baltimore "Wedding Diva" friend Linnyette Richardson-Hall because seeing your new blog "DIVAFat to DIVAfit" (great title by the way!) about starting YOUR personal journey to health, you inspired me to come back and update my blog. YOU CAN DO IT MY FRIEND and I will be right there with you.
I am very grateful to say that since my last check-in here, I have given away 111.6 pounds! I'm going to stop using the word "lost" because that implies I had no involvement in the disappearance of the weight. Well, I'm here to tell you, I was engaged every single step of the way!
I am still using the Body Bugg program and, for me, it works like a dream to help keep me accountable to log my food honestly every day as it counts my calories burned and steps taken so I can see results where I am doing well with food intake including the real nutritional value of the calories.
The Zumba classes and discovering this program to enjoy on my own and with my Zumba gym family is what makes working out fun for me. This and walking has been the program that has propelled my success and it propels my spirit too which has been so important.
And finally, My weight loss support group family and what I learn from all of them (and what I discover about myself) about my relationship to food has been one of the greatest gifts in my journey.
I'm grateful that I found and embraced all these tools and so incredibly grateful for all the support of friends old and new who are always there for me. Ultimately though, it is being my own best friend that will keep me on this journey.
Although the results are physical, the journey always starts with a mental shift, and a spiritual one as well I think. Our outer selves, no matter how we try and rationalize away other excuses, tell the absolute truth about how we feel about ourselves on the inside.
My insides hurt 8 months ago. My head hurt, my spirit hurt and my heart hurt. They were all gasping for air under layers of fat that I forced upon them. I not only did not love myself, I believe I actively hated myself. Why else would I abuse myself that way? I knew I had reached that proverbial "tipping point" on the scale. I had to either get living or face dying (because that is what I was doing...killing myself slowly).
BUT, thankfully...I chose to live and I AM blessed for everyday is another day that I get to enjoy this journey, stay on this path and live well.
I hope there are many people doing the same and choosing LIFE like Linnyette and I have. Although I don't know you personally, I will be rooting for you because I know how brave you are for making the choice.
Thank you to my Baltimore "Wedding Diva" friend Linnyette Richardson-Hall because seeing your new blog "DIVAFat to DIVAfit" (great title by the way!) about starting YOUR personal journey to health, you inspired me to come back and update my blog. YOU CAN DO IT MY FRIEND and I will be right there with you.
I am very grateful to say that since my last check-in here, I have given away 111.6 pounds! I'm going to stop using the word "lost" because that implies I had no involvement in the disappearance of the weight. Well, I'm here to tell you, I was engaged every single step of the way!
I am still using the Body Bugg program and, for me, it works like a dream to help keep me accountable to log my food honestly every day as it counts my calories burned and steps taken so I can see results where I am doing well with food intake including the real nutritional value of the calories.
The Zumba classes and discovering this program to enjoy on my own and with my Zumba gym family is what makes working out fun for me. This and walking has been the program that has propelled my success and it propels my spirit too which has been so important.
And finally, My weight loss support group family and what I learn from all of them (and what I discover about myself) about my relationship to food has been one of the greatest gifts in my journey.
I'm grateful that I found and embraced all these tools and so incredibly grateful for all the support of friends old and new who are always there for me. Ultimately though, it is being my own best friend that will keep me on this journey.
Although the results are physical, the journey always starts with a mental shift, and a spiritual one as well I think. Our outer selves, no matter how we try and rationalize away other excuses, tell the absolute truth about how we feel about ourselves on the inside.
My insides hurt 8 months ago. My head hurt, my spirit hurt and my heart hurt. They were all gasping for air under layers of fat that I forced upon them. I not only did not love myself, I believe I actively hated myself. Why else would I abuse myself that way? I knew I had reached that proverbial "tipping point" on the scale. I had to either get living or face dying (because that is what I was doing...killing myself slowly).
BUT, thankfully...I chose to live and I AM blessed for everyday is another day that I get to enjoy this journey, stay on this path and live well.
I hope there are many people doing the same and choosing LIFE like Linnyette and I have. Although I don't know you personally, I will be rooting for you because I know how brave you are for making the choice.
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