“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly – until you learn to do it well.”
— Steve Brown
Makes you go hmmmmmmmm
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I am approaching day 21 of the year quickly, so i thought I’d start preparing myself for my second goal, getting to a healthy weight. Preparation is always a good thing! To prepare in advance is even better, especially if you are a procrastinator like me. If I do not prepare myself in advance than I am more likely to not do what I am supposed to when I am supposed to do it. Although over the years I find that I do well with pressure, it is not ideal!
June 2008 I was finishing up an application to volunteer at my local hospital and found that my last physical had been years prior. To hand in the application I would have to get a physical and I remember that I was NOT looking forward to it.
Since the age of 21, my weight has inched higher and higher. I exercised irregularly and ate without thinking about what I was eating, as I always had. I knew that it was affecting my body, but never did anyone say to me, umm you’re fat. Since I was little I had always been super thin. I was affectionately called Olive Oyl, you know Popeye’s Girl. I hated it! I wanted to have more weight on my body, to be average! What do we know as children?! At such young ages, we are impressionable and fragile. As adults we are impressionable and fragile! As long as I can remember we have been bombarded with this image of how the female body should look. Barbie is anatomically impossible. Slowly we are starting to change that “image” and I like it!
I scheduled the doctor’s visit and went. Stepped on the scale, had my blood pressure taken and waited. Waited for the doctor to come and tell me everything was A OK. Now I like my doctor. She is professional, direct and to the point. She reminds me a bit of the character, Temperance Brennan, on Bones. She goes down the list and everything is looking good until she gets to my weight. According to my height and weight, I am categorized as Obese. Now as she says this, I’m screaming in my head, “WHAT?! I’m WHAT?!” She continued on to say that at my age it would be wise to try and get to a healthy weight as it would be harder once I begin having children. I was still thinking, “WHAT?! I’m WHAT?!” Then the shock started to wear off. I acknowledged that I was obese, and her recommendations sounded positive, reasonable and doable.
I went home after that appointment and told my mom. She’s super blunt about everything, one of the things I hate and love about her. She laughed when I said that I was obese. Actually that is the reaction I get from everyone I tell that to. At first it bothered me, as the news bothered me a great deal. As time wore on I laughed to. I began agreeing with everyone else, “but I don’t look obese.”
I still do not “look” obese. My loving boyfriend reminds me of that all the time, especially when I ask him if I am fat. A few days after that appointment in 2008, I bumped up my exercise routine and lost a few pounds in a month. After a few weeks I was not seeing the results I wanted and I decided to get a walk-through of the weight lifting equipment at the gym. The walk-through resulted in a personal training session that left me sore and wanting more. Before I knew it I was signed up with a personal trainer. All was going well until I got this awful cough last June and I fell off the wagon. I jumped on it again once a month for my personal training sessions and those just ended in December. I find myself weighing even more than when I first started. (LOUD SIGH)
I am jumping back on the wagon tonight. I have a date with my Wii Fit this evening, all set up and waiting to go in my bedroom. Yes, I am not waiting until day 21 to start on my next goal. Do not put off til tomorrow what can be done today…or something like that, you get the gist. I have enlisted with a friend to attend cardio classes at the gym. I have set up a schedule for the week of when I will be working out, which will start tomorrow morning. I have plugged myself into a blog that caters to my needs. I think I’m all set to start. YAY ME!
I am actually fortunate to know the author of the blog on the website http://bigdivahq.com/. I met her on a vacation I had in Puerto Rico in 2007 and we’ve been friends ever since. She fondly calls me Glenda and I am reminded of how far I’ve come on improving myself as a person. She is my Health Guru and has agreed to be my guest blogger once a month here on My Pocketful Of Thoughts. I figure if I ask my questions out loud I might help other people on the same journey. Stay Tuned to the blog by Ms. Pillowz and it will be labeled Health Guru. Feel free to send any questions that you would like discussed in the Contact Me Section on the left hand panel. Plug into her blog today and enjoy! http://bigdivahq.com/
Until tomorrow!
DjRelat7
DjRelat7
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“It’s in the struggle itself that you define yourself.”
— Pat Buchanan
If there is no struggle to get to where you are going in life then you need to aim higher in your goals, push yourself to be MORE, become who you were destined to be 🙂
Happy Almost Friday 🙂
Last week I recieved an email in my facebook inbox that said ‘Some fun is going on…. just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. And send this on to ONLY girls no men …. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of cancer awareness. It will be fun to see how long it takes before the men will wonder why all the girls have a color in their status’
Color statuses of almost every female and even some males I knew were up throughout the week. It spread like a game of telephone! Who knew something so fun and simple could raise awareness to an illness that effects millions.
I have personally known people in my life who have passed away to cancer. People that have beaten cancer and live to tell the tale, have always brought me to tears. But every single life touched by cancer has always inspired me to give yearly donations and walk alongside those who care for the cause. This year I think I’ll do more walking 🙂 When I figure out when and where, perhaps you can join me or support me by making a donation for the team’s efforts.
One voice can be heard by hundreds but thousands of voices can be heard by millions. When it is televised as being heard around the globe, it gives me goosebumps to know we all had a little part in that 🙂 I hope that makes you all warm and fuzzy this tuesday. We can make a difference! We can change the world! (This is where my friend would tell me, ‘Take it easy Glenda’!) Take a look at the news item on Yahoo! Facebook Bra Phenomenon.
I would also like to thank all the voices who spoke up when they found that a majority of the redbox machines were full last week! I hope you to got a free RedBox rental code!
Inspire someone else today to do something great! We are all born leaders, ready to make changes! Have a terrific Tuesday!
Until tomorrow
DjRelat7
PS Saturday marked 9 days without buying anything I did not need, so I treated myself to a book 🙂 How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? Good I hope! On day 21 you can let me know by taking the poll I’ll have on the left hand panel, make sure to look for it! Oh and I found my purple glove, YAY ME!
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“Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.”
— Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President
This is something I must master 🙂 Happy Tuesday!
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“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
— Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach
Have passion always, especially at work 🙂
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“Money is merely a reward for solving problems.”
— Mike Murdock
Make that money!!! Solve the unsolvable! Happy Sunday!