06/06/2008 14:07
STRENGTH
So I jumped the gun and decided to weigh myself………..and I lost 5 lbs!!!!!! I am very happy about that and it’s giving me more fuel to keep going. My official weigh in date is Sunday morning..so I am hoping one more pound. I know it sounds alot for a week but I realize it’s all water weight. Also, since I have put on 24 pounds since August 2007….I feel this additional weight should be a little less difficult to take off because it was due to stress and emotional eating. By changing my diet and exercising daily, I am confident that these 24 lbs will simply melt away :). I started my C25K program again yesterday and this time I want to complete the 9 weeks. I want to get conditioned so that I can run the Komen race in September.
Every morning when I am on the track, I envision my how I will look when I reach my goal weight and what clothes I am planning on wearing. I have a pair of white pants that fit me perfectly when I was the best physicially. I am planning on wearing those pants soon and having them fit me better than before.I am going through a change and it can be difficult. But I know in my heart of hearts that this change is absolutely necessary. My intuition leads me to belive that this change is for the better. So, I embrace it and I pray for strength and determination. I know know deep inside, there is this endless supply of strength. I am ready to envoke it 
Posted By: lilmisssunshine
06/06/2008 19:33
Yes
You are exactly right, you are stronger than you know, and that strength runs through every vein in your body. Change is a funny thing. It can be great sometimes - it can be scary others. Change is loved, and hated. Change however, is happening every minute of the day, and like it or hate it, we have to learn to accept it. The sooner we embrace change, and flow with the river instead of fight it, the less stress, and more peaceful we become. There's a saying - if you resist, it will persist. Sometimes we just want something so badly, we don't think of what it's doing to us emotionally and physcially. Add to that when that something is taken away, or dissapears from our life, we fight and kick and scream, and it's hard to see any benefit at all in change. But if we let go, let God, take a deep breath and stop fighting so hard, we start to see new wonders that we may not have seen in the old situation. New doors are opened, that never could have before. I know I can't say that I know what you're going through. But I have been a number one fighter of change in the past, and it's broken my body, and broken my spirit. The only thing that came from fighting change, was losing my power to it, and exhausting myself mentally and physically. It was like I was always trying to wade upstream, in rapids. When I finally let go, and released my grip on the situation, there was an indescribable peace that wrapped around me. It takes time, but flowing with the river, instead of against it or instead of standing knee deep in a stagnant pond...(shutting down) allows us to see all the wonders and blessings as change evolves not only around us, but through us :)
You are strong :) You do have the determination :) So flow with the river, and let it carry you to a new and wonderful place :)
xo
Trish
