I have a great friend who told me about a GREAT book by Tosca Reno, but the bookstore did not have the exact one, so I picked up another titled "Your Best Body Now", purchased it and walked out the door. Little did I know how much this book would motivate me to become physically and emotionally healthier!!!
Laying by the pool, watching my 8-yr old son swim, I read the book and could not put it down! Each sentence gave me inspiration and encouragement to no longer put everyone ahead of me and understand that if I am not healthy, no one can take my place. After my health scare last summer, I have come to realize that Josh has one wife, Hayden has one mother, and my parents have one daughter (yes I am an only child) and no one can replace me!
I have also come to the realization that I am not perfect....as hard as I try, I am not perfect by any means. I am not the perfect wife, mother, daughter, friend and employee. I mount tons of stress upon myself to try to be perfect and this is something I have to change....and in a hurry!!! I feel this will eliminate a major portion of my stress. As Tosca Reno says..."When you realize trying to be perfect is really overrated-and frankly impossible-you will discover happiness!"
Starting tomorrow, I will be making a "board" with pictures, inspirational quotes and my big goal right in the center! I want to place it where I can see it, study it and take it in every day! I will be eating "clean" (nothing processed...everything fresh!), logging in my food and exercise, setting small goals for each day and also coming to grips with my imperfections and any challenges that happen. I will also write down each day three things I am grateful for, the best thing that happened to me that day and how proud of myself I am! I must allow myself to be proud of my successes.
I do ask, as a friend, to give encouragement and join me on my journey! I am really looking forward to meeting my daily and end goals, but want to continue, after meeting my goals, to live a good, physically and emotionally healthy life. In this day and age, people are miserable, depressed and unhealthy...you can see it in their faces!! I don't want to be one of those people by ANY means and I don't want any of my friends to be in the same boat! You want to join me on this journey?? PLEASE DO! We can form a great support group of friends to lean on when we have a tough challenge we think we can't overcome!
I am setting my goals for tomorrow: Run 3 sets of bleachers (each side of the field is one set) and at least 1 mile on the track, eat a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner, make my "Journey Board".
In the end, I must lean on my saying that I have lived by for the past few years (the funny thing is, I forgot where I found it!!)..."Success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone".
Let the "journey" begin...
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