It sounds dirty.
It sounds wrong.
And you know what, it is!
To me the word diet is about the way you eat. Everyday! It isn't a short or temporary way of eating. The dictionary says that diet = food or feed habitually eaten or provided. and that is the definition I like.
I'm making a habit of eating better and providing nutrition to my body.
My diet is about balance.
My diet is about health.
My diet is about me losing weight!
So i'm taking back the word diet, and making it a "good" word.
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
mirror mirror on the wall...
so i'm in a new place.
it's not my house, it's my brothers house.
and it has no mirrors. OK it has no full length mirrors. at least not in my room.
I'm not a super vain person. and I don't like looking at myself or my body in the mirror. or so i thought.
not having a mirror has made me realize how much i did look at myself...not obsessively or anything, but I would look at myself when i was getting dressed. That's right i would look at myself naked! and you know what? i miss seeing my body naked!
It's not that I think i have some great figure or anything, but I miss seeing the things about my body that I do like.
For instance, I love the swell of my hips. I think it's very sultry and feminine.
I miss seeing the bump of my butt. It's not in the J-Lo category but it looks nice, and a lot better than it did before.
But most of all, I miss looking in the mirror and reaffirming that my body is healthy, strong, feminine and getting better each day!
I hope that everyone takes a moment to look at and appreciate their bodies! love their shape! and notice all the benefits that the hard work of proper nutrition and exercise can have on your body!
it's not my house, it's my brothers house.
and it has no mirrors. OK it has no full length mirrors. at least not in my room.
I'm not a super vain person. and I don't like looking at myself or my body in the mirror. or so i thought.
not having a mirror has made me realize how much i did look at myself...not obsessively or anything, but I would look at myself when i was getting dressed. That's right i would look at myself naked! and you know what? i miss seeing my body naked!
It's not that I think i have some great figure or anything, but I miss seeing the things about my body that I do like.
For instance, I love the swell of my hips. I think it's very sultry and feminine.
I miss seeing the bump of my butt. It's not in the J-Lo category but it looks nice, and a lot better than it did before.
But most of all, I miss looking in the mirror and reaffirming that my body is healthy, strong, feminine and getting better each day!
I hope that everyone takes a moment to look at and appreciate their bodies! love their shape! and notice all the benefits that the hard work of proper nutrition and exercise can have on your body!
Friday, May 29, 2009
scales and moms
I have to start by saying that the most intense of warriors are moms!
They do battle everyday with their obligations, budgets, kids, and the list goes on.
I've got kids on the brain because I'm helping to take care of my nephew...an amazing 13 month old boy, who in his short time so far has had to face more obstacles than most adults will ever deal with. He is the most self adjusted, happy, curious and adventurous child. He is a word awe inspiring.
But taking care of him is work. Just like taking care of any child is work. And if you don't have kids around like me, well it's daunting!
There are schedules that you have to stick to. There are exercise and play time that has to be had. There are meals and snacks that have to be eaten. and there is nap times that has to be taken. I'm very grateful for naptime.
But all this is very similar to what we have to do to make the numbers on the scale reflect our reverse growth, if you will. In order to make a healthy lifestyle program work for you, you have to work it too!
You have to plan out your game plan. you need to know what you have to accomplish. You need to eat on a regular basis (every 2-3 hours). you have to stay active and move around everyday, and you have to rest! and then get up and do it all over again.
And if you ask any mom, she'll agree that it's a lot of work, but the end result is so amazing, that you just do see it work. So why can't we look at ourselves the same way. Sure it will take work, effort and some inner strength that we didn't know we had, to make a program like Medifast, or really any program, work...but the end result, the healthy happy lighter you is wonderful! So let's stop looking at it like drudgery and start looking at it like nurturing a new soul! Because I have to tell you that's it's pretty amazing.
They do battle everyday with their obligations, budgets, kids, and the list goes on.
I've got kids on the brain because I'm helping to take care of my nephew...an amazing 13 month old boy, who in his short time so far has had to face more obstacles than most adults will ever deal with. He is the most self adjusted, happy, curious and adventurous child. He is a word awe inspiring.
But taking care of him is work. Just like taking care of any child is work. And if you don't have kids around like me, well it's daunting!
There are schedules that you have to stick to. There are exercise and play time that has to be had. There are meals and snacks that have to be eaten. and there is nap times that has to be taken. I'm very grateful for naptime.
But all this is very similar to what we have to do to make the numbers on the scale reflect our reverse growth, if you will. In order to make a healthy lifestyle program work for you, you have to work it too!
You have to plan out your game plan. you need to know what you have to accomplish. You need to eat on a regular basis (every 2-3 hours). you have to stay active and move around everyday, and you have to rest! and then get up and do it all over again.
And if you ask any mom, she'll agree that it's a lot of work, but the end result is so amazing, that you just do see it work. So why can't we look at ourselves the same way. Sure it will take work, effort and some inner strength that we didn't know we had, to make a program like Medifast, or really any program, work...but the end result, the healthy happy lighter you is wonderful! So let's stop looking at it like drudgery and start looking at it like nurturing a new soul! Because I have to tell you that's it's pretty amazing.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Scared...
Yesterday my girlfriend stopped by the house. As we were chatting she commented about an email that I had sent out, letting people know about this amazing new path that I have decided to take with my life. She told me that it was very brave.
Brave...I was scared! Terrified in fact. As I was writing that communication, and including the picture I posted yesterday, it meant that I had to be really honest with a lot of people. My husband never knew how much I weighed, either at my heaviest or now! And to put it out there for the whole world to see meant that I had to stop hiding behind this fear.
The whole night I thought about this conversation.
FEAR had held me back.
FEAR had kept me fat.
FEAR had kept me unhealthy.
FEAR made me unhappy.
I don't want to live in FEAR anymore. I want to enjoy my life and live it to it's fullest. But above all I want to help other people get out from under that fear and live a healthy life.
Brave...I was scared! Terrified in fact. As I was writing that communication, and including the picture I posted yesterday, it meant that I had to be really honest with a lot of people. My husband never knew how much I weighed, either at my heaviest or now! And to put it out there for the whole world to see meant that I had to stop hiding behind this fear.
The whole night I thought about this conversation.
FEAR had held me back.
FEAR had kept me fat.
FEAR had kept me unhealthy.
FEAR made me unhappy.
I don't want to live in FEAR anymore. I want to enjoy my life and live it to it's fullest. But above all I want to help other people get out from under that fear and live a healthy life.
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