a moment to refocusonlife

Hey friends!

I don’t want to continue to harp on my weightloss, but it truly has been life altering in so many ways. I truly ONLY share these stories to inspire and motivate people.

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We are spending this glorious week at the Outer Banks of NC. Corolla, NC to be exact. As I type this, I’m sitting on the balcony looking across dunes at the waves rolling and crashing on the shore. And, it’s HOT. In fact, it’s been very hot this week.

One year ago for vacation, I spent the week at VA Beach. I remember being miserable. Very miserable. When we arrived last year, I had sweat completely thru my clothing by the time we had the luggage unpacked. This year, I’ve ridden my bike for miles, climbed the dunes, carried suitcases up and down steps, and I have yet to break more than a few beads of sweat.

One of the hidden beauties of being a normal weight, I suppose, is not sweating. It just reinforces to me that idea that I NEVER, ever want to gain the weight back. It gives me great motivation to maintain.

Enjoy your week, I know I will!

a moment to refocusonlife

Happy Monday Everyone! Oh, wait, it’s TUESDAY! Better late than never, right?

In fact, that’s true, the next time you’ve eaten a slice of cake for breakfast, remember that you can jump right back on the “program” before lunch! Grab an apple for a snack, go for a walk, and then get your mindset in place for a healthy lunch, because it’s better late than never!

We can apply “better late than never” to many aspects of our lives. There are choices at every intersection. Do you feel you’ve been making wrong turns? Think about at the next intersection you come to and remember, positive and healthy choices are better late than never!

I hope that you all have a wonderful day! Enjoy the summer sun. Stop and refocusonlife. Take in the small things, like the beautiful green plants that so enjoy summer!

Be good y’all! 

a moment to refocusonlife

Over the past few years, I have begun taking better care of myself and it has given me more confidence. 

From my orthodontics to my weightless and my yearning for knowledge, I have been a work in progress. I am so happy to report that the changes I have made are working! But I'm far from done!

My confidence is growing. There's a certain ego boost to having an employee at the dentist office (that I go to only once every six months) tell you that a coworker of hers saw me at the kids school and came back to the office and mentioned how much weight I had lost. It really does help with the self-esteem. 

So, make a plan, create a "bucket list" and start working your way towards feeling better physically, emotionally, and spiritually! 

Have a great week everyone! 

a moment to refocusonlife

Good Monday Morning!

I hate weekends. Nope, there’s no need to have your eyes checked, I said what you think I said. I hate weekends. No, that doesn’t mean I’m thrilled that it’s Monday, but what it does mean is that I’m a creature of habit. I love having a schedule. I love planning. I love feeling in control.

On the weekends things are so willy-nilly that I get off base. I lose focus. I get caught up in the moment. It’s easier for me to keep the focus on my health goals when I have a plan. For instance, Saturday Mark and I went to the opening reception of the Western NC Studio Glass Exhibition at the downtown arts galleries. They had food! They had unhealthy, yummy, food! Normally this would not pose a problem for me, as I truly have resolve of steel and can work my way around a table from the crackers, chips, and breads to the veggie platters, but Saturday was a special case, we had gone out on the Sea Doo’s all Saturday morning and skipped lunch. By the time we arrived at the Arts Exhibition, I was famished. That was simply bad planning on my part and it was a recipe for disaster!

I’m not saying that I couldn’t plan for the weekends; sometimes I just do it all wrong. So, a new goal for me is to figure out why I can’t handle willy-nilly and figure out a way to fix that issue. Another issue for me on the weekends is that I tend to do more things with people outside my immediate family, such as Mark’s Mom’s birthday party yesterday. It’s a lot more difficult to avoid my “triggers” when I have no control over the items being served. Yesterday, I ate a piece of cake and a piece of pecan pie! It was delicious, don’t get me wrong, but when I was finished, I definitely felt that I had made a huge mistake.

Let’s all practice planning a little better. Planning, for me, has always equaled success. The next time I know I’m going into a reception or a party, I’m going to plan to take my own, more suitable crackers and/or dessert. I’ll also make sure I eat prior, so as to not engorge myself with lots of foods that aren’t part of my plan! I’m not going to hate on the weekend too awfully much or beat myself up over mistakes in the past, but I have decided to learn from this weekend’s transgressions and move forward on a better path. After all, if we don’t learn from our past we are doomed to repeat it! With summer coming up, the schedule will be as willy-nilly as it comes, so I best get to work on my education!

Have a great week and don’t forget to stop and refocusonlife just a bit…