Wyld Creativity: 3 Weeks and Counting

Friday, October 26, 2012

3 Weeks and Counting

Wow It's hard to believe how fall has flown by. I have never been happier since my decision to start weight watchers. Since joining on OCT 9th..dunnnnnnnnaaaaa....I have lost 5 lbs! That's right I weight 230 with still one week left in the month.
(Just a side disclaimer, I actually started writing this Thursday night and I weighed in at 228.4..a couple pounds less and was inspired to write but this morning on my actual weigh in day..am up 2lbs..what the heck! so anyway to be fair I went with a total of 5 lbs but, really...I know its better than that!)

Regardless, I am excited to see what kind of progress is in store, I hope I will continue down this path of success!

What's amazing to me is that I am just living my life, yes, I am adjusting and monitoring what I eat drastically compared to what I was before but it's not painful at all ..I am totally satisfied and honestly completely relieved because instead of looking at the scale and feeling overwhelmed because once again I am going to be my heaviest approaching the New Year..I can feel in control and hopeful knowing I didn't wait, took action and the results are happening.

I'm just so glad I did this. You know, it's so easy to get stuck in a rut..It happens to me WAY too often. I became complacent with what I was eating for months over the summer, I wasn't going crazy but my boundaries were slipping. I allowed feeling overwhelmed and tired to take over and convinced myself losing weight was too hard for me right now. What I have discovered is it actually takes more work thinking about losing weight, getting down on yourself and constantly worrying than it does to decide to start something and stick to it.

Taking control of what we eat and setting boundaries is very freeing. You would think it's the opposite but having a giant slice of cake even if it feels great in the moment ..isn't very freeing later when you get on the scale. All of that happiness is replaced with fear and worry.

SO instead of fear and worry about getting bigger..I now have joy, hope and excitement about getting smaller.

This is a GOOD THING.

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Anonymous said...: You are a disciplined person! Love yourself now and every step of the way... Beautiful outside and in, that is my opinion for what is worth!!

Mom; October 26, 2012 at 10:39 AM

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Friday, October 26, 2012

3 Weeks and Counting

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