My good habits fell to the wayside after my dad died unexpectedly in July and I gained almost all of the weight I had lost. I still grieve but I'm ready to get fit and healthy and be the woman I am on the inside on the outside. I'm embracing life now which I think is what Dad would want more than anything for me.
Yesterday I came up with 20 reasons to reach my ideal weight. Here they are, not in any particular order of importance:
- Be healthy.
- Be a good role model.
- Feel good about myself and gain a better self-image.
- Be able to not despise shopping.
- Be athletic again.
- Have less back pain.
- Make my family proud to be with me and proud of me.
- Be able to do more with my kids such as learn to ski and go swimming without feeling ashamed.
- Accomplish something measurable through hard work.
- Feel more attractive.
- Get back into shape before menopause.
- Acknowledge aging and face it by getting stronger physically and emotionally.
- Control what I can control.
- Take steps to heal--recover/grow through grief.
- Practice self care and thereby become a better caregiver.
- Show the world the "real" me.
- Make the last half of my 40s and the whole of my 50s healthier than my 30s.
- Make my 45th birthday symbolize a rebirth.
- Be an inspiration to others.
- Remember that the body is the temple for the soul and treat it as such.
Thank you. Be well.
