Its just a number
shendrick1
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YAY its FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For me that means “weigh in day”….Sounds scary doesn’t it! I used to think that too… However, I have looked past this and found my grip with reality. Our weight and pants size is just a number. It does not define who we are, what we do, or how we live our life. It cannot tell others what you are like and how much you are loved. It cannot tell you that, YOU have the power to choose your happiness and measure your self-worth. It cannot define you. Numbers simply do not have that power, unless you give them that right.
For many years I gave a number and tag size the right to determine my self-worth. I let it define me and become my identity. When I introduced myself I felt as if I was saying, “Pleasure to me you… I’m 241lbs, size 20 jeans, and a XXL shirt!” I can comfortably sit here and type this knowing, I am not the only one who has done this! I am not the only one that has relinquish my life over to a number and say, “I’m too fat to do that”. Because of this I have miss out on life and moments I can never get back. I changed this view a few weeks ago when I saw a pictures of me from 2007. I was 23, had one child that was 18mo and newborn twins… and I believe it or not… had ONE chin!!! ONE CHIN, ladies and gen, I could not believe my eyes … I had pride in myself, I fixed my hair, had light make up on… and I could wear clothing that had only one X on it! That was 7 years ago….and a lot has happened in those 7 years… field trips, vacations, parks, games, the list goes on. Inset of being ACTIVITLY engaged with my boys, I was cheering from a bench because I was “to fat to do that”!
I can’t rewrite the past, let’s face it if we could, we ALL would do something different. However, I can change in the present and have a better future for myself AND my family! As I wrap this up I will leave you with a quote I have grown to love, “Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't, I give yourself reasons why you CAN.” Go out, enjoy life and show the world why you CAN and be the beautiful people you are!
God bless,
Sara H.
For many years I gave a number and tag size the right to determine my self-worth. I let it define me and become my identity. When I introduced myself I felt as if I was saying, “Pleasure to me you… I’m 241lbs, size 20 jeans, and a XXL shirt!” I can comfortably sit here and type this knowing, I am not the only one who has done this! I am not the only one that has relinquish my life over to a number and say, “I’m too fat to do that”. Because of this I have miss out on life and moments I can never get back. I changed this view a few weeks ago when I saw a pictures of me from 2007. I was 23, had one child that was 18mo and newborn twins… and I believe it or not… had ONE chin!!! ONE CHIN, ladies and gen, I could not believe my eyes … I had pride in myself, I fixed my hair, had light make up on… and I could wear clothing that had only one X on it! That was 7 years ago….and a lot has happened in those 7 years… field trips, vacations, parks, games, the list goes on. Inset of being ACTIVITLY engaged with my boys, I was cheering from a bench because I was “to fat to do that”!
I can’t rewrite the past, let’s face it if we could, we ALL would do something different. However, I can change in the present and have a better future for myself AND my family! As I wrap this up I will leave you with a quote I have grown to love, “Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't, I give yourself reasons why you CAN.” Go out, enjoy life and show the world why you CAN and be the beautiful people you are!
God bless,
Sara H.
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I hate that society puts such a strong emphasis on size. Even though according to the "world" I am considered to be obese, I do not have problems with my health. And that size has gotten smaller as the decades have gone on.
I've struggled with my weight since I was in my 20s. Even when I was in the military, I struggled. I can't tell you how many times I'd have to be measured because I didn't fit into their pre-determined weights. The main places they'd measure would be the wrist and neck. My neck was always slender and my goodness, I've always had skinny wrists! If my wrists had been just a tad bigger, there'd be no issue.
Now I'm 48 and it's harder than ever to get the weight off. I've even worked with trainers (very hard, going to the gym 5 nights a week with a trainer standing over me the entire time) with zero weight loss.
But I'm still going to try. My next step is to check for an chemical imbalance.0
