I've Decided I'm Doing This for Me

ReggaeNurse

Hey Guys!

A friend emailed me this poem regarding our journey into weight loss (she found it on another site). I thought it was really inspiring, and decided to share. I hope you all enjoy!


"I've Decided I'm Doing This for Me

I'm doing this for me. Not for those who called me too fat to be pretty.
Not for the snooty vendors who look down on me when I try on dresses.
Not for those who say "Too bad, she has a pretty face".
Not to make my parents happy.
Not to fit in to a stereotypical idea of beauty.

I'm doing this to get healthy.
To show myself that I can.
To be a strong woman: I can be athletic. I can be beautiful.
I want to feel good in my own skin.
I want to find MYSELF beautiful.
I want to look in my mirror and smile.

I don't want to think "What if I felt good in my skin ..." anymore.
I don't want to look at a beautiful dress and think "Too bad..."
I don't want to think of myself in disgust. My body and I deserve better than that.
I don't want to mistreat my body. It's not my own little garbage can.
I don't want to devalue my health.
I do not want to binge and purge, binge and purge.
I do not want to punish myself anymore.

I'm going to do this, slowly but surely.

And it has made all the difference."


I hope you all find it as refreshing as I did. Enjoy!

rfcollins33

I DID enjoy it! Thanks so much for sharing

SandyLee1961

I really like that!!! so much, I'm going to print it out and put it on my mirror in my room! Thanks so much for posting!

BerryH

That's really inspiring, thanks!

SandyLee1961

I had to post again. I was having a really bad day. Not that I didn't exercise and yes, I made my calorie goals. I was just in a really depressed mood. Overworked, stress - whatever - I was in one of those bad moods and thinking, why am I doing this again?

This has REALLY helped! It not only put a smile on my face it made me reaffirm my desire to get fit!

So really and truly, thank you!

Pebble321

That's great - "doing it for me" is the best reason!
Thanks for sharing.

samcee

I love poetry! I agree that you should always do it for yourself!! I'd like to share one written by Maya Angelou. It's not specifically about weight loss but I guess it could be. It always makes me feel better when anyone tries to dampen my spirits.


Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou

ReggaeNurse

I had to post again. I was having a really bad day. Not that I didn't exercise and yes, I made my calorie goals. I was just in a really depressed mood. Overworked, stress - whatever - I was in one of those bad moods and thinking, why am I doing this again?

This has REALLY helped! It not only put a smile on my face it made me reaffirm my desire to get fit!

So really and truly, thank you!

No problem at all. I'm just glad that it was able to help. Trust me, I can definitely relate to having one of those days where you wonder if everything you're doing is in vain. But, at the end of the day, no matter how hard things may get, if we can remember our compelling reason for wanting to lose weight, that is enough to get us through the obstacles that this journey will throw at us. Having something like this around is a great reminder that we really can do this! Again, you are quite welcome!

ReggaeNurse

You all are quite welcome! Anything to help out, especially when it comes to giving that extra push that we sometimes need.

@Samcee that is absolutely great poem! I love Maya Angelou!

LexieSweetheart

LOVE!!