Women Who Need Encouragement -- Read and Share This

melbatoast917

....but please give credit where credit is due. I wrote this in the shower at the YMCA several months ago and it has helped me stay focused when the times got tough. Basically, this came after a family member and confidant whom I had hoped I could lean on accused me of "changing" and being "obsessed." Really this is my response to her demanding question "Why???"

I want to run and not jiggle
Wear a slinky dress and not wiggle.
I want to see light between my thighs
And buy boots in normal calf size.
I want to dance and have fun
And not be "Right there - the fat one!"
I want to still  be rockin' skinny jeans
When my kids are in their teens.
I want to be fearless when I'm nude 
And have a charming, sunny attitude.
I want to go on a cruise and lie on the beach
And fly on a plane without buying two seats.
I want to turn heads when I walk in the room
To my husband, be the sun and the moon. 
I want a healthy, happy, long life 
And be a better mother, best friend and wife.

melbatoast917 aka Jackie Anne Wilson

dotido

This is so cute and motivational! I can relate with this piece of art.

Thanks for sharing!

Jenism1

Love it!! Well done. Great reminder as to why we are here! Thanks so much for this.:happy:

laurenw1992

Absolutely love this! You also share my aunties name haha! Great stuff!

47Jacqueline

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.

MandaLeigh123

Thanks for sharing!

AlissaFL

Thank you for sharing! That is an awesome poem and mantra. I want all things too!!!! Sorry your friend questioned you, but I am glad you had the courage to answer the question Why? And with gusto, I might add.

rachellanae11

this is wonderful thanks for sharing!

snapdoodle1

beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.

pkw58

Thank you for posting!

JeniSue28

Thanks for posting, this is great!

melbatoast917

beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.

You are very right.

Csurviver

Awesome, I am going to share this with a fellow work out buddy. She has lost over 75lbs and we talked about how even your best friends kind of alienate you because of your new lifestyle.

latulley

love it :happy:

melbatoast917

Thanks, guys!

niemand88f

thanks for sharing, very creative and inspiring

melbatoast917

Thanks for reading!

Belindacandoit

love it! awesome! thx so much fopr sharing, do you care if i copy and print it for those weak moments?

jenomaha

I absolutely love it! :flowerforyou:

DERBS21

That was so Great...Thank you for sharing

NAcetoLang

Terrific! Thanks for posting!

nascarbettie

I needed this!! Thank you sooo much for writing it and sharing.

meeksfour

Bump worthy! Love it.

rchambers2072

I like this! Thank you. I might print it and post it on my fridge with a before and half way progress pic.

cathyhcarter

Love it!

hankspatty

Really cute!!!:happy:

sarahmoo12

thats lovely

JenLaPointe

Love it!! So true!!

breezy62037

Love it!! Great motivational tool!! :flowerforyou:

ktull68

Sounds like it's time for new friends who understand and support you. Tyra Banks said on Dr Oz that any one who made her feel
bad about her self in any way were quickly unfriended in her life. Sometimes we need to love unhealthy people from a distance and keep the healthy ones close at hand.

10k40min

I love it!!