Women Who Need Encouragement -- Read and Share This

melbatoast917
melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
....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
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  • dotido
    dotido Posts: 49 Member
    This is so cute and motivational! I can relate with this piece of art.

    Thanks for sharing! <3
  • Jenism1
    Jenism1 Posts: 149 Member
    Love it!! Well done. Great reminder as to why we are here! Thanks so much for this.:happy:
  • laurenw1992
    laurenw1992 Posts: 62 Member
    Absolutely love this! You also share my aunties name haha! Great stuff!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.
  • MandaLeigh123
    MandaLeigh123 Posts: 351 Member
    Thanks for sharing!
  • AlissaFL
    AlissaFL Posts: 80 Member
    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
    rachellanae11 Posts: 10 Member
    this is wonderful thanks for sharing!
  • snapdoodle1
    snapdoodle1 Posts: 34 Member
    beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Thank you for posting!
  • JeniSue28
    JeniSue28 Posts: 1,395 Member
    Thanks for posting, this is great!
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.

    You are very right.
  • Csurviver
    Csurviver Posts: 17 Member
    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
    latulley Posts: 1 Member
    love it :happy:
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Thanks, guys!:smile:
  • niemand88f
    niemand88f Posts: 9 Member
    thanks for sharing, very creative and inspiring :)
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Thanks for reading!
  • Belindacandoit
    Belindacandoit Posts: 7 Member
    love it! awesome! thx so much fopr sharing, do you care if i copy and print it for those weak moments?
  • jenomaha
    jenomaha Posts: 631 Member
    I absolutely love it! :flowerforyou:
  • DERBS21
    DERBS21 Posts: 33 Member
    That was so Great...Thank you for sharing
  • NAcetoLang
    NAcetoLang Posts: 517 Member
    Terrific! Thanks for posting!
  • nascarbettie
    nascarbettie Posts: 69 Member
    I needed this!! Thank you sooo much for writing it and sharing.
  • meeksfour
    meeksfour Posts: 59 Member
    Bump worthy! Love it.
  • rchambers2072
    rchambers2072 Posts: 227 Member
    I like this! Thank you. I might print it and post it on my fridge with a before and half way progress pic.
  • cathyhcarter
    cathyhcarter Posts: 1 Member
    Love it!:smile::smile:
  • hankspatty
    hankspatty Posts: 2 Member
    Really cute!!!:happy:
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
    thats lovely :)
  • JenLaPointe
    JenLaPointe Posts: 37 Member
    Love it!! So true!!
  • breezy62037
    breezy62037 Posts: 16 Member
    Love it!! Great motivational tool!! :flowerforyou:
  • ktull68
    ktull68 Posts: 19 Member
    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
    10k40min Posts: 10 Member
    I love it!!
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