A bit of a Pep Talk

I rarely post in the forums but lately have seen a lot of folks expressing frustration, despondence and harshness towards themselves. I had to take action! A pep talk is in order.

I give my self pep talks multiple times a day. I have to - it has taken 18 months to lose 52 pounds. Compared to lots of other folks, that's eons. Truthfully, the fact that my loss has been so slow has been the best thing to happen to me. I am not a naturally patient person, and it has taught me patience. More than that, I have learned that ANYTHING is possible.

I am here to tell you, definitively and without reservation, that you are a fabulous person. You are a person deserving of self-love, self-respect and kindness. You are person deserving of happiness and health. You are 100% in charge and in control of your attitude.

You are not in control of the scale. It's nice to think that, but you are not. The reasons that the scale does what it does (or doesn't do!) are endless. We are all unique with unique circumstances that greatly affect our rate of weight loss.

You are, however, in control of your attitude. You are in control of setting your priorities. You are in control of deciding what is important to you and living every moment embracing that decision.

Right now, as of this moment, you are valuable and beautiful and unique. I am positive you can achieve your priorities. I am positive you can be exactly who you want to be.

Action is crucial, but how you treat yourself, how you talk to yourself, how you love yourself, will ultimately determine your success.

It has taken me 18 months to figure that out. Some days I'm better at it than others. Recently I got some advice from folks on here that I consider experts. It wasn't exactly what I wanted to hear. I thought about it for a few days. I realized that if my priorities were as I stated, the advice was excellent. And in believing the advice was excellent, I had to restructure my time to fit in certain activities. I chose to do it. I choose every day - you can too.

Choose love, choose belief, choose courage and choose honesty with yourself. And most importantly, make the choice to believe that you are fabulous. Because it is true.