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Monday Morning Drive by Smooches!
SoldierDad
Posts: 1,602
Good morning my lovely darlings! Helllooo Monday! I hope this day finds everyone healthy & happy! I was driving to work this morning, country music cranked all the way up, and I was thinking about what I was going to eat today. And for a minute I was thinking about how much it sucks to be gluten intolerant and the things I can’t eat. It was then that I realized just how easy it is to focus on the negative. There are so many things I can eat why worry about the stuff I can’t eat! It’s like with my love life. When I and my ex split I took full custody of the kids and they are my very world. I love and adore them with all that I am. I chose to focus on them and not date till they were older. Now this cowboy is a very romantic and um, very passionate man 
. When I focus on not having a woman in my life I get lonely and miss having a woman to spoil and adore. However when I focus on why I chose not to date I remember how blessed I am to be able to spend every evening playing with my kids and just having more fun than the law should allow! And that is how our fitness journey needs to be. Always focused on the positive and never the negative. Focus on all the progress you have made, not what you have left to do. Focus on your success. Be joyful in the journey! Because darlings you are winners. You are gorgeous, sexy, sweet, and absolutely stunning. Everyday as your confidence grows you just get more and more gorgeous. You are unstoppable my friends and keeping your eyes on the positive makes you unbeatable. Shine baby, shine! :flowerforyou: 
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This cowboy is rooting for you and loving you with every heart beat.
Blessings,
Ed
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ps: Did I just happen to mention that y’all are not just gorgeous but smoking hot! I thought it was hot in Texas until I saw you. Now I know what hot is!!!!!!!!!
pss: I mean, dang, but your gorgeous & sexy! WOOOHOOO!!! HUBBA HUBBA!
. When I focus on not having a woman in my life I get lonely and miss having a woman to spoil and adore. However when I focus on why I chose not to date I remember how blessed I am to be able to spend every evening playing with my kids and just having more fun than the law should allow! And that is how our fitness journey needs to be. Always focused on the positive and never the negative. Focus on all the progress you have made, not what you have left to do. Focus on your success. Be joyful in the journey! Because darlings you are winners. You are gorgeous, sexy, sweet, and absolutely stunning. Everyday as your confidence grows you just get more and more gorgeous. You are unstoppable my friends and keeping your eyes on the positive makes you unbeatable. Shine baby, shine! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:This cowboy is rooting for you and loving you with every heart beat.
Blessings,
Ed
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ps: Did I just happen to mention that y’all are not just gorgeous but smoking hot! I thought it was hot in Texas until I saw you. Now I know what hot is!!!!!!!!!
pss: I mean, dang, but your gorgeous & sexy! WOOOHOOO!!! HUBBA HUBBA!
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Great words of wisdom this morning. Once again, thank you Ed. You are the best! Love ya Cowboy!0
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Great words of wisdom this morning. Once again, thank you Ed. You are the best! Love ya Cowboy!
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Awww thanks Ed! Being Gluten Intolerant as well, I find it difficult to find things to eat, especially on the go. Yesterday I was a little bit sad that my favorite soup place Zoup only had tomato bisque as the only gluten free option, and I hate cooked tomatoes! So I decided to had to Walgreens and they actually had fat free yoplait yogurt so I had that and a bag of baked lays potato chips. It was not exactly what I wanted but it curbed the hunger until I got home later to enjoy dinner!0
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You are such a sweet man. Love the picture, what adorable kids and so lucky to have a father like you. I wish there were more men and women out there that felt the way you do. I was in the Army right out of high school and was a medical corpsman and I was in FANTASTIC shape. Got married, got out, got divorced, got remarried and unfortunately have a husband that loves to cook, I mean I don't mind him cooking its What he cooks. He is from down south and loves FRIED FOOD, which I do too. LOL. So besides his cooking and quitting smoking I gained weight. Now I found this place and am on my way to HOPEFULLY losing the weight I need to lose. Give those kids a big hug from me and keep on loving them like you do. You have your priorities right and that is AWESOME. Good Luck and God Bless.
Thank you for your service.0 -
Thanks. You are lovely too. LOL Good to see people with positive attitudes. Weight loss struggles make it hard to stay upbeat. Have a great week.
Troy
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Always focused on the positive and never the negative. Focus on all the progress you have made, not what you have left to do. Focus on your success. Be joyful in the journey! Because darlings you are winners. You are gorgeous, sexy, sweet, and absolutely stunning. Everyday as your confidence grows you just get more and more gorgeous. You are unstoppable my friends and keeping your eyes on the positive makes you unbeatable. Shine baby, shine!
Dear Dr. Ed-
Great advice. I just wrote about a thousand page blog about struggling with this very thing yesterday- focusing on the negatives, rather than the positives. I wonder why it is that our brains KNOW what to do, yet our emotions don't always align with what's intelligent? It is strange the way we can often look around and see such beauty in others, yet when we look at ourselves, we only pick out the flaws.
Either way, timely words in my life!
Thanks for sharing your positivity!
-SFG
p.s. You're not only building wonderful memories with those lil darlin's, but you're also protecting them as well. It's an admirable thing, though I can see how it's got to be tough. Seeing your profile pic and the happiness of your children, I'd say it is well worth it! :flowerforyou:0 -
You have the luckiest kids alive - and thanks for the words of wisdom! Have a good day today!!0
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Always focused on the positive and never the negative. Focus on all the progress you have made, not what you have left to do. Focus on your success. Be joyful in the journey! Because darlings you are winners. You are gorgeous, sexy, sweet, and absolutely stunning. Everyday as your confidence grows you just get more and more gorgeous. You are unstoppable my friends and keeping your eyes on the positive makes you unbeatable. Shine baby, shine!
Dear Dr. Ed-
Great advice. I just wrote about a thousand page blog about struggling with this very thing yesterday- focusing on the negatives, rather than the positives. I wonder why it is that our brains KNOW what to do, yet our emotions don't always align with what's intelligent? It is strange the way we can often look around and see such beauty in others, yet when we look at ourselves, we only pick out the flaws.
Either way, timely words in my life!
Thanks for sharing your positivity!
-SFG
p.s. You're not only building wonderful memories with those lil darlin's, but you're also protecting them as well. It's an admirable thing, though I can see how it's got to be tough. Seeing your profile pic and the happiness of your children, I'd say it is well worth it! :flowerforyou:
Seems like great minds think alike! I need to start reading your blog. :-)0 -
You have the luckiest kids alive - and thanks for the words of wisdom! Have a good day today!!
I am the lucky one to have them! I am blessed beyond measure by them.0 -
Awww thanks Ed! Being Gluten Intolerant as well, I find it difficult to find things to eat, especially on the go. Yesterday I was a little bit sad that my favorite soup place Zoup only had tomato bisque as the only gluten free option, and I hate cooked tomatoes! So I decided to had to Walgreens and they actually had fat free yoplait yogurt so I had that and a bag of baked lays potato chips. It was not exactly what I wanted but it curbed the hunger until I got home later to enjoy dinner!
Gluten intolerant here as well and just spent a week in Canada, eating out for nearly every meal. Eating NATURALLY gluten-free was easy but there were those moments when my inlaws were digging into bread and gingerbread cake, that I felt grief for what I couldn't enjoy with them. It didn't help that when we went to the Louisbourg Fortress, my bil said since being gluten-free is such a hassle to plan around, off with her head! The reality is that I eat healthier being gluten-free because I avoid the refined carbs, even the gluten-free flours except for special occasions. I make myself eat fresh food. I could curse the intolerances (I am lactose and gluten intolerant) or be thankful for the adventure that is eating healthy and healing my body. Friend me if you wish.0 -
Ed you always say the right thing at the right time! Your encouragement is amazing. And your two kiddies, blessed to have such a loving and giving father. You Rock Cowboy. xx0
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Dear Dr. Ed-
Great advice. I just wrote about a thousand page blog about struggling with this very thing yesterday- focusing on the negatives, rather than the positives. I wonder why it is that our brains KNOW what to do, yet our emotions don't always align with what's intelligent? It is strange the way we can often look around and see such beauty in others, yet when we look at ourselves, we only pick out the flaws.
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Just subscribed to your blog. Terrific writing! I love this statement above. That is sooooo thought-provoking. Have we been taught so much that arrogance is a sin that we have also rolled self-confidence and self-love into that definition? I don't know but I am challenging those thoughts on a regular basis. It is not wrong for me to love myself, nor is it pompous to do so. I'm giving myself permission to live an AUTHENTIC life.0 -
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Thanks to the positive start to my day Ed!!
And Hubba Hubba to you too!0 -
:flowerforyou: :smooched: :flowerforyou:0
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For some reason, your Monday posts always seem to be the BEST!!! Maybe it's just because you are absloutely awesome, or the fact that it is great to start off Mondays with such a positve note. Either way, thanks as always.
Have an awesome week.
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You never fail to make me smile. Thanks for the Monday morning encouragement! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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Aww... That was a really nice read....
You sound like a great guy.
Thanks For the boost of positivity!0 -
For some reason, your Monday posts always seem to be the BEST!!! Maybe it's just because you are absloutely awesome, or the fact that it is great to start off Mondays with such a positve note. Either way, thanks as always.
Have an awesome week.
Love ya!!
Loves ya gorgeous darling! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: 0 -
Thanks Ed...for the reminder!!
Hugs & Smooches!!0 -
What a great way to start the day... and the perfect reminder. Thanks for being you, Cowboy! :happy:0
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What a great way to start the day... and the perfect reminder. Thanks for being you, Cowboy! :happy:
Thank you, thank all of you for being you! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: 0 -
Thanks Ed
- for the gift of your posts every day
- for making soooo many women (and men) smile on a daily basis
- for setting our mind and focus at the right place
- for still being around even though "you" apparently don't need to be here anymore
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I'm sure we all could add many more points to this list :flowerforyou: :smooched:0 -
Thanks Ed
- for the gift of your posts every day
- for making soooo many women (and men) smile on a daily basis
- for setting our mind and focus at the right place
- for still being around even though "you" apparently don't need to be here anymore
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I'm sure we all could add many more points to this list :flowerforyou: :smooched:
You are too sweet! Thank you!0 -
Thanks for the great reminder this morning. Positive thinking has been a huge help in getting this far on my journey, but it's easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day cares and forget.
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So many lovely people!! I jsyut adore y'all! :flowerforyou:0
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Just subscribed to your blog. Terrific writing! I love this statement above. That is sooooo thought-provoking. Have we been taught so much that arrogance is a sin that we have also rolled self-confidence and self-love into that definition? I don't know but I am challenging those thoughts on a regular basis. It is not wrong for me to love myself, nor is it pompous to do so. I'm giving myself permission to live an AUTHENTIC life.
I love the way you re-worded that! And thank you for both your compliment and the greater compliment of following my blog. It is definitely a concept I believe a numerous Christian women struggle with. SO good to get the feedback that I'm not alone in my struggles. We ARE wonderfully made, and it is time that we own it!
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I love that you are so devoted to your kids that you put your needs on hold for them. I wish my daughter felt that way. It breaks my heart to see my grandkids putting up with the UncleDaddy of the month on a regular basis. She's been "in love" 3 times in the last 9 months. And one of them made me very uncomfortable around my grandaughter. It's hard on kids to bring people into their lives then take them back out again. Why can't she find someone like you?0
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I love that you are so devoted to your kids that you put your needs on hold for them. I wish my daughter felt that way. It breaks my heart to see my grandkids putting up with the UncleDaddy of the month on a regular basis. She's been "in love" 3 times in the last 9 months. And one of them made me very uncomfortable around my grandaughter. It's hard on kids to bring people into their lives then take them back out again. Why can't she find someone like you?
Kids need stability. I would have to date someone 6 months before they met my kids!0
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