What an absolutely fabulous woman!! I adore her body and her spirit!
Okay, So I know I should totally be ashamed of myself for this one, but I'm not! I love her. She is so confident in herself and with every reason to be. She has curves and minor imperfections and she completely embraces them. Granted, she works her rather large butt off for that gorgeous body, but shouldn't we all. Wouldn't we all be happier with ourselves if we took care of our bodies that way?
All of these women have something in common besides fame, killer figures, and lots of money, that I don't have consistently. DISCIPLINE!! I get motivated and on a plan and then there's ice cream, chips, my mother's deliciously fattening and wonderful cooking, church pot lucks (you can forget the discipline there) and the "I'm so hungry when I get off work at 10:30 since I haven't eaten since 1pm that I could eat a cow." Can you see where I'm going with this?
In September of last year, I decided to do Weight Watchers. It worked well. I dropped two sizes and lost 13 pounds. I fluctuate with the weight now but I have been able to keep the inches off for the most part. During that time, I was able to fight cravings, not eat those Cinnamon Rolls, muffins and tasty desserts my Martha Stewart of a boss would bring to work. It was easy for me to eat my Chocolate Quaker Rice Cake while everyone else ate cookies, to limit myself on my food intake and to not participate in "dangerous eating behaviors" at all. I could resist that first bite of something because I knew, deep down, that it wouldn't be my last bite. I felt so good about myself during that time. I was in control, empowered, strong! I had it down, until the words "I don't care, I want that, or I'm starving" re-entered my vocabulary. It's been downhill ever since.
I'm finally tired of hearing myself repeat those lies. It's time to get back on track.
I've recently begun reading Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. I love it. I never thought I could be convinced to join in the Organic and Vegan propaganda, but I did. Read this book, you'll understand why. This book has inspired me to be motivated and excited about a new diet and fitness era of my life, except this is an actual lifestyle change. It is probably the hardest transition I've made yet! There is so much to take in and so many rules to follow, yet there isn't. It's odd. It really gives you a sense of taking care of your body and doing what's best for youself. I can tell it's going to be good and I'll lose the last few pounds I've been wanting to lose, and the few extra's I've put on this summer.
So, as I begin my new lifestyle, my preparation to move to Nashville and my new life there, I will be using this blog to report on my day to day life and My Journey to Fabulous! I hope the things I write here will be easy for other women to relate to, since a lot of it will be about diets, exercise and a womans (seemingly fruitless) desire for perfection. I hope it will, in turn, help me find balance between my spiritual and physical beauty and to truly understand how deeply they coincide.
Lots of love!
Maggie
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