#FoodForThought: With the new year around the corner, of course my thoughts have turned retrospective. The past year was so much better than the few before it. Now to understand that statement you have to know the context of the last few years of my life. Not to be putting ALL my business out there (as if Ive never done it before!) but I would consider 2012 the WORST year of my life. I lost my house to the housing bubble, my mother to ailments forever unknown, my world turned upside down -- and that was just the first four months of the year! Quite frankly, I didnt know how or even if Id survive the rest of it. 2013 was a little better. I started to hobble my way out of the funk that had cast over me in the previous year. I started to imagine a life without one of the most important people in it...and I recommitted to THIS lifestyle. Ive always said my WLS, in the beginning, was 100% aesthetic. I was tired of being fat so I had surgery. And thats true. But its funny how life teaches you things. As Ive walked this journey and spoken to so many of you, my journey has become about so much more than that! These days Im working toward longevity. With the exception of my great-grandmother, every women in my maternal line has died before the age of 60. Being 38, you can see how that scares the bejeezus out of me. So thats what Im working toward. This has, of course, changed my outlook in life as well as here on the blog in several ways. I cant be too preoccupied with the scale. Sure, it gives important information but to me its only one piece in a very big puzzle of good health. I cant be too preoccupied with loose skin, of which I have much. Its there but, guess what? Im here! Living, breathing and enjoying life. So if I have to do it with a little loose skin, so be it. I cant even get hung up on hair thinning. It helps that I have alopecia totalis and have been marching toward a bald head for many years now, but back inna day that bugged me. Today, not so much. I have no hair, but I am here. I tell you that not to tell you not to have worries or fears about what you are going through - thats not my place! I tell you that so that you understand when I try to nudge you past your worries and fears to the bigger picture. Because when I interact with you all, I am in awe. Do you all see what I see? I see folks who could barely walk who now run marathons. I see women who wanted to be mothers so badly, rejoicing in newfound pregnancy. I see men who for the first time feel like real protectors of their families. I see people SEEING themselves as beings of worth for the very first time. As for me, this year I have decided that I want to live to meet my great-grandchildren, at least. I hope you dont mind if I say I am hoping to be very old when that happens! And I have started doing everything I can (recognizing theres only so much I can do) to make that happen. I think I can do it. Just as I think you can do the things you set out to do. So dont be hindered by what you are not. Be empowered by what you are. Dont think about what you havent accomplished, think about what you have done. Time is the only resource you can spend and not regenerate. So spend it wisely! Not sure why, but it was in my heart to say that to you tonight. #FoodForThought
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:22:54 +0000
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