Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

Today is my Day 1 I have whole hearted decided my health is way too important to allow anyone or anything to crush it because my success scares them. My success is not your failure. Walk with me and YOU can have your success too! Let's make mistakes together. Let's cheer each other on. This is me breaking free!

Eating a salad like this will help me loose weight and get healthier. Following dinner up with dessert like this is yummy but it will hurt my progress. I need to stop these little treats/celebrations for at least 180 days. I know I will do it because I want this to happen. I derailed this Memorial Day weekend. I got sick, a cold, mild fever, felt I could just let things go. Ended up letting myself go. Damage done. Now I move forward to contend for my health. I am worth it.

I veered off my path today. It was not the best choice but I enjoyed it. I consciously did not polish my plate clean. Just because I veered off course, does not mean I made a big mess of my day. I still got my 10K steps in. After my dinner, I didn't go home and call it a day, I got a 40 minute stroll in. Can you guess where I chose to walk today? Okay, enough disruptions. Back to 100%. Time for bed so I can get my 7 hours of sleep in.

A little while ago I used to wear pants that were not just tight,  not just spray painted on, but bursting at the seams. Putting my hand,...or anything for that matter in my pocket was not even an option. I still have a ways to go, but check this out. My pants are a couple sizes smaller AND I can put a new water bottle in my pocket AND still have room for my hand too. I'm so close to dropping another pant size. My health matters each and every day...so each and everyday I do something, anything to keep moving toward my weight goal while improving my overall health. I ♥️ the journey.  (P.S. YOU are welcome to start YOUR journey with me.)

A friend sent me this note in the morning...and it made me smile. It is SO TRUE. This is me. I am a work in progress. I make slow but significant progress. I am proud of how far I have come and I am looking forward to each and every day as I continue to make progress on my health journey. I ♥️ my health journey. I ♥️ how much fuller my life is becoming. 

Three years go I went on this exact same field trip with my son. Last night I reminisced on the fun I had that day. Then I got bummed out remembering how the hike up to the bathrooms was too much for me. I got 3/4 of the way up and had to pause a couple times to catch my breath. I was panting. I was ready to toss my cookies. This was weighing on my mind all night.  Today I went on the field trip with my girl. Let me say I am EXCITED to say, not only did I do MORE walking, MORE squats, MORE sitting on the ground and getting back up repeatedly ... I also made it up and down that bathroom hike FOUR times WITHOUT stopping, WITHOUT panting. I did it with a happy smile in my face! I feel great!  I may not be making progress by leaps and bounds, but I am making significant progress. Slow and steady. I am able to enjoy my life in bigger better ways. No more sitting on the sidelines.  If you ever want to chit chat about what I'm doing...I'm an open book. I feel GREAT! I'm stil