Ask Yourself ...

The week-end is here!!! 

We are at the end of the first week of September and closer to the beginning of a new season. Perfect time to reflect on how we are taking care of ourselves. 

When it comes to having time to do things which will help us to grow and become the person we are meant to be, it is amazing how there never seems to be enough time in the day. 

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Albert Einstein

Unless you take care of yourself, you may be of little to no help when those you love and care about most, really need you! ~ this applies to everyday life, not just airline emergency protocol.

What are you doing to help take better care of YOU!

Moving the scale ~ The Other Side of Thin series

I'm doing the happy dance on my scale! Gone 13 lbs. Over the course of 78 days, starting June 5th, my weight went from 153 lbs. to 140 lbs! I am approximately 1/3 of the way to reaching my goal of 120 lbs. I have not set a weight loss by date, as I didn't what to start stressing (resulting in eating more) if the date started to approach and weight was not coming off.

Since trying to loose weight was a foreign thing to me, I did not know quite where to start. What I did know was that this had to be a lifestyle change and not a quick fix "DIEt". After trying to research things on my own and becoming even more confused than when I started - Seriously, have you seen/read all the Quick Fix crap that is out there? It all sounds good in the beginning, but living on juices or diet pills for life is not an option I want.

One of the challenges I am faced with is the medications I need to take for pain, head aches, anxiety and mood etc. Medication though it helps also causes other challenges - water retention, constipation, toxins and excessive work for digestive organs which can't keep up with all the additional stress in processing = excess weight.

After consulting with one of my doctors, reflexologist, nutritionist and friends who take a holistic approach to living, a plan of action was created.

Change of Season ....and a Long Week-end

With the ending of  each season comes the beginning of a new. Though autumn will not officially arrive until September 21st the warm days and crisp evenings remind us that a change of season will soon be upon us. 

Much like the seasons when things come to an end in our life, we need to look towards the NEW that awaits us. For new beginnings come from another beginnings end. 

This does not mean that one forgets the life they lived before or all that has happened ~ happiness, love, sadness, hurt, betrayal, forgiveness, appreciation, illness, good health, wealth or poverty. It means we are blessed to have experienced and learned so much from each one. But it's time to move forward and embrace the new, the unknown, the unwritten and to create a better YOU and life!