'Make your diet a permanent part of your life- something you can do for a lifetime- not a chore that you feel hesitant about. Eating healthy is your choice, so get the most out of it you can. After all, you are the most important person in your life.' --Kae Whang, The Biggest Loser, Season 4
I love this! How many times has someone else, something else been more important that ME. Many of us are raised that way, to be 'selfless'. That's a shame. For in the nurturing and caring for ourselves we really find that we can give more fully to others when we are fulfilled and living our lives to their fullest potential.
A friend who is quite overweight recently shared with a me that her mom gently told her, 'your life isn't just yours anymore'....she's a mom now...if her life is cut short by her weight issues, there's more than just the adults in her life that will be hurt.
I know I said it before and I'll say it again...having children changed me....something intrinsically about how I treat my body, myself. I so desperately want to share every possible moment with my children I never want my weight to be an obstacle to a moment we can share. I certainly wish I had lived my life this way before (for me, for my husband, etc.)...but I didn't, so instead of sitting in despair and self pity about the past I look ahead and really I look at today (staying in the present) at all the things I can do and I can do with my kids, my family, my husband, myself.
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