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STOLEN WISDOM: KAE FROM THE BIGGEST LOSER 4 SHARE HER MANTRA

'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. 

STOLEN WISDOM: NEVER TRY OUT FOR THE BIGGEST LOSER (AGAIN)

In this new feature (stolen wisdom) I'll post things I read, hear, overhear, wish I thought of, etc.

I would give credit here if I could, but I read it on a message board and can no longer find the link...

<i>Jane Doe wrote to say that she would never try out for 'The Biggest Loser' TV show again.  Why?  Did she have a bad experience?  Does she think the show is total crap?   Is she getting weight loss surgery?  Dying?  None of the above....She finally figured out the KEY to weight loss.  Deciding to do it.  Jane figured out that if she waited for the next installment/try-outs of 'The Biggest Loser' she would be WASTING her life away....If she had decided to lose the weight it didn't matter if she was going to be on 'The Biggest Loser', hire a trainer, join a weight loss program--the fact was it was a done deal, the weight WAS COMING OFF regardless of the process.</i>

I love this!  What are you waiting for?  The big party to be over?  Your cruise next month?  Monday?  Wednesday?  Saturday?  See...it seems ridiculous!  To borrow yet another famous line, never put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today'.  Even if you pigged out all day today, there's no reason why you can't start this very moment to make better choices, better decisions that will ultimately lead to a better, healthier life! 

Carpe Diem....Seize the Day!