Yesterday I talked about breaking through barriers that can get between us and our goal. One barrier that often gets in the way - perhaps the toughest barrier of all to overcome - is the collection of concepts we have that we allow to define what we can and can't do. These concepts may have developed over time, reinforced by past experience, until we believe that they are reality. But they aren't.
While I was at my conference, we had a special guest at one of our seminars. He wasn't scheduled to speak, but was a guest at the hotel where we stayed and agreed to stop by for five minutes to address our group. What a five minutes it was, and he blew any concepts about what we think we can or can't do right out of the water. His name is Nick Vujicic and he was born without arms or legs. He is 28 years old but has not allowed his profound physical disability to limit or define him; he is the President of an international non-profit organization; Life Without Limbs, and also has his own motivational speaking company; Attitude Is Altitude. Since his first speaking engagement back when he was 19, Nick has traveled around the world, sharing his story with millions of people. As I listened to this young man, full of joy, enthusiasm and purpose, I couldn't help but think how easy it would have been for him to have withdrawn into a shell and dwell on the injustice of being born without limbs. However, instead of focusing on what he can't do, he is busy doing all of things he can do - and he does a lot! (Do a Google search for Nick Vujicic or "Life Without Limbs" for more information about this amazing man.)
It all comes down to what we choose to focus on. If we focus on our limitations - and we all have them - we may soon convince ourselves that we can't. If, however, we focus on what we CAN do, then the sky's the limit!
What are you going to focus on today? The choice is yours . . . choose wisely :-)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Breaking Boards, Breaking Through Barriers
After a very busy and fun 11 days gone, and after driving 2,900 miles, it is great to be home again!
While I was at our conference, one of the training sessions I attended was taught by Brian Biro, a motivational speaker who challenged us to break through the things that were holding us back. At the end of the session, we each had an opportunity to break through a one-inch board with our hand. On the front of the board we wrote what was holding us back from getting where we wanted to go, then on the back of the board wrote what would be waiting for us if we could break through our self-imposed barriers. We did this same exercise last year, and last year it took many tries and failures before I was able to break my board. (I blogged about this last year, as it was a profound learning experience for me.) When I had the opportunity break a board again this year, I couldn't help but wonder if I'd run into the same challenges again this year. I approached the board with less trepidation than I'd done so a year ago, because I knew I'd finally broken the board and knew it could be done. There was still some doubt, however, because I remembered how many times I failed last year and I didn't know if I'd be able to be successful this time.
We were reminded of two key things that were required to break our boards: 1) don't look at the board, look beyond it and 2) keep our eyes locked on the trainer holding our board - stay focused. I remembered from last year how many times I would avert my eyes at the last second from the trainer to the board, and every time I did that I hit the board hard but was not able to break it. As I approached my board this year, I resolved to not look at it. I positioned myself, allowed the trainer to correct my form a bit, locked eyes with him, and broke my board on the very first try! I was elated! I really HAD learned from last year, and I was able to put what I learned into practice.
So what does this have to do with being on Take Shape for Life/Medifast? I think there are several applications! First of all, we need to stay focused on what we want, not on the barriers that stand in our way. There will always be barriers, and if we focus on them, we will tend to pull back just at the moment we need to push forward and through them. Every time I glanced at my board last year, I instinctively pulled back, and without the follow through required, I hit the board and my hand sprang back. If we stay focused on our problems and all of the barriers that stand in our way - and we all have barriers - most likely we'll hit the barriers every time. We have to look beyond the barriers and focus on what we want. When we do that, we will have the momentum we need to break through each and every barrier that stands between us and our goal.
Secondly, once we've broken through one barrier, it becomes a lot easier to break through others. We may approach the next one with the same trepidation I had as I prepared to break my board this year, but knowing we've done it before provides the confidence we need to know we can do it again. As we break through barriers, one at a time, we also gain knowledge about how to approach the next one and we may find that subsequent barriers are easier to overcome. The secret, of course, is to keep our eyes on the prize, our focus on what's waiting for us on the other side of the barrier.
What are the potential barriers you're facing right now? What are the things that could be standing between you and your goal of getting to a healthy weight? Breaking through the barriers requires a series of deliberate choices: choosing to focus on where you want to go, not on the barriers. Choosing to position yourself for success, choosing to be coachable and willing to make whatever adjustments are necessary to break through each and every barrier. Lots of choices to make if you want to break some boards and want to break through some barriers. Choose wisely :-)
While I was at our conference, one of the training sessions I attended was taught by Brian Biro, a motivational speaker who challenged us to break through the things that were holding us back. At the end of the session, we each had an opportunity to break through a one-inch board with our hand. On the front of the board we wrote what was holding us back from getting where we wanted to go, then on the back of the board wrote what would be waiting for us if we could break through our self-imposed barriers. We did this same exercise last year, and last year it took many tries and failures before I was able to break my board. (I blogged about this last year, as it was a profound learning experience for me.) When I had the opportunity break a board again this year, I couldn't help but wonder if I'd run into the same challenges again this year. I approached the board with less trepidation than I'd done so a year ago, because I knew I'd finally broken the board and knew it could be done. There was still some doubt, however, because I remembered how many times I failed last year and I didn't know if I'd be able to be successful this time.
We were reminded of two key things that were required to break our boards: 1) don't look at the board, look beyond it and 2) keep our eyes locked on the trainer holding our board - stay focused. I remembered from last year how many times I would avert my eyes at the last second from the trainer to the board, and every time I did that I hit the board hard but was not able to break it. As I approached my board this year, I resolved to not look at it. I positioned myself, allowed the trainer to correct my form a bit, locked eyes with him, and broke my board on the very first try! I was elated! I really HAD learned from last year, and I was able to put what I learned into practice.
So what does this have to do with being on Take Shape for Life/Medifast? I think there are several applications! First of all, we need to stay focused on what we want, not on the barriers that stand in our way. There will always be barriers, and if we focus on them, we will tend to pull back just at the moment we need to push forward and through them. Every time I glanced at my board last year, I instinctively pulled back, and without the follow through required, I hit the board and my hand sprang back. If we stay focused on our problems and all of the barriers that stand in our way - and we all have barriers - most likely we'll hit the barriers every time. We have to look beyond the barriers and focus on what we want. When we do that, we will have the momentum we need to break through each and every barrier that stands between us and our goal.
Secondly, once we've broken through one barrier, it becomes a lot easier to break through others. We may approach the next one with the same trepidation I had as I prepared to break my board this year, but knowing we've done it before provides the confidence we need to know we can do it again. As we break through barriers, one at a time, we also gain knowledge about how to approach the next one and we may find that subsequent barriers are easier to overcome. The secret, of course, is to keep our eyes on the prize, our focus on what's waiting for us on the other side of the barrier.
What are the potential barriers you're facing right now? What are the things that could be standing between you and your goal of getting to a healthy weight? Breaking through the barriers requires a series of deliberate choices: choosing to focus on where you want to go, not on the barriers. Choosing to position yourself for success, choosing to be coachable and willing to make whatever adjustments are necessary to break through each and every barrier. Lots of choices to make if you want to break some boards and want to break through some barriers. Choose wisely :-)
Monday, July 12, 2010
What Are You Waiting For?
What are you waiting for? That question has been burning in my heart for the past several days. A friend of mine told me a story a few days ago and this question has been rattling around in my brain ever since.
She has an obese, diabetic friend who she's talked to several times about the Take Shape for Life program. She knows the program well and explained to him the difference it would make for his diabetes. She didn't press him to start because she understood that everyone has to be ready, and he wasn't ready. She shared with him how, after her own heart attack and stroke, she went on this program and not only lost weight but also improved her health to the point that she's no longer on any medications. But he wasn't ready. Just three months ago, in April, she ran into her friend and he told her that he thought he was thinking more about maybe starting the program, but wasn't quite ready. Unfortunately, just a few weeks later he went into a diabetic coma and died - at age 56.
I didn't know this individual and I have no idea why he wasn't ready to start the program, but I'm going to speculate, because I'm guessing one or more of his reasons are the same reasons I hear over and over again: too busy right now, or social event/vacation is around the corner, or I feel OK so I must be OK, or it's summer and I want to eat fruit, or I can't give up my {fill in the blank}, or or or or ????
I know that many of you reading this have made the decision to get healthy and you are refusing to allow anything to get in your way - good for you! Today's blog is lovingly for - and I do mean "lovingly" - those who think that "today's just not a good day to do this" and who assume that there will always be a more convenient tomorrow. So did this gentleman. He died WAY too early, and the tragic reality is that his death was 100% avoidable.
Why do we allow so many other things, so many less important things, keep us from doing something as important as taking care of ourselves? I've known individuals who desperately needed to lose weight who decided not to continue on the program because they eat out all the time and didn't want to limit their menu selections to lean and green options. Others who hesitate to start because they are convinced that their family "wouldn't like it" if they prepared lean and green meals instead of the family favorites. So many people want to lose weight, but they want to do it on their own terms, in their own way. The problem is that our way flat-out doesn't work - if it did, we wouldn't be here :-).
The reality is that tomorrow won't be more convenient. Tomorrow will have it's own list of excuses why we "can't" do this. Gambling on our health is high-stakes gambling - why risk it?
If you aren't on plan today, what are you waiting for? What on earth is more important in today's schedule than taking care of yourself? The choices we make today are important - to us and the people we love. Choose wisely :-)
She has an obese, diabetic friend who she's talked to several times about the Take Shape for Life program. She knows the program well and explained to him the difference it would make for his diabetes. She didn't press him to start because she understood that everyone has to be ready, and he wasn't ready. She shared with him how, after her own heart attack and stroke, she went on this program and not only lost weight but also improved her health to the point that she's no longer on any medications. But he wasn't ready. Just three months ago, in April, she ran into her friend and he told her that he thought he was thinking more about maybe starting the program, but wasn't quite ready. Unfortunately, just a few weeks later he went into a diabetic coma and died - at age 56.
I didn't know this individual and I have no idea why he wasn't ready to start the program, but I'm going to speculate, because I'm guessing one or more of his reasons are the same reasons I hear over and over again: too busy right now, or social event/vacation is around the corner, or I feel OK so I must be OK, or it's summer and I want to eat fruit, or I can't give up my {fill in the blank}, or or or or ????
I know that many of you reading this have made the decision to get healthy and you are refusing to allow anything to get in your way - good for you! Today's blog is lovingly for - and I do mean "lovingly" - those who think that "today's just not a good day to do this" and who assume that there will always be a more convenient tomorrow. So did this gentleman. He died WAY too early, and the tragic reality is that his death was 100% avoidable.
Why do we allow so many other things, so many less important things, keep us from doing something as important as taking care of ourselves? I've known individuals who desperately needed to lose weight who decided not to continue on the program because they eat out all the time and didn't want to limit their menu selections to lean and green options. Others who hesitate to start because they are convinced that their family "wouldn't like it" if they prepared lean and green meals instead of the family favorites. So many people want to lose weight, but they want to do it on their own terms, in their own way. The problem is that our way flat-out doesn't work - if it did, we wouldn't be here :-).
The reality is that tomorrow won't be more convenient. Tomorrow will have it's own list of excuses why we "can't" do this. Gambling on our health is high-stakes gambling - why risk it?
If you aren't on plan today, what are you waiting for? What on earth is more important in today's schedule than taking care of yourself? The choices we make today are important - to us and the people we love. Choose wisely :-)
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! We're celebrating today by hitting the road early, as we're driving to Oklahoma City today (15+ hr. drive). We'll be there until Tuesday morning when we head to Dallas for the Take Shape for Life National Convention. Naturally, we have packed lots of Medifast meals, including several Ready to Drink shakes in our cooler, along with lots of water. We love the convenience of the meals, and we also love saving money since we don't pick up snacks at gas stations and we don't do fast-food stops.
I'm so thankful for the freedom that we enjoy and for all who have sacrificed so much to secure and protect our freedom. Happy birthday, USA!
I hope your 4th of July is fantastic - and I hope it's on plan! You have the freedom today to either make choices that move you a day closer towards your goal or to take a step back. Choose wisely :-)
***
Following next week's convention, we are going to take a few days to do some sightseeing through the Ozarks on our way home from Dallas. I will pretty much be off-line beginning tomorrow until the 15th of July. I look forward to catching up with everyone when I get back. Until then, you know what to do :-)
Blessings!
Cheryl
I'm so thankful for the freedom that we enjoy and for all who have sacrificed so much to secure and protect our freedom. Happy birthday, USA!
I hope your 4th of July is fantastic - and I hope it's on plan! You have the freedom today to either make choices that move you a day closer towards your goal or to take a step back. Choose wisely :-)
***
Following next week's convention, we are going to take a few days to do some sightseeing through the Ozarks on our way home from Dallas. I will pretty much be off-line beginning tomorrow until the 15th of July. I look forward to catching up with everyone when I get back. Until then, you know what to do :-)
Blessings!
Cheryl
Saturday, July 3, 2010
4th of July Weekend
The Fourth of July weekend is here! Many of us will be getting together with family members and friends for cookouts, so it's time to carefully plan what you're going to be eating this weekend.
It's OK to bring your own meat to grill, if needed, along with a great tossed salad to share. As a matter of fact, it's more than OK! So many of us are afraid of hurting someone's feelings or offending them if we don't eat their food, but the reality is that most people are VERY understanding when we explain that we're trying to eat healthy. If you're comfortable telling people that you're losing weight, let them know that as delicious as their food looks (and it probably will . . . ), you are focused on getting to a healthy weight right now. If anything, they will be impressed by your resolve! :-)
This is a time to be selfish - just a bit, anyway! This is a time to focus on what YOU need to be doing for yourself, not worrying about whether or not great aunt Lucy will be offended if you don't eat her special dish :-). She loves you and she'll be fine, and you can assure her that you look forward to enjoying her wonderful cooking again when you're at your goal (and you will be able to do just that!).
Long weekends and holidays are difficult to navigate when you're on plan and the rest of the world is eating with abandon, but hang tough now and you'll be SO glad you did on Monday morning! It's time to put on your armor and pick up your sword. The key to getting through unscathed is planning, planning, planning. Write down ahead of time everything you plan to eat, because writing it down will help to cement in your mind what you're going to eat. Writing it down will also give you a visual reminder of your plan, and this can be helpful in moments of temptation. Spend a little time thinking about what you REALLY want, and write that down, too! Write a paragraph about what life will be like for you when you're at goal - be descriptive! This will help you focus on what you REALLY want and may be helpful to you if food temptations arise. Plan, then commit, and don't let anything (or anyone, including great aunt Lucy) get between you and your goal this weekend.
This holiday is about so much more than what's on our plate, so take some time to reflect on the wonderful freedom we have and the price that was paid to secure it. That's what I'm going to do :-). We have the wonderful freedom to make choices; choose wisely :-)
It's OK to bring your own meat to grill, if needed, along with a great tossed salad to share. As a matter of fact, it's more than OK! So many of us are afraid of hurting someone's feelings or offending them if we don't eat their food, but the reality is that most people are VERY understanding when we explain that we're trying to eat healthy. If you're comfortable telling people that you're losing weight, let them know that as delicious as their food looks (and it probably will . . . ), you are focused on getting to a healthy weight right now. If anything, they will be impressed by your resolve! :-)
This is a time to be selfish - just a bit, anyway! This is a time to focus on what YOU need to be doing for yourself, not worrying about whether or not great aunt Lucy will be offended if you don't eat her special dish :-). She loves you and she'll be fine, and you can assure her that you look forward to enjoying her wonderful cooking again when you're at your goal (and you will be able to do just that!).
Long weekends and holidays are difficult to navigate when you're on plan and the rest of the world is eating with abandon, but hang tough now and you'll be SO glad you did on Monday morning! It's time to put on your armor and pick up your sword. The key to getting through unscathed is planning, planning, planning. Write down ahead of time everything you plan to eat, because writing it down will help to cement in your mind what you're going to eat. Writing it down will also give you a visual reminder of your plan, and this can be helpful in moments of temptation. Spend a little time thinking about what you REALLY want, and write that down, too! Write a paragraph about what life will be like for you when you're at goal - be descriptive! This will help you focus on what you REALLY want and may be helpful to you if food temptations arise. Plan, then commit, and don't let anything (or anyone, including great aunt Lucy) get between you and your goal this weekend.
This holiday is about so much more than what's on our plate, so take some time to reflect on the wonderful freedom we have and the price that was paid to secure it. That's what I'm going to do :-). We have the wonderful freedom to make choices; choose wisely :-)
Friday, July 2, 2010
It All Adds Up
Happy Friday - and welcome to the start of the 4th of July weekend! Many of us will be involved in a variety of celebrations and holiday activities this weekend, so plan carefully and have a great weekend!
Long holiday weekends can be tough, especially if you've been plan a while and are hitting "plan fatigue." Do you ever get tired of staying on plan? I know I did! Does it ever feel pointless to open up yet another Take Shape for Life/Medifast meal? Especially for those who have a lot of weight to lose, like I did, getting to goal will require months and months of opening a Medifast meal five times a day, weighing our lean, measuring out our veggies. There may be times when it becomes boring, or at least not very much fun anymore, and you may wonder if it's worth it, especially when faced with a weekend of holiday cookouts.
Several months ago I read a story about a freshman named Mike at the University of Illinois who, in 1987, found a unique way to finance his education. He convinced a popular columnist at one of the Chicago newspapers to ask his readers to "send in a penny for Mike." Mike just asked for a penney because he reasoned that a penny doesn't mean anything to anyone. He guessed that every reader would find loose pennies in their house, under couch cushions, in their car - forgotten and not valued.
To everyone's surprise, people began sending in their pennies, and in less than a month the fund was up to 2.3 million cents, with donations coming in from all over the United States as well as Mexico, Canada and the Bahamas. Mike eventually ended up with $28,000 - those pennies added up!
The little things we do today, each Medifast meal in and of itself may seem of little value - but put together, day after day, it adds up! It's hard for us to have the big picture sometimes when we face what feels like the monotony of yet another day on plan, but there IS a big picture - and it's you at goal :-).
And you'll get there, one meal, one day, and one choice at a time. Choose wisely :-)
Long holiday weekends can be tough, especially if you've been plan a while and are hitting "plan fatigue." Do you ever get tired of staying on plan? I know I did! Does it ever feel pointless to open up yet another Take Shape for Life/Medifast meal? Especially for those who have a lot of weight to lose, like I did, getting to goal will require months and months of opening a Medifast meal five times a day, weighing our lean, measuring out our veggies. There may be times when it becomes boring, or at least not very much fun anymore, and you may wonder if it's worth it, especially when faced with a weekend of holiday cookouts.
Several months ago I read a story about a freshman named Mike at the University of Illinois who, in 1987, found a unique way to finance his education. He convinced a popular columnist at one of the Chicago newspapers to ask his readers to "send in a penny for Mike." Mike just asked for a penney because he reasoned that a penny doesn't mean anything to anyone. He guessed that every reader would find loose pennies in their house, under couch cushions, in their car - forgotten and not valued.
To everyone's surprise, people began sending in their pennies, and in less than a month the fund was up to 2.3 million cents, with donations coming in from all over the United States as well as Mexico, Canada and the Bahamas. Mike eventually ended up with $28,000 - those pennies added up!
The little things we do today, each Medifast meal in and of itself may seem of little value - but put together, day after day, it adds up! It's hard for us to have the big picture sometimes when we face what feels like the monotony of yet another day on plan, but there IS a big picture - and it's you at goal :-).
And you'll get there, one meal, one day, and one choice at a time. Choose wisely :-)
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Pictures Tell the Story
Yesterday morning I was at my oldest daughter's house and she proudly showed me her latest digital photo album that she just received in the mail. The album was filled with pictures of her twins (now 3-1/2) and chronicled most of their activities and adventures in 2009. Because we're privileged to spend a fair amount of time with my daughter and her family, there were a number of pictures in the album of my husband and me with the children.
Two pictures of me that completely caught me off guard, however, were candid photos of me in a swimsuit! The pictures were taken last fall at our local aquatic center and I had NO idea she took any pictures of me until I saw them in the book. I was amazed as I looked at the pictures, because, first of all, I looked happy in the photos. I didn't know my picture was being taken, but there I was, in a public place in a swimsuit, having fun with my grandchildren! And she has a couple of pictures to prove it! That's so amazing to me because I avoided swimsuits in public like the plague for over two decades as I struggled with morbid obesity. I was miserable in my body and just refused to wear a swimsuit anyplace other than at the lake cottage we rent every summer (with a private beach). Three or four years ago, there is absolutely no way I would have been at a public place in a swimsuit. Perhaps it was false pride, and I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, but I was embarrassed about my body and so self-conscious that it would have been all but impossible for me to have been able to just have a good time while wearing a swimsuit in public. I missed out on a lot of things because of that - skipped going to water parks even though they looked like fun, didn't go to pool parties that friends invited us to - lots of missed opportunities because I was so embarrassed about my weight.
After losing 126 pounds, my body certainly isn't perfect (I'll get a perfect one in Heaven someday!), but it's healthy and I've been able to accept and embrace the body that I have. Going to the aquatic center with my grandchildren (and we've actually gone several times!) was a huge milestone for me. I know it was very freeing to go there for the first time and finally not feel self-conscious about how I looked in a swimsuit - I was able to just have fun and enjoy my grandchildren. Seeing the photos of myself at the aquatic center was just another reminder of how much my life has changed in the past three years. I'm so thankful!
In addition to being amazed at how relaxed and happy I looked in the pictures - wearing a swimsuit of all things!, I was also amazed to realize that I also looked pretty good in the swimsuit! I'll be 58 in a couple of weeks, so thankfully the photo wasn't a close-up of my, ahem, less-than-firm thighs, but from a distance, I looked pretty good in the pictures!
Even more than two years since reaching goal, it's still surprising for me to see a picture of myself and look at a thin person with my face. Seeing a thin person in a swimsuit with my face is something I'm still wrapping my brain around :-)
This is still a journey for me, not only to fine tune maintenance, but to also finish aligning my head with my body. I don't always "see" the new me when I look in the mirror. I don't see the old me anymore, but my vision is still a bit distorted at times. If it's true that pictures don't lie (and providing no one has gotten to them with Photoshop!), the pictures of me in my daughter's album show somebody with my face who's at a healthy weight and having a good time, completely unselfconscious, in a swimsuit. Amazing.
That realization makes all of the choices that I've had to make, and that I have to continue to make, worth it all. All kinds of things will flow out of the choices we make today. Choose wisely :-)
Two pictures of me that completely caught me off guard, however, were candid photos of me in a swimsuit! The pictures were taken last fall at our local aquatic center and I had NO idea she took any pictures of me until I saw them in the book. I was amazed as I looked at the pictures, because, first of all, I looked happy in the photos. I didn't know my picture was being taken, but there I was, in a public place in a swimsuit, having fun with my grandchildren! And she has a couple of pictures to prove it! That's so amazing to me because I avoided swimsuits in public like the plague for over two decades as I struggled with morbid obesity. I was miserable in my body and just refused to wear a swimsuit anyplace other than at the lake cottage we rent every summer (with a private beach). Three or four years ago, there is absolutely no way I would have been at a public place in a swimsuit. Perhaps it was false pride, and I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, but I was embarrassed about my body and so self-conscious that it would have been all but impossible for me to have been able to just have a good time while wearing a swimsuit in public. I missed out on a lot of things because of that - skipped going to water parks even though they looked like fun, didn't go to pool parties that friends invited us to - lots of missed opportunities because I was so embarrassed about my weight.
After losing 126 pounds, my body certainly isn't perfect (I'll get a perfect one in Heaven someday!), but it's healthy and I've been able to accept and embrace the body that I have. Going to the aquatic center with my grandchildren (and we've actually gone several times!) was a huge milestone for me. I know it was very freeing to go there for the first time and finally not feel self-conscious about how I looked in a swimsuit - I was able to just have fun and enjoy my grandchildren. Seeing the photos of myself at the aquatic center was just another reminder of how much my life has changed in the past three years. I'm so thankful!
In addition to being amazed at how relaxed and happy I looked in the pictures - wearing a swimsuit of all things!, I was also amazed to realize that I also looked pretty good in the swimsuit! I'll be 58 in a couple of weeks, so thankfully the photo wasn't a close-up of my, ahem, less-than-firm thighs, but from a distance, I looked pretty good in the pictures!
Even more than two years since reaching goal, it's still surprising for me to see a picture of myself and look at a thin person with my face. Seeing a thin person in a swimsuit with my face is something I'm still wrapping my brain around :-)
This is still a journey for me, not only to fine tune maintenance, but to also finish aligning my head with my body. I don't always "see" the new me when I look in the mirror. I don't see the old me anymore, but my vision is still a bit distorted at times. If it's true that pictures don't lie (and providing no one has gotten to them with Photoshop!), the pictures of me in my daughter's album show somebody with my face who's at a healthy weight and having a good time, completely unselfconscious, in a swimsuit. Amazing.
That realization makes all of the choices that I've had to make, and that I have to continue to make, worth it all. All kinds of things will flow out of the choices we make today. Choose wisely :-)
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