Have you ever seen the TV Series called "Drop Dead Diva?" For those who haven't, it's a show that the main character is a skinny model who dies in a car accident. She goes to Heaven and an angel goes over her life. She wants to go back to earth and be the same person she once was... so she presses the return button but ends up in a different body. A body of a much larger girl, who is a smart lawyer. She is a skinny person living in a larger person's body.
Funny... but that's kind how I see myself. As I discussed how to write this blog to my BFF, I came across a couple of things.
1) I feel like I'm myself at 18 years old. Young, Tan, Skinny (size 4) with Abs and fun to be around. BUT when I look in the mirror I see a completely different person. A person who I almost don't recognized. A person who isn't doing the things she once did... maybe because let's face it. I'm not 18... I'm 27, married to a wonderful man who I adore, I have a fun, beautiful 6 year old, a full time job and an awesome part-time career. Oh and we just adopted the worlds most awesome cat. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE where I am at life. I am very grateful for everything that is happening to me... except the weight gain. Going to the gym has really been put on the back burner these days. Geesh, when I was 18, I would be at the gym for 2 hours a day Monday - Friday and running around doing fun stuff any 18 year old would be doing (and burning all those calories) Now I do a ton of traveling in my car or sit behind my desk and work for 8 hours. Between running errors (which seems to be the only running I get in these days) dinner & bedtimes... there just isn't enough time in the day to get everything I need to get done with all the responsibility of be a 27 year old. Let's get one thing straight. I am NOT making excuses. I'm just making observations right now. Releasing this weight is something I'd LOVE to do, I just need to figure out how I can make it work with my schedule.
Why you ask I word it as "releasing weight?" Well, how fun is it to lose something? That means you have no control over letting it go. How about calling it releasing weight, personally, when I say this, I feel the words just melt. I envision how the lbs will melt off.
2) I need to be comfortable in my own skin. Yes, comfortable but also Healthy! Let's face it. The body has the Holy Spirit living inside of it. It was a gift from God. I have to share a great example of this my Bestie came up with. "If God gave you a vase (and you didn't like it) would you only bring it out when God came over to visit? or would you put the vase out for everyone to see and be thankful of the gift God gave you?" Since I have become a born again Christian over the past year and a half. I have came to release that not only did I get baptized into a new person but I get the chance to start over. It's a do over, a gimme. So why shouldn't I take advance of this good life I have now and let God made it even greater? I need His help!
Hence, the blog, "The Taste of Something Great." My life is good, but I know God has something GREAT planned for me. I know I can't do it alone. Only through God's glory will I release those 45 lbs. I won't be a size 4 probably ever again... but that's not my goal. I want a healthy weight that is suitable for my height and age. I want to be a healthy 130 lbs. Yep, that's right. I'm being completely honest because this is how it works. I weight 175 lbs and I'm 5'2".
I can't promise this blog will be pretty because of all the sweat and tears. But by God's grace I will achieve victory. I hope I can encourage other's through this journey of overcoming these obstacles of releasing weight. Just remember that with every obstacle or struggle you face, call them stepping stones, because God will help you overcome it all, one step at a time and lead you to your own victory.
