Feels great to succeed

 

My arms, legs, and waist are slimming down. It feels great 👍 

I've written about everything I am doing to be successful since my unhappy birthday post.

When I'm not happy, I am still grateful for many things. I just had a problem to solve. It was hard for me to eat less, but it worked. I needed my grease board, Excel spreadsheet (with a slightly lower TDEE since I'm older now), and everything in the 1st Phorm App.

I listened to Ann Carrizales speak yesterday. She is a Texas Police officer whe was shot and still pursued the dangerous suspects:

She talked to us about her thoughts and after she was shot. They drove away and came back around so she played dead. When they left, she pursued them while they shot at her, sometimes driving 100mph, she said calm and called out all the streets, turns, etc during the chase.

She talked about PTSD and how to set ourselves up to heal. What she said applies to everyone. We all have trauma throughout life and it adds up. I have dealt with my trauma from my younger days and she is 100% right on.

It was equally hard to face the emotional trauma when I did.

If you have trauma not dealt with or faced, it will leak out in your thoughts, actions, and manifest itself in your body and health without you realizing it.

Our actions follow our thoughts, which leads to our destiny. 

Making a commitment to health, mentally and physically, is HARD.

None of this is easy for me either. 

No one promised us easy 🙏 

But I know one thing for certain, I am not happy at all when I'm overweight. I go to bed sad about it, wake up in the middle of the night sad about it, wake up in the morning sad about it, and then sad about it and how my clothes fit all day long. It's in me at my core.

I have to pull myself out of negative thoughts and DECIDE to be grateful 🙏 like I did all these last couple of years. 

I am so incredibly happy right now. I go to sleep feeling good about my choices. On days I didn't hit it well, I'm still sad but I decide to not give up. I wake up happy.  I've set myself up for good choices to continue. 

My arms, legs, and waist are slimming down. My abs are becoming more defined. My back shows more muscle tone. I feel it in my sleep and when I wake up. Another pair of jeans fit better. I can see in the mirror my overall shape is not so puffy. 

This is the real me.

This feels great. 

I still have a way to go, but I'm getting there. 

I will never settle for less.

Celebrating 🍾 with a swim 🏊‍♀️!

Roberta 

Never Settle 

Never Give Up 

Live Your Dream (Live Your Destiny)