I know I know-- it has been months.
Divorce is hell! Funny thing is... It doesn't really kill you--it just feels like it will. Learning that no matter what we go through we can make choices that empower us or not is an ongoing process. Just when we think we know it all, we've done it all--life sends us another lesson, another experience to keep on learning. The true definition of learning means that once learned a change will occur. The direct opposite of insanity, which is doing same things and expecting different results.
The loss and drama of a 20 years marriage ending when you did not see it coming drove me to hiding in my room, M.D.F. (minimal daily functioning) and drove my weight to the 300 pound mark. Not all the way back to where I began in 1989 but only 80-90 pounds away. It was like all my new tools I had used for so long, those same tools that have helped so many others finally "get it" with regard to their well-being. Their health, their sense of self, just laid down to rest. Maybe even at one point, to die...Or so it felt.
There was no flash of lightning, no major revelation, just getting through the feelings and realizing once again, for the 100th time in my life--I can not control others or outside forces. I can only work on my reaction to those uncontrollables. I can react in many ways, damaging or loving. Thank God, my inner core circle of friends, and my sons and sister, I am once again choosing the healthy tools. Since last time I wrote on the toodles page, I have lost 60 pounds, not by magical meals on wheels, not by mega-marathons-r-us, just putting one foot in front of the other, using the same tools I used in my book.
The faithful, never faltering truths.
Moving my body moves my mind!
Bad things happen to good people!
Attitude is everything!
If you believe it, you can achieve it!
and last, but by no means least...... TRYING IS SUCCEEDING!
My dear pals if you get these truths--you can and will get through any thing life brings.
Here's to a happy and healthy 2007 for us all! Love and hugs, Dee
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Deetoodles
The New Face of Fitness Weblog
notes, tips, and more straight from Dee!
she updates regularly
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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New Face of Fitness is a combination of movement, lifestyle modification, individualized assistance and support sessions.
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