My fitness journey

So I was reading an article, in an online fitness magazine, I subscribe to today. The topic was brought up by one of the readers, talking about her personal Aha... moment. The one when she decided for real, to be committed to getting healthy. She asked if anyone else had had one of these moments. This question sent my mind racing back in time. My personal fitness journey began, November of 2009. However; it didn't become a life change, until January 2010. That moment in time will stay with me forever. Although I would not like to relive that year of my life, I am ever so grateful for the "kick in the butt" to fitness that it has given me! I went from 160 pounds and a size 12, to 116 and a size 4. Not only do I feel great, but I love to exercise and have learned to eat more health and be responsible for portion control, which back in the day, for me meant stopping after my second or third helping of what ever tasted the best. Today, I keep track of my food intake and physical fitness. I can't imagine just sitting around and sucking down the sweets any more. So, no matter what it is that gives you that aha... moment, or when it comes to you, I hope you will take hold with both hands and your heart(this part is a must) and use it to your advantage! I know you will never regret making that change. You might just wish you had done it sooner! Here's to being fit! :D

Well...it's been a week...

Well, it has been a week since my girl got married! Nothing has changed, but nothing is the same at all. Seems like I have said this before, but it is totally relevant now just in a new and different way.
The biggest difference is, that my girl and her new "hubby" have now decided that if they think I shouldn't be in their space that they have the right to lock me out....
I have not as yet decided as how to approach this, as they are NOT paying me enough rent to be able to tell me when I can or can not enter a room.... Still, I do believe they need their space and privacy, not to mention the fact that there are just some things a parent does NOT want to know about their child! Especially thier married child! Trust me!
Either way, we will figure out a way to make this all work out till August 1oth. After that I hope they will have developed a really good game plan, cause no matter what, they are NOT coming home!!!!
Good luck Megan and Justin! May you meet life head on!!!!

Time....

Time is supposed to be this great magical healer. Well I am just here to tell you that if you buy into that myth, then you should plan on disappointment if you are just sitting back waiting for things to change on their own! Things rarely if ever change on their own! It takes a lot of waiting prayer and work to get things to start in the motion of change! AND then, sometimes there is that unexpected rock under the wheel of motion that is not expected! Then you have to work even harder to get things in motion again for the magic of time to begin! Never can you just sit back and think it will do it's thing without doing your fair share of the work to make sure that it is in motion. Even then, there is NO guarantee, that things will go in the direction that you think time should go. In times like this you must just hang on, and know that there is a bigger plan at work that we just simply do not understand. That is really all I have to say about that! And yes, this is from my very own experience. And again, NO I do not claim to know it all...or even a portion of it. It just so happens this has been very near and close to me in recent moments. Doing the best I can to enjoy this ride we call life!

Birthday Smirthday....

Well, another year has come around and went already. My birthday has also come and gone. This year it has led me to some contemplation however.
I was asked by one of my very closest friends, who said "I already know the answer to this, but I have to ask...do you feel any older?" To which I replied, "NO! In fact I feel if anything younger than I have in years! I am in better shape and I am healthier than I have been in probably ten years!" Which I a very accurate statement I think. Which lead me to thinking about WHY had I waited so long for my health and fitness and well being to become such an important part of my life. The only answer I could come up with was that I had simply gotten lazy and complacent. Life was going well and I was comfortable. Since that time I have spent the last two years trying to undo the damage I had done to myself both physically and mentally over the time I had spent being lazy. So NOT worth being lazy I have decided! I will never again look at myself in the mirror and because of a choice to be lazy wonder what I have let happen to myself! I lost a part of me during that time of laziness, and I am not sure I will ever get that back. I will for sure be growing in other ways that will help compensate for whatever it was that I lost though.
So this year I say Birthday Smirthday! Let them come, let them go! As long as I am healthy and taking the best care of myself that I can, it doesn't matter! :)

Tweaked the attitude....

So, I went through the first week with a new manager in a funk. I was so dreading the next week, until Chet helped me out with a wake up talk. He basically told me that I had set myself up to have the bad week I had had by over thinking it, before it even began. I had kept saying how hard it was going to be, and how nervous I was, but then I would say it was going to be good and it would all work out fine. He said that anything positive I had put out had been defeated by all the negative stuff I was putting out too.
So, I decided this week, I was going to head into it with a totally different attitude. My new boss, although he could make life a bit difficult for me, he can't fire me himself, and though I may not like some of the changes he is making, I still have a job, that for the most part I like. I still work with a great group of ladies, and I serve some of the best kids! So I was determined to have a better week. I even told all of the ladies in the kitchen, that it was my intention to have a great week!
Not only was it a better week for me but the whole kitchen seemed to pull together more and we ran a little more smoothly than we had the previous week.
I know that attitude is everything, but I forgot how deeply attitude really goes. Thank you to Chet for giving me yet again a gentle reminder.
And here's hoping that we can all tweak the attitude a little for the better everyday. :)

A simple update...

Well, I made it through week one with the Czar! Who knows HOW I did it without totally losing it?
I know that the new manager does not like me much and he is asking coworkers questions about me and the way I say and do things. He does not like how "aggressive" I am as he puts it. Yet at the same time, if there is a question about anything that needs to be done around the kitchen, I am the one he comes to find. I just don't get it. If you don't like me and the way I am leave me alone and I will leave you alone and just do my job. I am frustrated beyond belief! I have 5 more months till school is out, I am not sure I have the self control to make it that long without saying something he really won't like. Because I am sure I already have without even meaning to.

Everything changes...

The only thing that ever stays the same, is the fact that everything changes! For me this year has started out with a major change. I worked my first day with a new manager today.
First am foremost, let me tell you how much I miss my former manager Dixie! I missed her even before I didn't have her there to work with!
This new manager is ALL about coming in and taking over and making things flow the way he thinks they should. Some of the things he wants to change are really no big deal. It is all just a matter of preference. But some of the things he wants to change, are just a total and complete form of control from the way it appears to me. I hope I can keep working without making him upset and or angry. Keeping my opinions to myself has never been something I was very good at. I have gotten better over the years, but still find it a challenge.
So here is to making the best out of changes I can not control! :) I will do my absolute best!