feedmysoul

I need to find me and in the process look after the me that I want to take into my future.

Reading other peoples journals has inspired me to try one for my own. Perhaps I can lose weight and find the inner me.

It is time to feed my soul not my body.

. : About me : .

Name::michelle
From::victoria, Australia
I am a mother of 3 almost grown children working full time in our own business. I used to also do a lot of voluntary work. I am an ex secondary school teacher. I have been overweight for the past ten years and have reached a stage in my life where I don't want to put up with it anymore. I have been so busy being wife, mother, boss, helper that I seem to have lost myself. Coping with one crisis after another without complaining but always turning to food for comfort. I need to find me and in the process look after the me that I want to take into my future. Reading other peoples journals has inspired me to try one for my own. Perhaps I can lose weight and find the inner me. It is time to feed my soul not my body.
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MELBOURNE 30KM CYCLE OVER WESTGATE BRIDGE DONE

WE CAN WALK IT OUT FUNRUN 8KM DONE

BOOT CAMP

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. : My Goals 2007 : .

REGAIN WEIGHT LOSS OF 25KG DONE

BE UNDER 72 BY HOLIDAY DONE

DO NOT BINGE ON HOLIDAY DONE

BE UNDER 70 KG DONE DONE

BE UNDER 67KG DONE DONE

REACH 30kg lost 65.6kg DONE

REACH 64.5 BY BIRTHDAY IN MARCH (VIRGIN FAT)

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19/3/06

50 mins car to car

20 mins stair to stair

26/3/06

40 mins car to car

14 mins stair to stair

2/4/06

40 mins arch to arch

14 mins stair to stair

1/7/06

43 mins car to car

13 mins stair to stair

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Sunday, October 16, 2005

COMPLIMENTS

I have been receiving so many compliments lately that my head is spinning. (or is that because of my BP medication)
Some of them have been so lovely and some just plain funny. The best/worse two were being asked if I had cancer last week and then a male friend who asked "have you lost a bit of beef?"
It is obvious though that my weight loss is now past the stage of people thinking "oh she just goes up and down and up so better not comment" to where they are now shocked into commenting.
The other thing I have noticed is that my responses are changing. This weekend I replied that I was doing it with a lot of hard work and a change in priorities where I now found some time each day to put "me" first. All the discussion M started about this has really made me think.
I am succeeding because I am doing just that; prioritising time to exercise each day, time to plan my eating, time to blog, time to chat with my online buddy. Yes some days I get less work done, some days the old Michelle would have thought she was neglecting her children, the house is messier, I am not doing volunteer work, etc etc. Things have changed. AND IT IS FOR THE BETTER!!
I am proud of myself and I am less afraid that I will go back to my wicked old ways.

I now KNOW that I will be a 60's girl soon. Something I have never dared to believe.

I KNOW that I am so much healthier as well as fitter.

I KNOW that I am looking better and better and I still cannot believe that I can walk into any store and buy something without searching desperately through the bigger sizes.

I KNOW that I need to exercise or I feel bad so that means I have changed my lifestyle and should be able to keep it up.

I KNOW that I will still have bad days but

I also KNOW that I will pick mysewlf up and get back on track after them.

I KNOW you will all help me when I need it!!

Posted by michelle :: 6:03 pm :: 10 comments