Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Hi Everyone
Well where did the time go since my last blog? Seems time races by and the energy required at the end of the day to blog has been missing. As usual life has thrown up a few hurdles but they are behind me again now so I am back.
Talking to my Dh at the weekend because he has been warned to do something about his health by his GP (again) and has joined the gym (again) I told him he has to do it for himself as only
he can make the choices which will bring about change. That is something that I have definitely learned on this journey. Just wish I had wised up to that 10 years ago.
Then I visited a client who commented that I was only half a Michelle now. She asked me how I had lost weight and I told her by choosing "me" in the busy day to day schedule that life is. For too many years there was no time to exercise, to diet, to do things I would enjoy because I had to be a martyr and try to be a myriad of other things for other people, loosing parts of myself along the way.
So now everyday there is some time for me even if it is only very brief on some days. Yes it is easier because my kids are almost grown up but I could have done this in the past if I had been able to treat myself even a bit better than I did. If I had realised that my needs were important, as important as the needs of the other people in my life for whom I always made time. What a lot of time I wasted being that martyr and just eating my way through the stress. And yes I still fall back into the old pattern at times of stress but its Ok. I do not have to be perfect at this I just have to keep on trying and being honest with myself. If I want time to enjoy the rest of my life then I have to make time now for me, for my weight, for my health, for my emotional well being, for my soul.
Posted by michelle ::
12:13 am ::
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