The Skin I'm In....
It's funny about losing weight...I at least am finding it's taking awhile before I can accept the "new" me. It seems that my brain still thinks "fat." When I look in the mirror sometimes I don't see the muscles I've been working so hard to uncover.
Instead I see the dimple in my belly, the sagging butt...the cellulite on the back of my thighs and oh, all that extra skin that used to wrap around the extra fat I once carried.
Muscle building helps address some of the extra skin issue. But it doesn't address all of it. My thought for today is "Thank God for Spandex."
That prayer could also include support panty hose, jeans with a little stretchy material and the ability to suck it up.
Until I began BFL nobody ever suggested the idea of sucking my gut in. It was one of those "girly girl" lessons never taught by my mother. A girlfriend I met at the EAS Energy Camp for Women talked about the importance of good posture and using those tummy muscles.
Its something I've been working on. Hopefully I will learn this habit and use it during every one of my walking hours.
Until I do--again I say "Thank God for Spandex."
Now getting back to the matter of seeing that old, fat body...despite the fact that it now only exists in the deep recesses of my mind.
How do we get rid of that old image? Why is it so hard to retrain the eye to accept the new vision of what we have become?
Its pretty easy for those around us to accept, compliment and enjoy the new shadow we cast. If any of you out there have found the secret to retraining the eye...I sure would like to hear from you.
And could you let me know real soon. I still have to go shopping to find that perfect Lipstick red, bikini for the Champions' for Life Cruise in May.
Have a great BFL Day. Hit those tens...and remember--change is inevitable. It's really up to us to make it either positive or negative!
Instead I see the dimple in my belly, the sagging butt...the cellulite on the back of my thighs and oh, all that extra skin that used to wrap around the extra fat I once carried.
Muscle building helps address some of the extra skin issue. But it doesn't address all of it. My thought for today is "Thank God for Spandex."
That prayer could also include support panty hose, jeans with a little stretchy material and the ability to suck it up.
Until I began BFL nobody ever suggested the idea of sucking my gut in. It was one of those "girly girl" lessons never taught by my mother. A girlfriend I met at the EAS Energy Camp for Women talked about the importance of good posture and using those tummy muscles.
Its something I've been working on. Hopefully I will learn this habit and use it during every one of my walking hours.
Until I do--again I say "Thank God for Spandex."
Now getting back to the matter of seeing that old, fat body...despite the fact that it now only exists in the deep recesses of my mind.
How do we get rid of that old image? Why is it so hard to retrain the eye to accept the new vision of what we have become?
Its pretty easy for those around us to accept, compliment and enjoy the new shadow we cast. If any of you out there have found the secret to retraining the eye...I sure would like to hear from you.
And could you let me know real soon. I still have to go shopping to find that perfect Lipstick red, bikini for the Champions' for Life Cruise in May.
Have a great BFL Day. Hit those tens...and remember--change is inevitable. It's really up to us to make it either positive or negative!
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