The Red Bikini Lady....

Body for Life Champion and Liftime Achievement Award Winner, Michelle Lee. "page-a-day" memoir of the steps I took during a journey to my first Body Building and Figure Competition and beyond. (c)2008 all rights reserved by blog author

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I'm at an age when many women believe their best years are behind them. I hope to convince my "Sisters" that many more of those "best years" are waiting to be lived! I'm living proof it is never to late to live them. Not to long ago I weighed nearly 200 pounds and was being treated for a long list of obesity related medical problems. Thankfully there came a point in my life when I decided to keep my self promises. When I did...my life opened to a world of possibilities.

Friday, July 29, 2005

Time to Change the tape?

What kinds of messages are you sending yourself?

Prior to adopting my healthy lifestyle I was obese. I had hit the big 5-0. I was wearing a size 14/16 dress. I was tired all the time and depressed with my life.
I used to tell myself:
--There was nothing I could do to turn life around.
--Diets didn't work for me.
--I was too tired to exercise.
And I figured that at my age there was really no point in making another failed attempt.

Thanks to that old tape playing in my head...I stayed fat, continued to feel old and wasn't a very happy person to be around.

Body for Life helped me hit the eject button, discard that old tape and create a new one filled with positive self-affirmations.

During my first BFL challenge, and those that followed I told myself that I was worth every effort to improve my health, mentally, physically and spiritually.
With each workout, each balanced meal, each visit to the Body for Life website...I began to erace those negative messages from my life and replace them with positive thoughts.

It took awhile but soon I became a new, happy me.
BFL showed me how to have faith in myself again.
Even though I have lost the weight I wanted to lose and have built new muscles I still do a "sound check" everyday to make sure my positive messages are audible and I'm receiving them.

What messages are you sending yourself?
Is it time to eject that old tape?







What negative messages are holding you back from your Ultimate Body for Life?
If there are any...please, hit eject and change the tape.

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