Hello everybody!
I'm 32, married, from New Orleans now living in Tennessee. I've never been thin.
I am a very positive person - Dad always said to make sure I choose my attitude, and not let my attitude choose me.
The only other time I've seriously tried to lose weight was about 2 years ago, and I saw success, my body started shrinking, and Thanksgiving happened. I pigged out and just stopped eating healthy and exercising.
For a long time I couldn't figure out why I had stopped. Then a few months ago it hit me. Seeing the changes in myself was freaking me out a little, I didn't admit that to myself, that was part of it. But the majority was that doing these things (eating right, exercising) was me learning to love myself. And the proof of this was the way my body was shrinking. So I stopped.
This time it's totally different. About 3 months ago, while cooking dinner, I did this visualization exercise I had heard about... first I got my mindframe positive by vibing to some awesome music, then I started thinking about the body I want. My ultimate body, each part of it at a time. I did this until I felt joy welling up in my chest. I visualized myself filled with light and started laughing. I felt such an incredible joy I was laughing and felt awe and such a gratitude for it all. I danced around a little (thank goodness I was by myself).
I had heard about this visualization exercise from a lady named Esther Hicks who is a proponent of the principle of Law of Attraction (the book and movie "The Secret" are based on this). The exercise is about what you want to create in your future, not necessarily weight loss, but that's what I used it for.
So I had this amazing experience. I kept it close to my heart and thought about it every now and then. About 2 weeks after that happened, I felt led to change my diet, so I did. I eat very low fat, low salt/sugar/processed stuff, lots of veggies & fruits, only whole grains. Instead of eating meat every single day, I use a protein supplement some days.
Then about 6 weeks after my diet had changed, I felt led to start exercising, so I did. I started by just walking for 30 minutes at a time, back and forth in my apartment. Once my fitness level had increased enough, I started doing some workout DVDs I have.
Now I've lost 5 inches from my waist (!) and 10 lbs so far... and I am feeling incredible. I know it's happening right this time. It feels like a natural progression in my life, and not like I am forcing it. I am very much looking forward to sharing this incredible journey with y'all!
Thanks for reading!
Tigress
Greetings everybody! Another newbie here.
