My older sister cut and colored my hair today. She always makes me look beautiful!
We were talking about how much I have changed over the years since I was young. I was very shy and didn't like to be in front of people. I was always a "follower". But I have also been grooming over the years to be a leader. I was thinking about this the past few days. Some of my first experiences as a leader was being a team captain on my high school basketball team. Then again when I worked at a summer church camp the summer after I graduated from high school I was "appointed" as being "in charge" of the snack shop. I was thinking about all this after I had read something someone close to me had shared with me this past year or so. This is what was shared with me: You are a natural born teacher and leader – you’ve just got to grow into that skin now.
As I shared that with my sister, she says this, "stop thinking about it and being concerned about what that means and just be. Just BE what you are. Just BE who you are. You are a leader so just Be. Don't think about what you used to be, just BE who you ARE now! Do what you love and you just BE that."
I have an amazing sister! She is the one who truly inspired me to just go after my goal of losing weight. She believed in me and wanted me to succeed. But not only that, she is an amazing woman. She has gone through so much over the years as a single mother at a young age and did what she needed to support her son and herself. She is a strong woman. She is going through her own personal struggles but has remained strong through it all and is Being who she needs to be to make it through.
Yesterday did not go as planned for my workout. I work late on Sunday nights and don't get to bed until near 2 am most weekends...and then having to get up early to get kids off to school. I had a morning appointment with my friend who is a massage therapist. Painfully wonderful! Lunch time then time to pick up kids from school. supper with the kids. Then I laid down for a nap after dinner...well the "nap" lasted through midnight. So the workout did not get done!
Needless to say, after my haircut tonight, I was not going to miss my workout! But I still need to zero in on my diet. I am not out of control but I am still choosing foods that are not supporting my goals. I need to make some changes. I have less than two months to make some major changes in my physique before I go to Jersey to visit Elaine. I have to bring up my game! She is going to put me to work and I have to be ready.
You all are pushing me to bring my best to the table.
Here is a side by side 14 day comparison from September 1 to today.
I see some minor changes. But I am not looking for minor!
Certain foods give me bloating issues and I have to be more mindful of those foods and how my body reacts...I see obvious bloating in comparison.
It's time to BE!
BE Unstoppable!
BE a Champion!
BE a Leader!
We were talking about how much I have changed over the years since I was young. I was very shy and didn't like to be in front of people. I was always a "follower". But I have also been grooming over the years to be a leader. I was thinking about this the past few days. Some of my first experiences as a leader was being a team captain on my high school basketball team. Then again when I worked at a summer church camp the summer after I graduated from high school I was "appointed" as being "in charge" of the snack shop. I was thinking about all this after I had read something someone close to me had shared with me this past year or so. This is what was shared with me: You are a natural born teacher and leader – you’ve just got to grow into that skin now.
As I shared that with my sister, she says this, "stop thinking about it and being concerned about what that means and just be. Just BE what you are. Just BE who you are. You are a leader so just Be. Don't think about what you used to be, just BE who you ARE now! Do what you love and you just BE that."
I have an amazing sister! She is the one who truly inspired me to just go after my goal of losing weight. She believed in me and wanted me to succeed. But not only that, she is an amazing woman. She has gone through so much over the years as a single mother at a young age and did what she needed to support her son and herself. She is a strong woman. She is going through her own personal struggles but has remained strong through it all and is Being who she needs to be to make it through.
Yesterday did not go as planned for my workout. I work late on Sunday nights and don't get to bed until near 2 am most weekends...and then having to get up early to get kids off to school. I had a morning appointment with my friend who is a massage therapist. Painfully wonderful! Lunch time then time to pick up kids from school. supper with the kids. Then I laid down for a nap after dinner...well the "nap" lasted through midnight. So the workout did not get done!
Needless to say, after my haircut tonight, I was not going to miss my workout! But I still need to zero in on my diet. I am not out of control but I am still choosing foods that are not supporting my goals. I need to make some changes. I have less than two months to make some major changes in my physique before I go to Jersey to visit Elaine. I have to bring up my game! She is going to put me to work and I have to be ready.
You all are pushing me to bring my best to the table.
Here is a side by side 14 day comparison from September 1 to today.
I see some minor changes. But I am not looking for minor!
Certain foods give me bloating issues and I have to be more mindful of those foods and how my body reacts...I see obvious bloating in comparison.
It's time to BE!
BE Unstoppable!
BE a Champion!
BE a Leader!
Suzette, great post - and what amazing advice from your sister. As you know, I too tend to overthink things. :-) But she is right, I need to just BE who I am today, and if I am not satisfied with who I am today, then I need to do something about it. Do what I love and be that. Thanks for sharing!
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