A better me!

In general I'm working on being a better person...aren't we all?

I want to be a better friend, a better godmother, a better aunt, a better woman, employee, daughter, sister...but most important of all, a better ME!

The first step in that was cleaning out all the crap. I had to take the time to rid my life of the things that were polluting my life and my soul. That is when I decided I needed to lose weight. Primarily because in de-cluttering my life, I wanted to declutter my closet and that meant putting timelines on clothes that I loved but couldn't fit anymore.

The second step was identifying and/or affirming the things I stood for. I had to do this in order to recalibrate my decision making and affiliations. This is when I decided that at minimum, I wanted to lose a toddler. Not just because my doctor called me fat and my clothes weren't fitting but also because I decided that I want to lead a healthy AND active lifestyle. I also want to attract a man that wants the same and my extra pudge is not conveying that message.

The third step was defining my support system. While I can be over the top with everything...I'm also good at quitting. I didn't want the option to quit on me I don't have the option to quit on me. So I got some accountability partners...not just for exercise but for those things that I really want to make a change on but need a little extra help sometimes. People who will tell me I'm out of control or I need to make sure I run or ask me if I really think the foolishness I'm doing is a good thing.

The final step is to start again every day. Because if each day is the first day to making a change in my life, I never have to worry about what I did yesterday or what I will do tomorrow and that keeps me focused on what I can change and control. My choices today are for today based on today because calories don't wait til tomorrow to add that pound and yesterdays workout isn't burning calories for  today. There is no pressure for what might...

Besides a month of good todays is better than I'm going to do better tomorrows.