[Image from my Operation Beautiful Book Tour Post]
‘I don’t have a goal weight, I have a goal life.’
I heard this quote while watching an interview with an Extreme Weight Loss participant and it really clicked with me!
Along my journey, I realized that a certain number on the scale wouldn’t magically make my life perfect. For years I chased this number while becoming more and more unhappy.
I now focus on creating the life that I want, by taking small steps each day. It’s about how I feel each day when I wake up. If I wake up happy and eager to start the day, I know I’m on the right track. A certain number can’t dictate my happiness, but I can make changes in my life to feel my best.
While, I’m busy baking up orders today, I thought it would be fun to have a Glo Bar giveaway!
Leave a comment below sharing a lesson you’ve learned along your journey or simply share one of your favourite quotes.
One lucky winner will receive a delicious box of 10 Glo Bars! Goodluck!
Coming up, one of our favourite recipes so far in 2011….get excited!
I am 45 years old, mother of five, and according to my doctor, I am in the heart healthy weight range. I should be happy, but I am not. I count calories far too often and forget to enjoy my food. I hop on the scale knowing it will change daily; yet I still do it too often.
What have I learned? Well since stumbling across a lovely blog, by a lovely 20 something young woman who doesn’t even know me, I have learned that I am a great person, I am loved by my family and friends, and when I smile and I am happy people think I am beautiful. Even more important, I realize that my 12 year old daughter is watching and it is time for me to set a good example.
I don’t need to win the Glow Bars, I just wanted you to know that you calling to share your journey has touched many people. Thanks.
Wow nearly people have gotten here before me but I’m going to enter anyway! Angela your Glo bars must be fantastic!
The most important thing I’ve learned is that focusing on the small things you can do everyday will get you to your ultimate goals.
My favorite quote is “Be yourself- Everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde.
I think a lot of people get caught up in looking/acting/being like all these other people that they lose their own look and personality, and we should celebrate the differences among eachother instead. :)
Also sidenote, your chocolate chip dough balls are to dieeeeeee for ! :)
Like others who have posted my journey was one of both drastic loss and gain, after weeks in a rehab clinic without results I set out on my own and through trial and error discovered what health and happiness meant to me, now I plan not only to get my culinary degree but also a degree in nutrition!
A lesson that I have learned along my journey is that some of my darkest days have taught me how resilient I am and I will no longer wish they had never happened but instead, move FORWARD. As my big sister says, “life is a work in progress”
“Oy with the poodles already!”
I love your note to yourself on the scale. I need that tattooed on my feet!
If you are getting stressed or overwhelmed, ask yourself “will this matter in a years’ time?”- chances are it won’t, and it helps with perspective.
I have struggled with my relationship with my scale. Even though I have stopped “dieting” I still have a constant connection with the scale. Most mornings before I even fully open my eyes…I’m on it. I tend to tell myself it’s just a “check up” to see if I am still within my happy weight. Though my happy weight should be how I feel and not what the number on the scale says. But if I am honest with myself it tends to be the the number. I think it is my last hurdle of my weight obsession that I need to cope with. The process is slow, but hopefully getting better. I do have some days when I wake up and don’t even see it, those days I am more relaxed. Funny how much a number can influence a whole day.
My favorite quote:
“She realized she was missing a great deal by sensible.”
Live it up! :)
Oops, that SHOULD say:
“She realized she was missing a great deal by being sensible.” ;)
LIVE WITH INTENTION. WALK TO THE EDGE. LISTEN HARD. PRACTICE WELLNESS. PLAY WITH ABANDON. LAUGH. … -Mary Anne Radmacher
Namaste
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
I love your scale disclaimer!!
What a great quote that was. One of mine is a Henry David Thoreou quote, “Go in the direction of your dreams, live the life you imagine.” I did and I’m doing it!
Looks like a fantastic give-away! I’ve learned that sometimes, when I’m feeling sad but not for any reason, that PRETENDING to be happy can actually make me BE happy. The small things aren’t worth dwelling on, and they shouldn’t lower my overall happiness level! In terms of fitness I really understand now that working hard now will pay off in the end. Short term laziness isn’t worth losing years off my life! If I keep up my fitness level and eat well, there’s nothing to stop me from living to 100!
Wow – so amazing to read what others have learned. A lot of wisdom shared here today!!
I learned only recently that I cannot allow my weight to ruin my life. I’ve been struggling with an adult-onset eating disorder for a couple of years now. It’s like being on another planet. I’m not the same person I was such a short time ago, and sometimes feel like my brain is being held hostage by this person who thinks I am gigantically fat. Every now and then I’ll catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror or window reflection and see myself for who I really am without the filter that the fat person in my brain puts up. I am not the distorted image I see 99% of the time – I am the pretty girl with the normal weight that I see 1% of the time. I cannot let the fat filter run – or ruin – my life. That is my choice to make and no one else’s.
“Sometimes life just sucks.” – by a friends lol :)
My favorite quote is from Voltaire:
“Beauty pleases the eye only; sweetness of disposition charms the soul.”
I’ve learned along the way that pacing myself is important — and any perceived setbacks are really opportunities for me to re-evaluate my current path.
“You are AWESOME!” by Rhino the Hamster from the movie “Bolt” It makes me happy every time I hear it or think about it, and I pass the message on. :-)
I love that photo. And I really needed to hear [or read] that quote today =) so thank you.
Over the years I’ve picked up a lot of quotes, but my favorite right now is this one:
“You have one true obligation, that’s to contribute your best to the world. Visualize what you want out of life and think BIG. Don’t be afraid of what others think, that’s their business, not yours. Don’t feel undeserving. We’re all deserving of living our dreams – some of us realize it and some don’t. You’re not doing anyone any favors by living small. Embrace these truths and step up. The world is waiting.” – Jillian Michaels
My favorite quote
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.’ We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”