Setting the tone for weight loss success has a lot to do with personal attitude. I\u2019ve been readjusting my attitude a lot lately. I\u2019ve had the opportunity to do a lot of cool things, meet a lot of cool people and see a bunch of cool places. But in all of that, the hustle, the pressure of living I\u2019m seeing now that I have not always had my ears, eyes or heart open for that matter, I have not always been \u201cPresent\u201d as my sis Niecy Nash would say\u2026\u201d baby, Stay Present!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being that I\u2019m on the tightrope of accountability and transparency now, I\u2019m looking and noticing that I very well might have been so consumed with what I wasn\u2019t, what I didn\u2019t have or who I didn\u2019t know that I became a mystery to myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like to say that I\u2019m an extroverted introvert. I know how to be \u201con\u201d but that does not make me \u201cpresent\u201d. I know you know what I\u2019m talking about; a room full of people but still alone, it\u2019s your birthday but everyone else is celebrating it better than you. I\u2019ve even been the person who is SO happy and content that that was a lie too. Just another face I put on, a way to disregard or elude my true feelings. My true self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uncovering, shedding the layers fighting for new air in a suffocating world has made me take shorter breaths yes, but it\u2019s also made me think about the spaces and places I want to breathe in. Do I even want the \u201cdream\u201d I\u2019ve reached for? What if the best place, resource for air is right here in the now and the clearing of so much personal junk. I believe that there is a time for everything under the sun\u2026 Maybe the time I\u2019ve so dreamed about is contingent upon my renewing my mind and rebuilding my spiritual walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Needless to say, I\u2019m \u201cTHERE\u201d, \u201cHere\u201d, and \u201cPresent\u201d I\u2019m in a space and time of success that is completely dependent upon my being Honest with me. I\u2019m becoming ok with today being a less than perfect day, or the fact that changing my diet will at times mess with my energy and attitude. I\u2019m not saying that I can just go off on others because of what I\u2019m choosing to live now, but I am definitely ok with not putting on a face so You can feel better about My mood or attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The truth of the matter is that I\u2019m human, and though that does not grant me a pass to The Thom Foolery Show, It does mean I have a right to every emotion and feeling God blessed me with. I\u2019ll cuss and scream; I\u2019ll cry and moan, I\u2019ll push and fight with everything in me. Hell! I may even throw things. Lol. I\u2019m detoxing every part of me, and well hell, it doesn\u2019t feel so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With that, I\u2019m off to eat this damn grapefruit that I\u2019m swearing will taste like a Mandarin Chinese Chicken Salad lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n