Can a person be both Healthy AND Happy...
At the same time?
That is a question that anyone who has ever been on a diet, weight loss or physical fitness program has probably had at one time or another.
I was reading something the other day...
Actually, I was reading a book- I tend to read a lot of those since I can get the free eBooks for, well, free....
Anyway, while reading one of the eBooks on my reader...
Please do not ask which one as I read at least a book every few days and they do tend to run together...
So, to paraphrase something the character said...
If you want to be happy you must first like yourself...
To be healthy you must first like yourself...
because if you like yourself you will treat yourself better...
and when you treat yourself better you will make choices that will make you happier and healthier without even realizing it.
That was the basic gist of the statement and it really does make sense in a round about sort of way.
I have been trying to eat better...
I have been trying to be more active...
and I still feel like I am getting nowhere.
The scale moves down 3 pounds....
then up 4.
I feel wonderful one day...
and achy and exhausted the next.
Nothing seems to make a difference...
Except perhaps, my attitude.
I have been feeling like I did not fit in at work, even though I was trying to.
Like I do not really fit in with the Moms of my children's friends, and I have been trying there too.
Like I do not really fit in anywhere...
So perhaps I need to just find a way to feel like I fit in with my self.
This was not a great week career-wise.
I am stressed about money.
I am stressed about the volunteer stuff I do with the high school... mostly that's because I have to rely on others to do their part and ... waiting for someone else to do something is not one of my strong points...
I am stressed about being stressed!
In an attempt to take some control over things before it all goes careening into total chaos...
1- I have begun to take some dietary supplements -- you know the ones that women of a certain age are told to take to prevent bone loss and a healthy heart and stomach and whatnot...
2- I have been looking at jobs online... not that there are any that I want, nor for which I am qualified...
3- I have been researching alternative career paths and options for someone with my background...
You know...
For mothers who have raised 6 children; are self taught to crochet, knit, paint and make jewelry; who have a flair for interior design and decorating; who can speed read and tend to critique, proof read and edit the books she reads; can put on a fundraiser dinner for over a hundred people; can create and print programs and newsletters; remembers random facts and trivia along with the birth dates of people she went to elementary school with- but cannot remember if she ate dinner last night or where she put her daughter's senior portrait photos; and can corral 100 football players into some semblance of order to say grace before the meal she prepared them... and has taught those same football players to edit their behavior and language knowing they will not get a bite of food if they say or do anything she would find offensive...
By the way... as yet, no such career has been found requiring those talents.
And, I have started to write again.
As evidenced by this blog post... ( and the one on Dawneing and some lengthy Facebook posts)
The result?
This week I have lost 5 pounds without even trying.
Weird, huh?
Maybe, just maybe, there is something in what I read about liking yourself and treating your self well first...
This week it seems to have made a difference...
I am hopeful that next week will prove the same...
And maybe, just maybe, someone will be looking for that mother of 6 who can do all the things that I can do...
Health AND Happiness...
It looks like it CAN happen at the same time...
As long as one is willing to try.
