Fat Tuesday: My Happy Weight

I don't know about you but with each change of season comes the chance for new beginnings. This usually means I take stock in where I am and where I want to be. This applies to all aspects of my life and without fail always includes my personal fitness.

In January I found the numbers on the scale creeping into what I consider an unacceptable range. I was feeling bad about how I looked, how my clothes fit and has an extreme disregard for most anything health related.

After a series of starts and stop I managed to climb on the exercise wagon with some regularity. Then came Relay season. With a to do list that never ended I found myself buried under an eternal pile of work and even sleep went by the wayside at times.

I've spent what little summer we had in a decompression mode. Fighting a mild depression and struggling to keep my joyful outlook on life. I'll spare the self analysis here but what my summer did not include was workouts or calorie counting. Instead there were bottles of wine, plates of nachos, and plenty of desserts.

Now as the leaves are starting to change and I once again consider if there is anything I want to change I come to the realization that I am at my happy weight. This number is not necessarily the fittest weight but rather a weight where I feel comfortable in my skin as well as in my clothes. A weight where raspberry creams are not off limits and I don't spend a day aching from those 5 extra push ups I had to finish.

And the funny thing about being at your happy weight is you start feeling good enough that you begin to make healthier choices.... or at least that's what I am finding. So who knows, maybe this fall I will move from my happy weight to perhaps a happier weight.

How do you define your happy weight?

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Each Thursday, at some point in the day (depending on how crazy my day is)...I will do my best to post a blog that will include 10 THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR from that week! *Sometimes I may have to post it late Wednesday night*. Thoughts may be serious, sarcastic, silly, heart-warming, stupid, it will vary...depending on my mood!

I will then ask that each one of you leave me a comment, stating something that YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR from that week...it can be ANYTHING! Something little, something BIG, something funny, something witty, something serious - Whatever you like!

It's SIMPLE...and hopefully, it will also be ENGAGING, FUN, A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER, REWARDING, AND UPLIFTING!

1) For a good night's sleep

2) For my kitty cats who love me (almost) unconditionally. (Hey, they get a bit of an attitude if the dinner dish is empty!) I'm also thankful that my kitty cats have each other to play with.

3) For beautiful flowers

4) For mexican pizza... and cheese pizza.... and veggie pizza... and BBQ chicken pizza. Ah heck. I love pizza!

5) For James Taylor

6) For good books

7) For the stretch of beautiful weather we have had and that is fore casted for the future

8) That I have a vacation to look forward to

9) For my family, near and far.

10) For new beginnings and new opportunities.

Thank YOU for being thankful with me!

Thankful Thursday: August 20th

Welcome to:

** If you're a new guest...here's the scoop: **

Each Thursday, at some point in the day (depending on how crazy my day is)...I will do my best to post a blog that will include 10 THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR from that week! *Sometimes I may have to post it late Wednesday night*. Thoughts may be serious, sarcastic, silly, heart-warming, stupid, it will vary...depending on my mood!

I will then ask that each one of you leave me a comment, stating something that YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR from that week...it can be ANYTHING! Something little, something BIG, something funny, something witty, something serious - Whatever you like!

It's SIMPLE...and hopefully, it will also be ENGAGING, FUN, A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER, REWARDING, AND UPLIFTING!

1) For air conditioning during the first official heat wave of 2009 (in my neck of the woods)

2) That Yang and Thriller are getting along.

3) For taco night

4) For a good book

5) For good friends

6) For jobs that allow me to pay the bills and make a difference

7) For a good night's sleep

8) For comfortable clothes and shoes

9) For my big fluffy bed

10) For a life well lived

Thank YOU for being thankful with me!