Six and a half years ago I started my journey to loose weigh and save my life. High blood pressure and other looming illnesses were just about to take me down. I had no idea when I made the appointment with Dr Fox I would be transforming my life, thoughts and future. Going into this journey I wanted to get down to a size 12 and hoped for under 200lbs. My results are not what I expected. I never thought I would run, join a gym and be there 5 to 6 days a week. Nor did I ever thick I would wear a size 6 or loose 156lbs. I had no idea what a 5K was and I had never heard of the Big D climb. For me something clicked in my head that made me want to live a longer healthier life. I wanted to restore as best I could my body so living could be with as little health issues as possible. As of today those health issues are gone. Exercise is like breathing to me and I do it without hating it. I had very low expectations when I started but now I work hard for the best results.
Sometimes the only limitation we have are the ones we put on ourselves. We seem to shoot just under the cuff of greatness. Happy is the moment when we aren’t the biggest failure in the room. There was a time in my life I was right there in that spot. I only gave what it took to complete what ever it was but I gave nothing more. Then there was that day I realized your now to old to have dreams, to old to start something new and by far you haven’t got what it takes to follow through with a new journey. I’m not sure when and where but I started to beat myself up over all this. Not because I couldn’t do it but because I was sitting in this pity. Soul searching got me to where I am today. There is nothing I can’t try, nothing I want try and I know I’m strong enough to do it. Okay disclaimer because I will get called out on this. I will not jump from an airplane, I don’t like long bridges over water and I don’t like to put my head under the water in a pool. Yes I do have limitations and now that is out of the way lets move on. Many times in this restored life thing called Blue Happy I struggle. I have days when I’m so tired that I just wanna lock myself away from the world. People can be mean and trust me they love to toss out commits that are uncalled for and snarky. We have become this l world of people that we don’t care who we hurt we just wanna be heard. What in the world happened to curtesy and manners. What in the world happened to owning up to what you did to hurt others. What happened to saying your sorry.
I’m a planner and everyday I wake up with a plan. Sometimes that plan is minute by minute and other times it hour to hour. When I go to my storage to pull out pieces I want to restore I start with sitting and starring at all of my storage. Most of the time a piece or two will speck to me. I get an idea and I’m off and running to restore and implement my creative idea. Well let me tell you 9 out of 10 times you don’t get the results you start with in your head. Sometimes like life the piece will dictate how things are going to go down. I was given the opportunity to buy this very tall chest. The photo seemed nice and It didn’t have any damage. When I picked it up it seems a little more modern than farm house. On the way home with the piece I decided I would paint it gray and make it a more modern traditional piece. Well wouldn’t you know it I was out of Pure Pewter. In a pinch to get some larger pieces done for Waco I decided I would force it into the farmhouse style. By painting it Pure White, sanding to shabby it up and adding new hardware it’s modern no more. It will fit perfectly into anyones Farmhouse shabby home decor.
Life is funny that way. We start our days and projects in one direction and it leads us down a completely different path. That is how my weight loss journey started. I just wanted to loose enough weigh to get health. Working out wasn’t in my plan but here I am 4 days until the Big D Climb. It’s a climb in the Bank of America building 70 stores. I’m going for a personal record of under 30 minutes. I’m excited and overwhelmed all at once. I love this new life of mine it is more that I ever expected.
