Hello family & friends,
My heart is extremely happy right now. Last Friday, I went to the doctor for my 6 month check-up since being diagnosed as pre-diabetic. He greeted me with a high five because I had lost 30 pounds since they originally saw me and 11 of those pounds had been in the last month. I am still waiting on my lab results but the doctor felt due to how much weight I had lost that I would be out of the pre-diabetic range.
I left the doctor's appointment and ran some errands with my sister & best friend, Karla, and we made a stop at Old Navy. I haven't been able to shop in Old Navy since 2001. However, feeling real good and confident about my recent weight loss, I decided to see how close I was to being able to shop in a "regular" store again.
After trying on several items and purchasing two, it is with great pleasure that I can share that I can fit an XXL in Old Navy, which is a 16/18.
This great news and these feelings have inspired me to push to lose my next 10 pounds towards my remaining 70 pounds that I want to lose. So I reached out to my dear friend and fitness expert, Calvin Williams for more motivation.
This week, he's motivating me to use B.S. to get to MY NEXT LEVEL.....
B.S. - What's Your Definition?
We all face adversity, whether it be with our jobs, personal lives or with health-related obstacles. How you deal with these issues will ultimately define your future success. I like to think of the abbreviation "B.S."
Now you probably know what the most common use for this abbreviation is but that is in a negative context and describes anger, frustration and ultimately gets you no positive direction. I've come up with a simple alternative using this same abbreviation that can help you take a positive direction when facing adversity.... Breathe then Smile (B.S.)
Next time your boss at work calls you out for an error that you've made and you think, "That's B.S."...well take that negative energy and flip it... Breathe then Smile and fix the error and look at it as you learned what not to do the next time.
Next time you feel you are not appreciated in your relationship and you think, "This is some B.S." flip that negative energy... Breathe then Smile and go buy tickets to a comedy show for you and your significant other and share a laugh together.
When you hit a plateau in your exercise program and can't lose those last few pounds or you can't crack the starting lineup for the team you play for and you think, "Man that's that B.S." ...flip that negative energy... Breathe then Smile and realize that anything worth having is worth working hard for. Crank up your training and practice to another level challenging yourself to new levels, so that 10 pounds lost is just the goal you will pass on the way to 20. So that goal of cracking into the starting lineup is just a part of becoming an all-conference player.
As humans we are encompassed by our thoughts and beliefs, meaning you usually believe the things that you think. Then what you believe usually becomes reality...so if you think a situation is B.S. in a traditional meaning, it ultimately will become that.
If you think you might fail, you probably will. So why not change your own thought process and when you think something is B.S... Take time to Breathe and think how you can become successful then Smile once you realize that you "can", no matter what adversity you have faced.
Take the power back of a potentially negative situation, flip it in a positive manner by first Breathing then Smiling...Control your thoughts and beliefs and they will manifest into your reality!
In Warmest Regards,
CW
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