"What is in your mental arsenal? "
Liking being not fat anymore and hot. My clothes. Man it's a bummer when your jeans are too tight and you can't blame it on the dryer...
"What/Who is your secret weapon in this battle? "
initially an immense will. I just did it, because I wanted it badly enough to forgo anything that would sidetrack me. And a hubby who was doing it with me. no temptation around anyway.
Now, prolly still the hubby, although we're both more lax than we used to be. And a need to not buy new (bigger) clothes. Clothes shopping is only fun when the clothes are little.
"What/who is your nemesis, your arch-enemy? "
those damn dirty keebler elves. they're frikkin evil. them and all their damned cousins.
I really like cookies.
and cake.
and chocolate.
I can forgo most things without a thought, but if I see a damned snickerdoodle, it's like a frikkin torpedo.
at least I don't like twinkies.
I also have issues with being better than other people. I don't like to be. I mean, I do, but then I feel all bad about it and crap. It's this weird little thing in my head... so if most people around me are beer-drinking slackers, I'm more apt to be a cookie monster. I feel weird showing people up, even though I have every right to be proud of my accomplishments and successes, somehow it seems wrong to be. I'm working on that though, because it's a pile of bs and I refuse to let crap like that defeat me.
My yoga instructor had this quote on her website one month... I love it. now, it's also something I'd list as in my arsenal.
Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-Marianne Williamson
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