Circle of Life

Today, (blog started on 4/22/14)  has been nothing short of incredible. The day started out as any other. Dean packed my lunch in the busy flurry of getting ready for the day. I (thought) I had my monthly meeting at work tonight, so I had made my lean and green meal in the morning, and packed it safely away to eat while I was at school, thinking I wouldn't be home until late.

Due to car drama, I was stuck at school all day. Right before Dean arrived to rescue me from being stranded, "E" (the person who introduced me) to the program, stopped me in the hallway, and said that I look amazing, he has been silently watching me stick strictly to the plan over the last month or so, while he has fallen off the bandwagon titled "HEALTH HERE WE COME!" We then talked about what caused us to get fat, he specifically asked me what my vice was before starting the program. I have no idea what my specific vice was per say, but I think it was a combination of unhealthy living styles. He also said that because he has been silently watching me march forward,  (I say silently because I did not tell him when I went back on plan) and seeing me shrink, and look more and more awesome, I have now become his inspiration.  What a circle this has become, he was my inspiration to start the program, and now I am his.

The day marched on, we fetched the truck out of the sick car hospital, and then I showed up to my monthly meeting (which I was an entire week early for) but it was nice because I needed to have a business related chat with some people anyway. After the chit chat, someone who I have known for almost 2 years now looked at me and said "Tiana, I've noticed that you have lost a lot of weight!" My reply: "Yes, I have! And you didn't notice last month?!" While laughing. She laughed and said, I did notice, but I just didn't want to say anything. She then asked if I was done, or if I was going to lose more. I told her I have approximately 30 more pounds to go. She replied "look at you go!" I then asked her if she wanted to see my "Before" and  my "In "Progress" photo. (which I also showed "E" earlier in the day)  Her face lit up like a Christmas tree, and she enthusiastically replied:  "Yes!!! Do you have one?" So I pulled out my digital personal assistant,  also known as my cell phone, and showed her. She was ecstatic for me.... she then passed around to everyone that was standing there. They all cheered me on.  I had previously emailed them a 'hey, when I hit a goal in a personal transformation I am doing, I'm going to Disneyland for a week" email.... today I informed them, that yes, that is a weight loss journey. Their response was: "Okay. Let us know when, and we'll cover you!"   By the way, when your friend's and family are losing weight, you are SUPPOSED to take notice, and tell them that you notice, it does us a tremendous amount of cheering us on! These comments like to fly at us, in our darkest moments in our transformations and we NEED things to keep going!

I thought, how blessed am I to have found a weight loss program that works miracles, and I work for people who are rooting for me, and will continue to work for me, when I hit the finish line.

The number one excuse I get from everyone that is interested in the program, is they can't afford it. Honestly, neither can we.  I have no idea how we are able to afford it, we pay our tithing, and we have money for it. But, I have decided that this program is a lot cheaper than this.....

 

 

On the Left: My Mom's memorial book from her funeral, along with my favorite photo of her. On the top right: A casket courtesy of google images, and the bottom right, a photo of the kids that were now left without a mother, taken shortly after we buried her. Paying a few hundred dollars for a weight loss program, seems minute in the grand scheme of things. Everyone knows that obesity leads to an early death.  It is possible that if my mom had a weight loss program like I did, she could have been there for all the milestones in my life, like high school graduation, marriage, and to be there for me amongst our infertility battle. I don't know about you, but I think if I had kids, I would want to do everything in my power, to ensure that I don't die from complications of obesity and leave my
child(ren) to mettle through life alone.  What would their life look like without you in it because you die of a heart attack at 32? Conversely, what would there life look like if you lose just 10 pounds and found energy you didn't know existed, and could chase them around the house, the park, or Disneyland, instead of you sitting on the sidelines watching them grow up, building memories with them, instead of building memories of each other.