Happy 13th Re-Birthday To Me!!!!!!!
Vicki
Rothschild/Weight Management ~A Plan
for LIFE~
“Life Should Be Delicious!!”
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| May 2019 |
I've been contemplating this post for a couple of weeks now, how to go about it, what to include, what to showcase, what area to hone in on etc.
The thing is:
There's just so, so, so much TO be said.
There's just so, so, so much TO be said.
Today you see: September 4th
is my Re-birthday.
It was September 4, 2006 - 13 years ago - that I began my life-altering all encompassing: awakening, transformation and I'll say - journey. Little did I know that day just how much life would change, how much I would, I guess I'll say - achieve- and how I would totally reinvent myself in ways I never could have dreamed or known possible or even existed!
There is not one area of my life, not a single one that has not benefitted from the massive loss and now 12 plus years of maintaining said loss. From the mundane every day little things (and that is what does indeed take up the most of our lives) to the big holidays, events, celebrations, milestones, etc.
So though 10 short months later from that day in September I had shed a whopping 57% of my body weight.
That's right. I lost 165 pounds in 10 months, never ever to be seen again.
Goodbye. Good riddance. Adios. Arrividerci....
It pales in comparison to what I've GAINED, captured and created: a life of energy, vim, vigor, vibrancy, strength, joy, pride, gratitude, compassion, passion, accomplishment, peace, clarity, and much more. 13 years later, 13 years older (well duh Vic), I still have all the weight off.. and I still continue to grow, create, prosper, nourish, flourish, thrive, learn, love, laugh and live, live life to the fullest that is. Because I'm here to tell you, you simply can not be if your nutrition "isn't in check"
Without a doubt, good nutrition and health paves the way. It IS the foundation. It is the impetus and the groundwork for having the best life possible.
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| Sept 2, 2019 |
This picture above is two days old. And kinda took me in the direction of what I finally decided to write about. It took me way longer than 6 minutes to decide whether or not to buy this $6.00 shirt. Why? I wasn't sure if it was accurate (ask any of my clients, they KNOW how big I am on words and brutal honesty!). My hesitancy? I've got lots of fears (though clearly not about posting make-up-less and unretouched, brutal honesty at its most brutal hehe). I do have fears, lots of em'...BUT and it's a big one, everything, everything I face is sooo much easier to handle NOW, vs then, 13 years ago (yes, I think I've mentioned the number of years already :) ).
Funny enough, I wore the shirt the other day (when the pic was taken, 2 days ago) out early to do some errands, almost immediately I was stopped on the street by a gentleman who said to me, "I like your shirt". I said, "Thank you, I'm not sure how accurate it is, I'm by no means fearless", (though I guess I DO talk to strangers, yikes.) He said - "yes you are. You have to believe that." Later that day a friend saw it. Same thing. Nice shirt. Same convo, "I'm not sure how accurate it is, I'm full of fears". She knows me lots better than that guy on the street and went onto tell me how fearless I am.
I most certainly DO have fears, I am NOT fearless! However when I was way more than double my size this day 13 years ago - I was so, so FRAGILE - you coulda knocked me over with a feather. Didn't take much to send me into a tailspin. That's what happens when you don't feel your optimal. When you are neglecting well, the basics. And it doesn't get much more basic than the need, requirement and obligation to feed yourself well! Soo, it would be accurate to say I went from fully flappable to fairly UNflappable!
And then it struck me as to what bothered me about the shirt and my reluctance to purchase it! I'm not fearless, I'm not. However, that's cool, that's okay, more than okay! . However, it's not okay to let those fears STOP you!! Being brave, and being courageous IS what matters, it's having the fear and doing it anyway. It's having the fear and not letting it stop you from living your life to the fullest. PUSH!!! BE uncomfortable. Be scared and do it anyway. It's where our greatest growth comes from. So though I'm not fearless (I think I've established that several times already 😉) I have gained and LEARNED strength, bravery and courage. I am not that same super morbidly obese woman I was - 13 years ago, the one that was shaken easily, and was underutilized, unenergetic and not living up to her full potential. The power was always there, I just didn't know it. Oh and we ALL have it withinn us. It's all right there. Inside us. Everything we need.
Anyway, I'm about done, for now. I'm going to get into my plan, how I devised it, all the yummy foods I've discovered, tools, strategies, head stuff, etc, at another time. Something my clients have been privy to long ago. This blog is new to me! So though I've been writing for close to the thirteen years, this format of blogging is new. And I am so excited about the possibilities. Yay more people to get involved in this good delicious full life!! The vast number of clients that know me (I've been BLESSED to have encountered 100's of you as I've been counseling for 12 plus years now) are much more accustomed of course to my plan, my writing, my style - my coaching. Stay tuned. I'll be filling you all in, in the weeks, months and years to come. Thirteen years and counting. No slowing down. Full. Speed. Ahead. The Best. Is. Yet. To. Come!
That's a wrap. For now. I gotta get ready. I'm going out tonight to celebrate my (re)birthday!!
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