Jelly Mom – Diet Success

Another installment from a lady that makes me LOL, in the middle of the night, when no one is awake and I have to be quiet. Not an easy task. I usually try not to be drinking anything when I open her newsletter to save my computer monitor.

Diet Success!
©Lisa Barker

I lost another pound!!!

Hey, that might not be a big deal to some people, but when you’re
battling the buldge, it’s movement in the right direction. Take THAT,
buldge!

So, I’m motivated. Every new pound lost gets me that closer to wearing
the nice clothes hanging in my closet.

Ever notice that? When we are overweight we pick the drabbiest clothes
possible, and save all those nice things for ‘later’ as if ‘someday’
we’ll DESERVE to wear those clothes.

Hey, don’t they make attractive clothing for BIGGER people? SURE they
do! But maybe like me, others just don’t want to hand over the money for
something flattering to wear when they are overweight because…it just
might commit us to STAYING overweight.

Don’t we live in perpetual optimism? Oh, I can’t buy THAT because I’m
GOING to lose a lot of weight anytime now!

Or, maybe, you’re thinking: I am not buying that outfit because I am
NOT gaining anymore weight. As if buying an outfit when we are heavier
just opens up the floodgates to gaining even MORE weight.

Well, isn’t that true?

When our bodies are not cooperating with our spirits, don’t we feel
like a bigger pair of pants is just begging our butts to grow into them?

Ergo, I have hit the sweatpants stage. I’m starting to wear them
everywhere because I refuse to buy even bigger jeans or skirts. But I can’t
wear my sweats to Church! Yikes!

And that’s when overweight people start getting crafty…right? You
start decorating those big Tees and sweatpants with whatnots from the
craft store…as if a glittery T-shirt makes up for the money we refused to
spend on something elegant at our new high weight.

Okay, let’s stop beating ourselves up! Let’s just start dressing nicely
no matter what weight we are. Maybe by feeling good we’ll be more
motivated to take better care of ourselves, eat right and exercise.

HMMMMMM.

Ex-er-cise. I’ve heard that word before. Can’t quite remember what it
means just yet…BUT I’M WORKING ON IT!!

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Jelly Momâ„¢ is written by Lisa Barker, author of “Just Because Your Kids
Drive You Insane…Doesn’t Mean You Are A Bad Parent!” and syndicated
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