Release the Past

Taken from Jillian Michaels tips (Biggest Loser): I don't care if you were the fat kid in high school, or the black sheep of the family, or the lazy teenager who hated exercise. Forget it -- let it all go! Those old identities are not serving you in the present, and they certainly aren't going to help you achieve your goals for the future. If you let go of old conceptions of yourself, you can maintain an open mind and be open to all possibilities. It is imperative that you let go of the past in order to re-create yourself in the present. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- So who are you going to release today, and who are you going to be - ALL possibilities are open to us!!! I am going to release (well try anyway) that person who always felt like a failure, the child who was always fat, who was always the fattest person in the group. I am going to be open to ALL possibilties, and re-create myself to be successful (heck I've lost almost 100lbs!!!), confident, and like myself. What are you going to release and who are you going to be? hugs, Ruth

This is a good post Its hard to do, but trying not to hate the way I look, I had my husband take a new pic and I just could not put it up. I don't recgonise myself... now people tell me I'm too thin... too fat too thin, eat, don't eat! Geeze

Hi Jean'Bean! How goes it, long time n o post how have you been? How's the new home and the new store and the new you doing? Why are you allowing other people to weigh in on your life...the only one who matters is Jean and what she thinks. I had a really tough time with this assignment as well, I'm still working on it. ANDI

This one is difficult for me because I've been this person my whole life. I use humor to cover up a whole range of emotion that I'm ill prepared to deal with! I'd like to be able to tell someone they hurt my feelings instead of saying "it's alright" i mean what gives one person a right to hurt my feelings and why must i say it's ok. NO i was angry and hurt and I don't appreciate you making me feel that way. What i do after the "it's alright" is i go eat bad foods and that makes ME feel horrid and out of control. These are things i'm working on but it's not easy. ANDI

Hi Andi I do the exact same thing, except now I seem to lose weight. I always try and smooth things over... (I was never like that before)... but the fight is not worth it sometimes.. so I just say "it's alright"....My husband calls me anorexic and stuff now that I am so small... (I actually eat all day long) I could eat 3/4 of a big and tasty and some fries and lose 2 lbs the next day)... weird...(before I could just think about McDonalds and gain 5 lbs) we are still moving, we rented a house in Charlotte and have the one in Fl on the market. I had part of a smaller store after I closed the big one and this week I am closing it... I won't have the time to open another one for about 6 mth..(with all the moving and getting Hunter into school and stuff).. I will just work on my web site

you are so lucky i adore you or i'd be jealous like a ... a... yeah i'm not sure what i'd be jealous like! I want to lose weight like THAT but really i just can't and i have to work hard at it. Seems to be a pattern in my life but i wouldn't trade this for anything in the world. ANDI