New Blog Post

I just posted a LONG Blog entry. I was inspired by our roll call to document the changes in 10 years and this blog post grew from that. Read it or dont. But it was very cleansing and more proof of what I have been saying about the power of documenting our journey. SO much power in a snap shot version of our lives to see how far we have come.

Love to you all this New Years Day. Good things are coming I can feel it

I did it Nicole - not easy and I left some blanks but I can always go back and edit later.  Thanks for the challenge.

No it is not easy, but it is very eye opening isnt it? 

Nicole,

I certainly appreciate how open and vulnerable an exploration like this must be - and moreso when you so generously share it publicly.  It was very thought provoking and has spurred some thought processes for me that I will be exploring in the next few days.

Thank you for continuing to work so closely within the WLS community and for your continued willingness to be so generous and honest.

Karen

thanks Karen it is scary to put it out there and to fear letting someone down who thought you had it together. LOL But I guess i Just have to accept I am human too and still need my own support and help i am a work in progress after all

Yep - i think it comes back to Shauna's concept of successing as an ongoing journey.  I think in many ways it's doubly (or more) difficult for those who are in roles perceived as helping others' journeys... kind of "white knight" syndrome (easy for the knight to fall off that horse); it's easy for others to idealize your journey and judge themselves against an unrealistic ideal.  I think it's more helpful to see that our role models and "leaders" go through struggles and that it's NOT always as easy and effortless as it might seem from the outside. 

i also think you hit the nail right on the head about self-sabotage when your progress was acknowledged - that's something i really, really struggle with - the feeling of not being deserving, of being a fraud somehow, etc., and my struggle is to acknowledge that as untrue and to not allow it to manifest in self-sabotaging eating is ongoing.

Karen

Happy New Year Nicole

Thanks for sharing this "snap shot"  of yourself.  I admire your open and honest words.  I so agree with your thoughts about what we need to do to be successful in this journey.

Arlene 

Thanks Arlene, it is just impossible to really understand and be prepared for what this journey entails. I am so thankful I have you all to help me along the way

VERY insightful, Nicole.  Thank you for sharing with us.  I will definately try to do this within the next couple of days!

Pam