Every morning, when my son and his fellow 3rd grade classmates enter their classrooms, their teachers greet them at the door to their classroom with this sentiment, "Make the most of today, because today is the ONLY Monday (or Tuesday or Wednesday...you get it...), April 11th, 2011 that you will EVER have." It is meant to inspire the children to do their best, to put out their best work and to go ahead and raise that hand and offer that answer...because we shall not pass this way again.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Savoring the day. Savoring the moment. Mostly because I have determined with the changes that I've made in my life lately, I shall NOT pass this way again. Never again will I be a size -- (nope: not ready to be THAT open here!)...never again will I weigh in the 200's again...I have determined that I am going to "leave this place" where I currently am today...(sidebar: right now that scale is moving down on a daily basis...I do actually realize that this will not happen every day; and I do realize that I shall have to deal with that when it does happen...for now, I'm savoring every bit of this "honeymoon" period!) and I shall not return here. I believe that through changing my eating habits -- it's called "eating clean" -- and increasing my activity level, I will be able to finally shed this excess weight, and leave it behind me. I also believe that I will be able to maintain my weight loss once I achieve it. I do not expect that it will be easy, mind you - I actually keep waiting for it to get hard or difficult...it has not...yet...
So, I leave you with this...make the most of today, my friends...because today IS the ONLY Monday, April 11th, 2011 that we will ever have. Ever. So go out and make it a great one!!!
P.S. This particular April 11th is very special for me, by the way, as my beautiful niece turns 18 years old today...although I can't quite figure out how SHE is 18 years old when I feel like I still am!! Happy birthday to my niece!!!
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