Weekly Results: We are on the same team now...

Results:

• Loss -5.4 (Total lost 28.4 pounds - There was something wrong with my spreadsheet. The loss numbers have been wrong the last few weeks. This is corrected.) YEAH!!! All the gluten is gone, plus more!
• 105,033 steps = 50.74 miles
• Gluten free again, still vegetarian, ate chocolate this week so not sugar free
• Week 13 of working out.
• Week 8 of working out and eating right

Thoughts:

I spent some time serious time looking in the mirror this week. I took the time to notice changes. I took the time to really see and appreciate the strength and the beauty. I tried really hard not to let any of the negative thoughts creep in that are so typical of women in general. I just wanted to love what was there right then in front of the mirror.

I really started to hate TV as stood there looking at myself. I googled it. The average woman celebrety is something like a size 2 while the real average American woman is a size 14 and I would guess in reality that down here in the South average is more like a 16 or maybe even an 18. If beauty is always portrayed as this wafish, anorexic, stick person and that is the only message that is sent to us no wonder we are so critical. Size 2 certainly seems to be what many of the women in my life are shooting for...

As I stared at in the mirror I realized that no amount of working out is going to change my actual shape. I'm sooooo pear shaped. I am one size on top and another size on the bottom. Its a good shape to be and while I did not always love it in the past I am learnign to appreciate it more and more. The pear shape is so womanly. It feels strong. I like having hips. I am starting to own my feminenity more. (Down here in the South the pear shape is an asset. The J-Lo booty is HAWT and I get picked up on a lot by guys which always makes me laugh.)

This week I gained an overwhelming sense of gratitude for my body. I love how strong it is becoming. I love the things that it can do. I am starting to feel like my body and I are on the same team these days. We both want to climb Timpanogos even if there is a ton of snow...