That tagline was used in an ad campaign in 1971 by Loving Care hair color. (While I remembered the slogan, I confess I had to Google the company who used it!). But for me tonight, that saying is more than a memory from my childhood--it's the truth!
Today, I did something I couldn't have done last year. Or the year before. Or for the last twenty years! I completed a challenge course with a group of colleagues at a place in Ayden called "The Refuge." We had a half day at school, and the intention was for us to get some relaxation and do some team building at this place. A "light lunch" consisting of hot dogs (ugh) was served and then we were free to do whatever we wanted. Some people played basketball, some went to yoga, and my intention was to read as I took my Kindle with me.
A group that was going to do the challenge course loaded up on the tractor wagon near the table where we were eating, and Pam, a colleague, asked me to join them. I demurred...then changed my mind! And am I ever so glad that I did!
Ultimately, I was more physically active today than I ever was! I actually went over a cable spool that was suspended about 5 1/2 feet in the air! I am a little achy tonight, but I'm also so very proud of myself. As I came over the spool, I hugged the teacher who caught me. And I cried.
It's important to note that I didn't want to do the last challenge. And the reason I didn't was because I didn't believe I could do it. I also didn't want to depend on my coworkers to lift me over the spool, given the fact that I still think I weigh 300 pounds. I know, in my rational mind, that I am smaller, but to feel that...to live it...I don't really know it at all.
We posed for the photo below as a group after we all completed the challenge course. I didn't hide behind anyone, and while I think I look a little "lumpy" in the picture (I wish I'd adjusted my shirt!), I'm proud of it, too.
It is FRIDAY. Hope yours is fabulous...just one more week until payday! (In taking this job, I also took a SEVENTEEN THOUSAND dollar pay cut--and went from getting paid twice a month to once a month. I literally have $3 to my name...) But at least I have my health!
Today, I did something I couldn't have done last year. Or the year before. Or for the last twenty years! I completed a challenge course with a group of colleagues at a place in Ayden called "The Refuge." We had a half day at school, and the intention was for us to get some relaxation and do some team building at this place. A "light lunch" consisting of hot dogs (ugh) was served and then we were free to do whatever we wanted. Some people played basketball, some went to yoga, and my intention was to read as I took my Kindle with me.
A group that was going to do the challenge course loaded up on the tractor wagon near the table where we were eating, and Pam, a colleague, asked me to join them. I demurred...then changed my mind! And am I ever so glad that I did!
Ultimately, I was more physically active today than I ever was! I actually went over a cable spool that was suspended about 5 1/2 feet in the air! I am a little achy tonight, but I'm also so very proud of myself. As I came over the spool, I hugged the teacher who caught me. And I cried.
It's important to note that I didn't want to do the last challenge. And the reason I didn't was because I didn't believe I could do it. I also didn't want to depend on my coworkers to lift me over the spool, given the fact that I still think I weigh 300 pounds. I know, in my rational mind, that I am smaller, but to feel that...to live it...I don't really know it at all.
We posed for the photo below as a group after we all completed the challenge course. I didn't hide behind anyone, and while I think I look a little "lumpy" in the picture (I wish I'd adjusted my shirt!), I'm proud of it, too.
It is FRIDAY. Hope yours is fabulous...just one more week until payday! (In taking this job, I also took a SEVENTEEN THOUSAND dollar pay cut--and went from getting paid twice a month to once a month. I literally have $3 to my name...) But at least I have my health!
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