05/16/2024
I stood on the scale this morning… 🤍
Something I haven’t done in at least a year…
207.4 lbs
Prior to that, (the last reading stored on the scale over a year ago… 198 lbs)
The next two years are critical for me on so many levels.
We always think we have more time.
However, seeing my peers die at ages 47 and 50 from lifestyle choices breaks my heart. 😞💔
Mommy was a staunch advocate for health and wellness, so she outlived her parents, brother and most of her grandparents. 🙌🏾🤍
In her senior years, her exercise was climbing three flights of stairs daily and carrying / lifting heavy items.
But most of her life, she was seated: either playing the piano and organ, directing and teaching from those seated positions, driving, sitting while writing / arranging music…
Sitting.
And eventually, her heart and circulation were maxed out.
I find myself sitting entirely too much too. So the effort to move has become a top priority. 🤍
Life has attempted to paralyze me—coping with cyclical grief by self-medicating through processed food, sweets and alcohol over the last nine years.
Yet, I’m still alive today, so today, I make better choices. 🤍
Coach has a coach and a new therapist. 💪🏾🤍
Decisions were made weeks ago.
Plans in place.
Support systems in place.
The work and action starts today.
Please keep me lifted in prayer.
🙏🏾🤍
**picture of me at my heaviest from the chest up.**
