Have you ever realized how our lives revolve around numbers? And often, those numbers can be evil.
There's age. Although, I'm not so afraid of that one. I am sometimes amazed that I am 42 because I'm just not sure where the years went and I don't feel 42. Although really, what is 42 supposed to feel like anyway? (And hey, that's a new movie that I can't wait to see, about Jackie Robinson - sorry, another baseball reference.)
And with our bodies, there's weight and clothing sizes. We all hate looking at the scale and when we have to buy clothes, how many of us hate the number on the tag?
Why do we let numbers define us?
Am I really a 42 year old, 211 lb, 14-16? No! I'm a person! I'm a wife, a daughter, a sister, and hopefully, a friend to many. I love Disney, sports, summer, my birthday (even though it's associated with a number, I just really love my birthday), traveling, Paris! Oh so many things! I am more than just the numbers that surround me.
Now that doesn't mean that I won't continue to battle my weight and hope for a lower number on the scale, but I'm also going to make sure I focus on how I feel. How my clothes fit and not the size on the tag. How much strength and energy I have.
And that is my Friday Inspiration/Motivation tip this week. Find the positives in your life, and if you're trying to lose weight and get healthy, focus on how you feel and not on the numbers associated with it. Because we are all so much more than the numbers!
Look at yourself as a Perfect 10! Make yourself #1. See...those numbers are so far apart, but when you look at them like that, they sound pretty darn good, right?
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