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It’s Thursday and you know what that means! It’s time for me! Wow, that sounded egotistical, didn’t it? Maybe I should have said it’s time for us to do something good for us! Does that sound nicer? If not, well shoot, y’all know what I mean. It’s time for all of us to do something nice for ourselves. We need to take care of ourselves because if we don’t, we’re no good for anyone else.<\/p>\n

Today, I’m doing something a little bit different. I’m giving myself a reality check. As some of you may have read over at Welcoming Weight Loss<\/a>, I’ve joined this fantastic group called the Mamavation<\/a>\u00a0Sistahood. They are some of the most incredible, generous and loving women you will ever meet.<\/p>\n

Now, what you may not know is that a few times a year, they select women to become Mamavation Mamas. This is a huge thing! These ladies take trying to lose weight to a whole new level. A few people were encouraging me to apply but honestly, I’m just not ready for that. I was really worried that I was disappointing people by saying no or that maybe they thought I was making excuses. The truth is I’m not ready. This morning, one of their most fabulous mama’s, Shelley<\/a> and I were talking and she said what I’d been saying. She said yeah, you’re not ready. This brought some serious mixed feelings. On one hand, I was almost relieved that someone else saw what I was saying. On the other hand it was a big time reality check. Let me explain why.<\/p>\n

For a very long time, I had the worse self esteem a woman could have. In fact, I called it negative self esteem because everything I thought about myself was negative. For the past few years, I’ve been working hard at getting past that. One of the ways I was doing that was by telling myself that I was ok just the way I am. Now, that didn’t just mean personality, it meant physically. This morning, suddenly the reality was right in front of my face. I’m not ok just how I am. I’m not. I am a beautiful person but what I have done to my body is not beautiful. It’s dangerous. It’s scary and it needs to change.<\/p>\n

So, what am I doing for me today? I’m exploring this reality check. I’m working on some “assignments” to help me explore how I got to nearly 300 pounds. I’m going to write in my paper journal. Then, I’m going to spend a fun afternoon\/evening with my boys. It’s Family Reading Night at their school and we’re going to go and have a fantastic time!<\/p>\n

What are you going to do for you today? Are you going to find time to journal? Paint your nails a delicious new color? Curl up with a favorite movie? Spend some time moving that body to get your sweat on? Make sure you come back and let me know!<\/p>\n

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