Happy Serenity Sunday! I hope and pray that you are all having a very relaxing weekend! If you are like me and are working all weekend, I hope and pray you have found at least a few minutes to meditate and take stock of the direction you want your life to go in. It’s our new season and I truly believe it shall be a season of FAVOR and BLESSINGS! ?? However, we have to put in some work! For the last couple of years, I’ve been saying I need to lose some weight! Every year, it feels like, I’m 10lbs heavier! Between my stressful personal life and my hectic work schedule…I’ve made excuses after excuses of why I haven’t loss weight. Now here’s a funny thought most folks might have not had unless you fall into this category. I’m neither petite nor plus size! So for those of us in the middle…while the petites are being praised for their tiny waistlines (or glared at for their lack of eating “real” food) and the plus sizes are either being body shamed or celebrated for loving themselves at any size…those of us in the middle are eating a donut praying it drops us on the petite side! ??? Now I would love to lose 40lbs within the next year! I’m going to start on the first 20lbs by tweaking my daily diet and adding exercise into it. Starting tomorrow I will completely drop soda drinking unless it’s a holiday (like Thanksgiving and Christmas) and stop excessive snacks that I eat throughout the day….because I’m bored not because I’m hungry. I don’t believe in diets but I do believe in lifestyle changes! Because of my long NYC commute…I walk about 3 miles a day anyways (I’ve an app that tracks my movements). And I love running outside with Papa Michaels…it’s just been hard to do since I’ve been working 7 days a week with the only days off being when I’m laid out sick! My good college friend and owner of TEEM Performance Training, LLC, Derek Arledge (http://www.teempt.com/)…made me an online workout video that’s less than 15 minutes to work on my target areas…awhile ago. ? Sad to say that I haven’t used it yet! Oh the shame! ? But starting this week…I will aim to do the video at least 3 times a week. Check his site out no matter what state you are in! He’s located in the DC Metro area now but creates online workout videos for clients anywhere. ?? Thanks Derek! Now back to the matter at hand…I truly believe in lifestyle changes…NOT diets! So I’m taking baby steps to build a more healthy daily lifestyle. Now I know some of you are looking at my weight loss goals and saying I can do them faster if I was more disciplined with my daily eating habits….and that is very true…but in order for it to be a lifestyle change…it’s got to be ingrained in me. Everyone is different so do what feels rights for you. I’m starting my journey slowly. Weight gain can affect so many things. I’m a beautiful woman with a pretty good body but with not feeling good in it and the Ex Factor doing nothing to make me feel special and beautiful…I don’t even have a desire for sex with him! Yes guys…the emotional can screw the physical up. I was warning him for a while but he just didn’t get that I didn’t feel wanted by him. And while the men in NYC shout me out daily (mostly in a respectful manner)….it didn’t matter if the man I love left me feeling unwanted. And that truly put him in the friend zone!? Men, never forget to make the woman in your life feel special as she takes on life’s journey! Ladies, please do the same for the men in your lives! ‘Tis a new season! Let’s love on ourselves and one another lots! I don’t know what it is but I’m super excited about October!?I have a feeling it will be a beautiful catalyst in our new season. Get ready and get excited too! ~KJM on what is now Serenity Sunday saying no matter what goals you have in your new season…start putting them into action!??
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