Inspiration Comes from a lot of Different Places

This is a scrapbook page that I did this past weekend with a friend of mine. My niece and nephew have gotten so good at photo taking with me. They always humor me when I make them do things to get a good photo. These were two of my favorite shots. The Background paper is Basic Grey, Wassill, the CS is Bazzill, the Bling is from Prima and the font for the title is Storybook from Cricut. I hope you enjoy as much as I do.

You know when you are wanting personal inspiration and motivation, the last place I have ever looked for it has been in a movie. I have to admit that I love a good Romantic Comedy as much as the next girl, but I never put much stake in them because they are all fantasy and usually can never come true. For the first time, I have to say that I might have to eat those words and lose that thought. Last night I was watching a movie based on a book called “The Cinderella Pact” and it really started me thinking again and it has remotivated me to get my “tuckus” in gear! I so know how these ladies felt. People get complacent in their lives and forget to really take care of themselves and put themselves first. You have to basically redefine who you are and make yourself a priority. It is hard to stay focused and motivated but these ladies found it in supporting each other and I think I need to find that too. Without Violet, my friend and my “Cinderella Pact” confidant, who is now in Illinois, I have found that I am not as focused as before. I have also found that without my one big Cheerleader, Stacy Nunnally, my trainer and friend at the gym that I went to when I was in Arab, AL, I am not as interested in going as I used to. Don’t get me wrong, I begrudgingly go and go through the motions, but you can’t find your inner “Cinderella” when you don’t really put your heart into it. I find that none of this means anything if you don’t have anyone there that you to want to show your results off too or anyone to acknowledge the effort and hard work. And there is a lot of effort and hard work when one wants to find her inner “Cinderella”. It is not all about the physical transformation, it is also about the inner transformation. I have to say that my outer transformation after losing my first 100 pounds was not all that it was cracked up to be and I think that caused me to not want to work anymore on my inner transformation. I wanted to go home for Christmas a year ago and have my family really be proud of what I had accomplished and tell me that I looked great. That would have been great motivation to continue and work on an inner transformation to go with the outer that I was working on so hard. I have to admit, that it did not happen. Don’t get me wrong, a few people made comments, but the people who I cared about most didn’t even mention it without me asking them at the end of my visit. Here I was, so proud of all my hard work and determination and the people I love didn’t even acknowledge it. I think that is another reason I have had a hard time this past year. I feel like if I worked so hard, even though I was doing this for me and the people I love could not really get behind this and really cheer me on, show their support and encouragement, then what was I doing this for? I am doing this for me…plain and simple. Finally I think I am getting that…yes, it is nice to have a cheerleading team on my side but that is not always something that you are going to have and you have to come to grips with that. I think I am ready to do that. I am not sure what is going to be different this time, except that who cares what anyone thinks any more. I am the only one that matters. If I lose then it is for me…if I gain, I have to deal with that. I do want to run a half marathon in the next year, so I will work on that…and I really want to conquer RUNNING a full 5k this spring. That means no walking. I am hopping this will happen and I am not going to stop trying till I accomplish that. If I manage to lose weight while doing that I will be so pleased, if not then I know I will at least be in great shape otherwise…it takes a lot to run 5k, even walk running it.

Well, I think I am going to get off here and head off to the gym…got to run a bit today. I am going to be running a lot in the next two months…got a few races coming up and I don’t want to be to out of shape for them.

 Until next time find your inner Cinderella and let her know that she is important too!

Toodles!