Rae 102: Recent History

Rae 102: Recent History :)

I have been really lucky in my life, I have had the chance to see change being effected and maintained, right before my eyes. While I was a teenager, my mum undertook a huge challenge - to lose 35 kilos -which is a lot on a 5ft1" frame!She changed her life around, and set me up with good principles to follow, that I knew would work, for the time when it all piled onto me.

I guess I could put the blame for my weightgain elsewhere, and make a whole heap of excuses concerning my hormones and unrelenting illnesses. I could take no responsibility for my own actions, but really what I need to acknowledge is:
that honestly, I did it to myself.

My weight is all connected to my emotions, and it is the main reason I am writing this blog. So that these emotions are out, staring me in the face, and I can never ignore them again. I am determined to not continue to indulge my feelings with food, nor allow food to become a crutch. The old ideas are going, going gone, and they will be so forever!

My amazing Mum has kept her weight off for over half a decade now, we will never see it again! She is an inspiring Weight Watchers Leader, and loves her job of helping people so much, that she went to Uni in her 40's to do a nutrition degree, and flew through with flying high distintions that make me so proud to be her daughter. Even more, she has just decided to go back this year and do post-grad Dietetics, and I know she will be fantastic! She is a constent source of inspiration to me, and I don't think i ever tell her enough how much she means to me. But I am saying it now! :)

This week I have picked myself up, dusted myself off after being ill, and pushed straight back inot a happy, healthy, energetic life, and I feel that that is always an achievement. At other times, I am sure I would have just been overwelmed and been too cought up in doing all the things needed to be done, to not take the time to take care of myself. But by taking care of me, I am better equiped to help everyone else! I love being me! :)