Today’s Bombshell is Jacqueline from over at Fitarella. She is a fairly new blogosphere and twitter friend to me, but the combo pack of her and Carla at MizFitOnline has CHANGED MY LIFE. These two ladies are a POWER-FULL force beyond measure! They have changed my life just from their presence here in blog land. Sometimes, I feel they think I am like a gushing stalker fan, but this gratitude goes deep, very deep. Their positivity and sincerity is just so ever present on their blogs and in twitter land, its amazing and what I have been searching for for years!
Around the same time that Carla had her No Excuses T-shirt exercise, Jacqueline had a What If challenge-request. My What If became No Excuses. This has been one of the most life changing affirmations for me. It is propelling me into changes and actions that are immeasurable to any but me…….
This past week my What If is coming together as an extension of these two and their message! Combine their message with my own mantra this year of I LIVE, I am creating a “LIVING” vision board. It will be complete this weekend. It has kept me in the present and dispelled a long held belief about how I measure my success. As my tagline says, “It’s About the Attitude, Not the Scale”. But most of my life, it has been difficult for me to see my worth and how I measure it without a number. Whether that was calories, time exercised, miles on the treadmill, laps I swam, steps on the pedometer, weight on the scale, the size tag on my clothes, or even the amount in my checkbook or the hourly wage on my paycheck.
Living in the moment and not racing back to the past or jumping to the future, I am slowly seeing the measure of successes between my ears. My thoughts of who I am and my successes. I have reached a point, just like little princess, that the training wheels have come off, and I am empowered to accomplish whatever I set my mind to.
What If I had No Excuses? I would be happy in the Here and Now! I LIKE this place! Thank you to all of you that read and write and comment. You have given me the support and camaraderie that I originally sought elsewhere at the beginning of each of my “weight loss” journey’s. I wouldn’t change this measure of success for anything.
And a extra special hug of gratitude to Diane at Fit to the Finish………You know why!
Wow. I am so completely honored and speechless. Thank you so very much for not only the kind words, but for allowing me to be a part of your journey. I am so excited for you and the steps you have been taking, you are UNSTOPPABLE Jules!!!!!!!!! The BIGGEST BEAR HUG to you dearest!! MWAH!!
And Mizzy? Well, there are just no words. I. LOVE. HER.
Perfect women to get inspiration from! They are both wonderful and your what if is great!
Those are all wonderful, powerful ladies! Definitely worth looking up to.
You have learned from the right people, that is for sure! AND, you done good!