I did it!
I murdered the numbers!
I hit the 100 lbs dropped milestone marker - woot woot!
Actually it happened 2 weeks ago and I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be. I didn't:
Announce it from the hilltops
Sky-write it
Take out an add in the NY Times
Tell everyone I passed on the street.
I just...smiled (and did a little fist pump while standing on the scale in my closet).
I think the reason is I was just so busy and I had psychologically come to grips that I would get there. So instead of working with blinders on towards that goal I just continued on with my day-to-day life...
and it happened.
Makes me think I've wasted a lot of time in my life obsessing over something rather than just taking the baby steps needed to get to where I wanted to go.
What's funny is that for so long I always wished I was in a movie. You know those movies where they show someone working towards a goal. The actor is shown doing all the steps everyday to reach that goal. Then they show the victory when the actor gets there. This all takes place in the span of 2 minutes in the movie. I always wanted it to be me.
The coolest part about this milestone is it happened just in time to attend the National Stationery Show in NYC. Now, my BFF Terri was disappointed last year that I missed the show...I was in LA so she definitely understood, but she really wanted me in NYC with her. And she made a comment that turned out to be rather psychic.
She said to me: "Wouldn't it be so cool if you go to next year's show 100 lbs thinner? No one would recognize you!"
I immediately thought (to myself, of course) "Yeah, right. Like that's ever gonna happen." At that point I had only dropped 15 lbs and 100 still seemed so far away and unachievable.
Stinkin' thinkin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fast forward to April 29, 2011 - I'm in the Queen City (Charlotte, NC) with Terri attending the Royal Wedding Party she hosted (complete with tiaras, breakfast buffet and a wedding cake that looked just like a Tiffany gift box). While we were cleaning up we were talking about our upcoming trip to NYC for the NSS and that conversation we had the year before popped into my head.
She recalled having that conversation and we both squealed with glee that her statement actually came true. The hug we shared at that moment goes down as one of the very best moments I've ever had with a BFF :-)
She always believed I could do it. I didn't. And that was the only difference. Once I began fixing what was inside my head everything fell into place and my life has become that movie.
I think the title should be The Climb.
Left: Today running errands; Right: November 2009
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