HEALTHY THINKING THURSDAY

I'm joining Kim at Flowers & Art - and Laura at Love At Home - for this Healthy Thinking Thursday.

Someone said something to me on Saturday. It got me thinking. Thought I would share it with you all today.
This picture was taken May 23rd of this year. It was our wedding anniversary. I doubt very much my hubby who was looking at me like this was thinking what the person commented to me on Saturday said. I'm thinking he's thinking I look pretty hot! lol
The comment went like this: "So your not sick? As long as your not sick." This was made when she came up to me to ask me how I lost all my weight. Of course telling her I was doing Intermittent Fasting, practicing something similar to Fast Five brought on that comment of me being sick. Now this is my tip and my irritation! Honestly people. DO I LOOK SICK IN THAT BLACK DRESS? I'm not really screaming at ya, but let me tell ya I feel like screaming. Like helllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo person that said that comment! How can you say I look sick?(ya,I looked like crap the day you say me.)

Ya, I had no make up on.

Baseball cap on because my hair was greasy.

Sure I had bummy clothes on, but still! DO I NOT LOOK SICK IN THE OTHER PICTURE?(she remembers what I looked like when I was at my highest) Do I not look like someone that has some health issues? Not only being overweight here, but what happens when you are carrying over 125 lbs of fat!

This is the tip... I've noticed that now that I have lost so much weight (and still in the process of losing more), people say things that can sabotage the success if you allow them. When I was 250 lbs, did people say to me, 'oh are you sick?' No. I sure looked sick. I was definitely unhealthy. Dizzy spells. Shortness of breath. Numerous aches and pains from carrying all that weight. Unable to walk down a flight of stairs without losing my breath. An ordeal just to get dressed. Had to sit on the bed to do so.

Chest pains.

Now when that woman made that comment I will be honest with you, I started to second guess.

Am I ok?

Am I sick?

Is this healthy?

Thank God it only flashed through my mind for a few seconds.

For I can honestly say I have never, and I mean NEVER felt so good physically in my life as I do now.

Not only with the energy I have but the joy!

Depression is no longer such a huge issue in my life.

Yes, I still deal with it, but I am more capable of working it out than allowing it to consume me.

My mind is more alert.

I have more peace.

I am off all medications except vitamins.

I'm definitely not sick!

So the tip is do not allow others to sabotage your success with their words.

You keep on keeping on striving to reach your goal of living a healthy, whole life!

You CAN do it!