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1 week on the challenge!

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Good morning everyone!!!!!! Well, it's been one week since I woke up and said Today Is The Day. I am very happy and satisfied with progress and feeling pretty good. Yeah, sure, I still need to work on 3 areas, namely:

1. Greens
2. Water
3. Exercise

But, hey, I'm eating good stuff, I've lost a little weight, and my face is looking better. More importantly, my outlook on life is BRIGHTER! I've noticed that when I am calmer and more balanced that I see better, too. Not as in my eyesight improving (yet) but more like I think more clearly and this is helping me to shape a longer term life plan, a vision of what I want and where I want to be, in say...1, 3 and 5 years from now.

This is something I surely wouldn't have predicted. Why?

Because when I was eating bad and stressed, I would drink alcohol in the evening to de-stress...but then it would mess up my sleep and the next day I'd be all bleary and tired. So, I'd eat high calorie greasy foods for "energy" and stay in a high level of anxiety and then go for more alcohol to relax. And you get the picture - I was on the proverbial hamster wheel. So, back to the point, when I was living like this it was hard to see past the day, or the next day....there was no life plan. No vision.

I see now that I can start living to my full potential...it's on the horizon.

What am I doing today to celebrate 1 week on this amazing journey to better health and a thinner me? I am going for a long walk...and later meeting friends at Cafe Gratitude for a lovely raw vegan lunch!!! Check out their yummy menu here --> http://www.withthecurrent.com/menu.html

Today I Am Grateful. Thank you all for your support...I couldn't do this without you!!!!! :)
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  1. punkspirit's Avatar
    The futur is so bright it burns my eyes:) It ONLY BECOMES BETTER AND BETTER!! Just go over temporary downs (if they should appear) allways forward!!
  2. penelope192's Avatar
    Love your postivity! Just wait, as Punk share, being on this journey only gets better and better.
  3. tames's Avatar
    Marleen - I KNOW!! ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE???? Who would have guessed that you could change your life by changing your diet??? GRATITUDE IS RIGHT! What a perfect cafe to celebrate 1 week!! YOU DID IT! (i knew you would) ;)


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