day 8 of 21 (Treena Glover)

Day 8 of 21 started off a little emotional for me. At 6 in the morning I viewed the first taping of our show 'Self Portrait' and was completely taken aback by my weight size. My very first thought was to stop the show from ever airing...then I realized that would be unfair to the other two producers and all of the countless number of people who we could potentially effect.

I tried to push the self-defeating thoughts from my mind as I began to get ready for this day. Before entering the bathtub I looked in the mirror at myself 'in my birthday suit.' I noticed my hair first. Wow! I have a head full of shiny, beautiful healthy black hair. Then I noticed the gap in my teeth and thought hmmmmm... my teeth are white, stain free and all there. Then I looked at the rest of my body and thought DANG IT GIRL...YOUR BODY IS THE BOMB...despite the extra weight. I started to REALLY appreciate me...and made efforts right there in my bathroom to continue to love me despite what I saw on that video.

By 7:45 am I was dressed, my kids were ready and I was in a really good mood. I was excited about taping another 'Self Portrait' show today, but my day became increasingly full of needed reports to be turned in. I reached out to Co-Producers Falechia Turman and Bonita Harrison to see if they would mind pushing the taping of our show to Wednesday. They both seemed to be having an incredibly busy day as well and readily agreed to a two day delay in the taping of our show.

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Much later in the day, by 6:30pm I was heading southwest in the direction of the gym I frequent. I did a one hour workout on the treadmill and then finished up with another one hour workout in my Hapkido class.

So...on day 8 I exercised for two hours.

For breakfast I ate fruit and oatmeal. I drank two cups of water before breakfast and two cups of water after breakfast.

For lunch I had a nacho salad with two cups of water.

For dinner I ate chicken, potatoes and rice (not a great combo) and drank two cups of water.

While I was working out I drank 2.5 cups of water, bringing my day 8's total water intake to 10.5 cups of water.

Until day 9...remember it is okay to love what (& who) you see when you look in the mirror.

Treena Renee Glover

Producer and Co-host of Self Portrait
selfportrait@rocketmail.com