Day 9 was a very fun day!!!! You see, I believe in the power of visualization and then drawing that positive energy into a circle and wrapping it all around me. Side note: recall I how I felt the morning of day 8, and how I worked hard on changing my self image. Welllllllll...I continued the positive and empowering self talk so much so that I seemed to radiate today.
My day began with a 9:30 meeting at work. At the conclusion of the meeting I had to run and sit with the admin assistant...she was charged with training all of the staff on the new HR payroll system used to also electronically request sick, personal and vacation days. She pointed out that I had an available (and maxed out) total of twenty-five sick days. In my 3+ years of being with SOS, I don't think I ever took a sick day. Well...with the exception of that one day I fell down my stairs at home and strained my back. I took a sick day, but the then COO didn't know and personally called to see if I could do a spur of the moment tour for some prospective donors expected to arrive in Chicago and leave Chicago on that date.
With a broke back, I agreed...so technically that didn't count towards a sick day. Sorry, I'm digressing again. I guess I am just trying to link a comment I made from an earlier blog (about saunas and steam rooms warding off many sicknesses and improving one's general health) to the fact that I rarely needed to use a sick day.
Back to the present...as I was leaving the office... a few people mentioned that I looked really nice and that I looked small (reference to weight). Two other people stopped me (I did a commercial for DCFS and voices4illinois that will air very late this year on CBS) to tell me they loved how I looked on the commercial footage. I have no idea how they saw the footage?? smiling.
On the way to the gas station I was stopped by a gorgeous man flirting with me. Stopping by the grocery store before going home a few other men oogled me and one woman told me I had beautiful hair. I am mentioning this to you because I want to impress upon you that people notice your inner beauty and confidence despite what we may believe are our physical imperfections. You, reader are a beautiful person, I wish that I could jump inside your body and convince you that no matter what happens to your external body, it could never touch the beauty that is within you.
So what, you are a little or maybe even a lot overweight. Work on getting healthier, but in the meantime keep loving and appreciating who you see in the mirror each day. You may be consumed with your extra fat, but I promise you that people around you are probably not even noticing it to the same degree that you are. I am trying to be vulnerable and pour out myself as examples of this in this blog (and others).
Okay...let me get back to the meat and potatoes of this blog. Around 6pm I arrived to the gym to spend one hour working with a personal trainer. She spent a good twenty minutes taking my measurements. Then we spent a good hour working out. She gave me some amazing tips on weight loss...but I'd like to preserve those particular tips until we tape tomorrow. I want you, reader to also be a viewer of our CAN-TV shows when they begin to air.
When the trainer and I finished, I had thirty minutes to take a sauna "sweat bath" before it was time for my Hapkido class. I ended up being in the sauna for only ten minutes because time got away from me in taking my contrast showers.
8pm Hapkido class started. I had a WONDERFUL, EXCITING class!!! Master Kim separated us two by two (after the group exercise) and had us work on various techniques. He grouped Bridges (read earlier blogs) and I together for almost the entire time of class. It was really fun working on my white belt sparring moves on Bridges and then seeing how hard Bridges tried to be soft on me while working on his yellow belt sparring moves. Bridges and I did a phenomenal job because Master Kim decided to test us both. We both earned new tips (stripes) on our respective belt colors. So....NOW I HAVE A YELLOW TIP ON MY WHITE BELT!! YIPPPEEEE!!! While we (Bridges and I) were practicing he mentioned (out the blue) that he thought I was "so cute." He also likes my hair and my legs. He kept staring at me. My first thought was how can he think I'm cute if I'm always sweaty in class, no makeup, hair wild, barefoot, and overweight. But the thought lasted less than a nano second. Ladies!! We can't do that!!! We can't deflate ourselves whenever someone compliments us. I embraced Bridges compliments and simply said thank you. It makes me feel good to hear you say that.
Okay...so on day nine... I exercised for a little over two hours (includes one complete hour with a personal trainer) and spent 10 minutes in the sauna.
I didn't eat very well today, because I was rushed. I skipped breakfast which is a definite no no! However I ate a huge salad for lunch. For dinner I had pizza. While at the gym I had a healthy snack bar.
I consumed a total of 8 cups of water.
Until day 10...embrace your weight loss goals and work smart not hard to achieve them.
Treena Renee Glover
Producer and Co-Host of Self Portrait
selfportrait@rocketmail.com
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