Just When You Thought You'd Get Lazy

Quite often, we get tired of waking up, exercising, eating right, blah, blah blah....me too, included.  How wonderful it would be to go back to being 20years of age - rocket fuel for energy, perky bodies, eat whatever you want and look fabulous in a bikini (never mind you guys out there today!).  This morning, I received an email from a friend who attached a photo taken of me last night at a cultural event.  I looked at the photo and I just thought, "I hope she doesn't post this on facebook".  I hate the way I photograph....all I ever see is 'the hair wasn't right, I didn't get enough sleep, that dress makes me look like a linebacker', and the list of complaints goes on and on and on.  So, there I was, on my pity pot and figured 'let's just get this over with', and reached for a skirt that I could no longer zip up last year.  I had it cleaned anyway and stuck it in the closet for the 'I'll get back into it one day'.  I held my breath and started to plan a giant pity party because I figured I'd be putting the skirt back into the closet for another year.  Much to my surprise, the skirt not only fit, but there is plenty of room in the waist again.  I flushed the pity pot, reached for the Insanity DVDs and put on my best lipstick.  I'm ready to get back into the game today.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Forget the stupid photos and what we 'see'.  We tend to only look for what's amiss with ourselves and are our own worst critics when it comes to self image.  Judge instead, how your clothes fit, how you feel and when, at our age, people say 'you look so healthy', don't take hard (they used to say 'you look so sexy'), smile and realize that you look really, really good.  All that hard work....getting up early, exercising, eating right, blah, blah, blah....is worth it in the end.  I'm due for an updated press shot...are there any professional photographers out there??????