PHATSkinny Chic's Principles to Healthy Living:

Recently I have hit a milestone in my journey.  Up onto this point I have shed 42 lbs from my 5’4 frame.  This milestone is exhilarating and scary at the same time. It is exciting because I am the little train who has momentum and movement. I am chugging along.  I am afraid because I am venturing into unknown territory. I have never been this way before.  While I have been reflecting on my milestone, I realize for the past year I've learned to live by certain principles.  Weight-loss is more than counting calories and exercising. It is about becoming spiritually grounded, emotionally mature, and forgiveness

Forgiveness has been the cornerstone of my weight-loss. When I begin this journey, I never realized how much un-forgiveness I was holding on too and it was showing up in my weight.  When I started forgiving people and especially myself, my weight began to drop off.  I had to learn how to push through the setbacks and press forward.  Like my favorite bible verse says “I have to forget the things behind and press toward the mark.”  Part of my forgetting process was to forgive.  Funny I never knew how hand in hand those two things go together.  Forgiveness and Forgetting equals true freedom. 

As you embark on the second month of your journey, open your spirit to the idea of forgiving.  Keep track of the feeling of release when you forgive someone. Write in a journal every time you forgive yourself for falling off the bandwagon.  At the end of this month, reflect back on those moments and assets where you are now in your journey and how it has helped you on this weight loss journey.

check out the next principle in the series: Acceptance http://www.phatskinnychic.com/2014/03/acceptance.html