"If you don't like what you look like, change it"-Tyler Perry

The title of this post is so simple. When I first heard it, I instantly made excuses as to why it is not that simple. After being pissed off for way too long over the quote, I realized that I would have thought the same thing about 6 months ago. When I was happy, I told friends who were sad almost everyday that "life is simple if you let it be" Now, here I am complaining about a quote and telling myself that "once you get a job you will be happy" or "once you get your own place you will be able to loose weight." Waiting. I spend a lot of my time waiting and now I am choosing to stop. Why can't I work for my happiness? Why can't I change my own circumstances?
So I decided that I would give myself a year, maybe sooner, to change my life. I want a full life. These are the things that I will be working on:

1. I will read more and watch less television. I plan a book a month.
2. I will be more active. This means stopping my sedentary lifestyle.
   
3. I will make better food choices.
   
4. I will write more. I have a Creative Writing degree gathering dust.
   
5. I will meditate a few times a week.
   
6. I will read my Bible.
7. For every canned soda I drink, I will drink three glasses of water.
8. I will be honest to myself and others.

This is what I look like now. My before picture!
I am about 5'9" and weigh 312 pounds.

I believe in my heart that if I work on these things every day then in a year I can be 100 pounds lighter and emotionally a stranger to myself.


It is time for a change so today I choose life!