Santosha!

All great things begin with a single step. 

I stepped on that damned thing today.  It was exactly as I expected.  I am up 6 1/2 pounds since 5/21.  Yuck.  However, on the bright side, I know that is less than what it was a week ago.  I can at least fit back into my jeans. 

So, I figure it this way.  I can take that off over the next 3 weeks at an easy pace of 2 lbs per week... just in time for my trip to Utah with the girls!  The good news is that there will most likely be lots of weight LOST on this trip.  7 of us, Trish, myself and 5 of our clients, are headed to Ivins, UT to the Biggest Loser's Fitness Ridge for one week of the biggest loser experience!  Yippee!  Can't wait.

A couple things I was thinking about lately. 

#1:
A good friend of mine repeated a line to me from one of the latest 'Losing it with Jillian' episodes.  Jillian says, "Why do we continue to fail when success is an option?"  Read it again.  And again.  The key word in that sentence is 'Why?'  

We all must figure out our 'why', with whatever it relates to.  Here in this context, it relates to the issues I have with self esteem, body image, self worth.  I happen to know a lot of my 'whys', and yet I still allow myself to consider most of my 'weight-related stumbling blocks' as failures.  I am speaking theoretically here.  Not really giving or asking for answers... just planting the thought in all of our heads.  Whatever IT is in our lives that we continue to let ourselves fail at... 'WHY'?  What do we fear?  What are we afraid of?  Sometimes I think that I have spent so many years of my life focused on getting to a healthy weight (whether it was 5 pounds away or 50 from it)... that I might not know what to do with myself if I ever got there. 

#2:
My wonderful yoga instructor, Kelsey, whom I adore and admire tremendously, shared a yoga niyama during our session yesterday that I have been living and breathing for the past 24 hours.... SANTOSHA...which means, contentment.  To be content with what I already have.  To have gratitude for what already exists in my life and not to focus on what I think I want or need.  The fact of the matter is, I already have everything that I need. 

We could all use a little more Santosha in our lives, right?  So, I invite you to use your next 24 hours to focus on santosha in your own life.  It's already there.  When you start to focus on your life this way you will soon discover that every moment has a gift in it that you might not have seen without contentment.

Enjoy your day, my friends,
Traci