For some reason, over the last number of years, my body has decided that it needs to be bigger. I don't know why...yet, I have been powerless to stop it. I'm topping 240 lbs, and I think this really has to be big enough. In fact, it's not serving me very well, hence, today, I take the plunge to begin the reshaping process. But, I know this has to be a different process than it ever has been. Whatever the old tried and true was, no longer works. So, I thought of blogging.
My True Colors do not include being a compulsive slave to my food. So, today, I am letting go of the foods I am addicted to. Sugar and refined flour. These things have no color in them. They are devoid of color, and therefore not true for me at all. Hmm...A very interesting thought. What if I were to give up all foods with no color? I'll call it my True Color food plan.
So, I know what my True Colors are NOT...now, what ARE they?
I swam this morning. It was the first time I had exercised in quite awhile. Swimming is my favorite exercise. Actually it is the only form of exercise that I'm even halfway interested in. I love to swim. I think it's probably the weightlessness of it. I grew up swimming in pools and lakes. So, swimming reminds me of many, many happy places and times.
Now, it is a way I can get my heart rate up without feeling like I'm dying of heat, or exertion, or racking my joints. When I swim, I befriend my body. I can feel how it likes to move, to stretch, to
work out the tightness of muscles. My body can tell me what it needs. I can be serious with doing laps, or I can be playful.
Swimming is definately a True Color for me. Aqua blue, of course.
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