Free your mind and the rest will follow

     Its been a few weeks since I have blogged and I sure have missed it. Blogging seems to be the best source of therapy for me. I have lost a few pounds since the last time I blogged. It seems like everytime I get to doing good with my weight loss something happens that takes me off of my path. Its my own fault. I shouldn't allow life to stop me from reaching my goals. I need to take all of the negative energy and use it when I run. Life didn't cause me to gain weight. I allowed it to happen. I didn't have to turn to food or the couch for comfort. I chose to do that. Heartaches come and go but you only have one body. Allowing myself to destroy my body then blame it on heartaches is not me. Even if I put 5 minutes a day into doing something for my health then I am on the right track. Its does take running a 5k everyday to be healthy. Little things can add up to major milestones. Somewhere deep inside of me I still have the inner strength and slowly but surely I am finding my way to it. A friend of mine gave me some great advice when I first started running. She said that when you are running and everytime your foot hits the ground you are stomping out negative things that go on in your life. She told me to imagine that the negative things are under my feet and that I am stomping the crap out of them with each step that I take. I have taken that advice a bit further. Everytime I reach my arm to stretch or push away dessert I visualize negative things floating away. Doing small thing to free my mind of the negative with result in my body following suit. You have to free your mind of garbage before you can truly become healthy.