July--The Focus Is on Freedom

Final entry that will be considered catching you up on my journey thus far……

Well, we’ve been on this journey of taking back my life and health for 6 ½ months now. I am very pleased to say that I can really see and FEEL that progress is being made. June was a month where I hit my first major stumble, yet I celebrated several significant victories in my choices. I mentioned several in previous posts; however, one that I did not mention was that my co-workers decided to go eat lunch at Tokyo Grill. I really love Tokyo Grill and possibly could eat there if I didn’t love the sauces so much. I choose to say no to Tokyo Grill and, instead, eat what I had brought for my lunch--grilled chicken, wheat pasta, squash, apple and water. I felt good about my decision.

FREEDOM! What exactly does that mean? Is true freedom the ability to eat anything and everything that I want to eat? Or, is true freedom the ability to function in life without fear of not fitting in chairs, having to walk up and down stairs, or being able to shop only at places where there are the electric scooters? Actually, the answer to both of those questions is yes.

But the real question is what is freedom for me????? Freedom, for me, right now would be able to go anywhere and do anything I’d like to do without the fear of chairs, stairs, or walking. Yep, and to achieve the goal of freedom to go anywhere and do anything, I must freely choose to make better nutritional choices.

Has my freedom changed any since July 2009? Indeed, yes it has. I can now walk mostly without pain. I can now scoot into a store and pick up an item or two without the use of an electric scooter. I now walk mostly without my stick--still using it on the slippery pool deck and other places where the terrain is rocky or stairs may be involved. I freely choose healthy foods and portions over fast-foods and loaded down plates of food. I freely choose to continue fighting to lose at least one more pound and one more and one more and one more…….

FREEDOM!! I have the freedom to choose failure or success!! I have the freedom to choose wisely, knowing that my wise choices will lead to success!! So, why would I choose failure? Yep, I have the freedom to CHOOSE! And, (drum-roll please) I CHOOSE SUCCESS!!! I am free to choose. Yep, the CHOICE is mine!!