One Step at a Time

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I know I have gained some weight, but I didn’t realize how much? I was walking and working out as much as I could, but once I started a full time job – I no longer had the extra time.

I was doing what I called the starvation diet, because my doctor had me to fast between 5am to 5pm. I have talked to a few people who said it worked for them, and how I shouldn’t give up on it. They even said the longer I do this less eating I will get used to it.

They didn’t have to tell me how tired it made them feel or leave you in a bad mood, because you are hungry. I found myself eating more candy, because I was trying not to get anything to eat.

I also realized I ate twice as much as I did before once I got home. I was eating beyond just being hungry. I cannot stand where I work and the people I am forced to work with  and I am sure that is why I am over eating.

I don’t know or like the person I see looking back at me through the mirror.  I don’t recall how I got here, but I am working on bringing back the person I used to be. I know I have to take one step at a time before I can see her once again.

I am working on being a better me both mind and body. I am already setting my dreams free by writing and creating new crochet projects and I am happy. Life is way too short to do anything less.

Bye IV Now, LD*

The Right Creamer…

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Coffee….

A Day without Coffee…..

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I do not know why I thought I could start my day without a cup of coffee and not get a headache.  It has been a long time since I walked out of my front door before drinking my favorite beverage. 

I ran out of coffee creamer. There was French vanilla creamer in the fridge, but if it’s not vanilla ice cream I do not want it. Vanilla will never lighten my coffee cup. Yes, I tried it once and once was enough.

Today was the first time I ever had two cups of coffee after 7am, after I got back from Walmart, with three bottles of my favorite coffee creamer. 

MMMMMMMMM Coffee was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO So GOOD!

Well, now I can really start my day. 

Bye IV Now, LD*

Day 1…

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I am rethinking how I am going to get to the beach and how I am going to improve my life. I am done waiting for a miracle, because miracles cannot happen without work or faith. 

 Matthew 13:58 NIV   And he did not do many miracles there, because of their lack of faith.  https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.13.58.NIV

I knew what I had to do to get where I wanted, but was unsure on how to get there. I thought if I talked to others who said they could and would help me it would be a good idea. In the end that was a shortcut and if you think taking a shortcut will help you win? Nope, you may not even cross the finish line.

Proverbs 21:5 NIV The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.  https://bible.com/bible/111/pro.21.5.NIV 

I had to go back to knowing who I am. It’s not that I don’t want to trust people, but some just don’t want you to get ahead of them. I may not be where I want to be, but then again everyone has to start at day 1 before they get to where I want to be. 

Psalms 17:5 NIV My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.  https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.17.5.NIV

It’s time I get back to working on my book as well as keeping up with my crochet projects.

Bye IV Now, LD*

A New Look at Fruits Basket

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I gave up looking for a new anime to watch and started rewatching some of my favorites. I watched “Fruits Basket” , a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It is also a shōjo manga magazine.  I started watching this series with different eyes and saw each character  in a new light.

Tohru Honda is trying to live her life the best she can, but she is holding onto a promise to her late mother that no mother wants to be kept. She thought that she should only love her mother and live her life through her mother’s words. A parent only wants the best for their child and as a child they should remember their parents with all their love and kindness they shared together.  

Tohru Honda  is a kind and caring person and people will always turn to that light. She had to be true to herself in order to really be loved in the end.

Kyo Sohma was never shown any love as a child and grew up with so much hatred.  There were a few who treated him like a person, but he still felt like an outsider. He was kept outside of the family he always wanted, but it was Tohru Honda who actually taught him what love was.

The whole Sohma family all wanted love and to be loved, but going about it in a different way. They shared an invisible bond that should have never been made. The head of the family  Akito Sohma wasn’t given a choice to be herself, so she took her frustration out on others, especially the girls. She was beyond jealous, because she was forced to live her life as a boy. 

This family has secrets not just with outsiders, but from each other. Each member fought to be themselves and to be free of their family bond. The adults just accepted it, but Izuka and Tohra wanted that bond to be broken. They knew in order for everyone to be truly loved they would have to be free.

Yuki Sohma was seen as the luckiest person in the family, because Akito paid attention to him the most. They didn’t know how much he was being put down with so many negative words that it would have broken anyone’s spirit.

I believe everyone was looking at the world through  Tohru Honda’s eyes. She was kind and thought everyone should feel the same.  We all laugh, cry, feel pain, but most of all. We all want to be free to love and be loved.

This is my take on Fruits Basket…

LD*

Ideas….

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It’s time to watch your ideas grow.  Your ideas may start  slow and at time you may think it’s not going anywhere, but if you give up -they will never grow. It’s like a planet the more you give it water,  a little light, and handle it with care your planet will grow like all of your  Good ideas…..

The End..