Ask many women in the world when they felt the most beautiful, and many of them are likely to say their wedding day. I'm no exception to that. The photo you all see here was of me on October 14, 2006 (my wedding day). I'm not going to lie. I did feel truly beautiful that day. It was nice, for that one special day, to look as good as I felt on the inside.
Lately, I haven't felt all that beautiful. But, that's not really a secret. It can be hard to look or feel beautiful when you're carrying around too much extra weight, and you have the added stress of another job layoff and a frustrating job hunt.
Well, I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's giving me reason to smile (or at least think about starting to smile). Last week, when I weighed in, I was at 184 pounds (which meant a gain of 2.2 pounds over the previous week).
But, today is a new day, and my weight is now 178.8 pounds! That's right! I lost 5.2 pounds since last week!
I think this is mostly because I wrote down all my calories consumed each day, and I went for distance and time on the treadmill this week. My speed only hovered around 3.0 mph, but I was on a 2 percent incline and walked more than 6 miles and burned almost 600 calories. It really gave me a great boost of energy and confidence in myself.
I'm starting to believe that there is a beautiful woman inside me somewhere.
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