Malcolm's derby car race

What a wonderful weekend, my son truly made me feel good. We e went to Malcolm's Boy Scout derby race. Malcolm and his dad took a piece of wood and created a car from scratch that took time and creativity. The outcome was wonderful, Malcolm raced his car and was so proud of what he created with his dad.

The joy on his face along with his sportsmanship made me feel great as a mother. His was motivated and excited about beginning a project and completing it.

I love being a mom!!!!

Break the chains!!!

This has been such an emotional week for me. So much has gone on that came out of left field. I just couldn't believe everything that I found out. It was as if my past was coming to hunt me.

But I stayed strong and realized that I have a choice. Not like before when I allowed my low self esteem to enter into the picture. I understood that I am in charge of this ship and I'm determined to ensure this ship doesn't go under. Unlike this picture I will not feel chained and restricted from moving forward.

There are some walks in life you must make alone...the key is to be sure you don't take people with you that aren't supposed to go!!!

Questions

I have been struggling this week with some major questions that I had to ask myself. It hasn't been a comfortable place to be and I haven't been here in a LONG time. It has really been tempting to return to my old habits of eating the problem away, but my years of training my mind, thoughts and emotions had to come into play.

I had to face the issue head on and really think about what I want and most importantly what I will or will not tolerate.Sometimes the past comes not to make you fall backward but to see how much you have really learned. Today I was sitting in my office doing some work and a moment of depression came over me. The old me would have let the depression win. I would have laid down and surrendered to it. NOT TODAY, I immediately remembered where my strength comes from, and went to the gym and accomplished a wonderful day on the elliptical machine I hit a all time best. The feeling of accomplishment I felt was so full filling.

The hard days will come, but we must remember the source of strength we need comes from within. You must be still breathe and allow the authority in you to take over so that you can become one with it. I won today, yet I know tomorrow is near. I know whatever comes my way I will be able to take it down and win!!

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a strong important feeling that we must and should all confront and try to live in our everyday life. I have had so many issues that have happen to me from people that caused me to close myself in and not take the time and evaluate why they did what they did.

Well today is a new day. I have decided to release all the anger, the hurt, and try to be understanding and realize many times those who hurt you are hurting themselves. Forgiveness is something God wants and expects all of us to become active in. It's amazing how it frees up your ability to breathe, to experience true love as well as, life in it's fullness.

I notice that once you make a decision to forgive many others pull back and try to convince you not to. Yet I must stay focused and live my life the way that is best for me. I have to remember I am no longer the "big girl" that will accept anything from everybody. I have let go of being a people please. It's a great feeling...

Will you join me?

T.O.U.C.H. 52:11 Inc Jan 18th radio show

On Jan 18th T.O.U.C.H. 52:11 Inc show on Blog Talk radio spoke on the topic of Think Your Too Heavy To Exercises?


I wanted to share some highlights from the show.


Priority #1: Safety
Problem: One of the biggest mistakes people commit is making assumptions about what they can’t do without checking with someone who knows how to determine that. You may have physical problems, ranging from medical conditions that impose unavoidable limitations on what you can do, to the typical after-effects of years of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, such as chronic inflexibility, weakness, and muscle pain. These problems may rule out one kind of exercise or another. But it would be unusual if there is truly nothing you can do.

Solution: Don’t be one of those people. Tell your doctor you want to start exercising and ask for advice on what to do and what to avoid. Create a fitness plan for yourself for approval from your doctor if you aren’t comfortable with having it created by a trainer.

Priority #2: Find Something That Fits YOU Problem: You just can’t seem to find a good place to start. if you get down on the floor, you may not be able to get up again by yourself (been there, done that), and your body just doesn’t bend or let you get into the positions illustrated. You’ve been to the gym, but you don’t even fit into half the machines there, and you felt like you were going to throw up after two minutes on the elliptical machine.These are real true issues that I want you to consider because remember this show is here to educate you and to let you know about feelings you may experience not to scare you but to keep you prepared and focused. After having my gastric bypass in 1997 I wanted to exercise so badly but I didn’t know where to turn or what to do. To top it all off I felt ashamed of the way I looked even though I was desperately trying to change my looks. You must get past those feelings and focus on your health and your goals.

Solution: Almost every exercise can be modified so you can do it (or something like it) in a way that meets your needs and present capacities.

Above all, don’t make it easy to talk yourself out of starting an exercise program by getting confused about the difference between a challenge and an insurmountable obstacle. Loosing masses amount of weight comes down to a mindset and how you speak to your situation. You must stay positive and focused for it to be achieved.

When I began my journey to loose 200 pounds I was nervous and excited but as time proceeded there were times I was tired, discouraged and wondered if I would ever make it. Know that you can do it and if you stay on your plan you will achieve your ultimate goal!!!

*These show or any other show I have done can be downloaded on Blog Talk radio for free.

www.touch5211inc.org

Snow day in Atlanta!!!

What a fun day for me. It was reported that it would snow in Atlanta. I thought we would have a little snow but we weren't prepared for all of the snow and ice. It began about 7:00pm last night and snowed all night. When we woke this morning it was so exciting to look at the window with my son and see all of the beautiful snow.

I love the way the snow puts a peace to everything and quiets all to appreciate God's beauty. As always I must tell you how my loosing weight changes the way I view everything. As I was geting dressed to go outside with my son I smiled at doing something that is so secondary to many. I was able to put on a pair of pants with sweats, a shirt along with a sweatshirt,with my coat on top. I remembered how when I was 450 pounds I would often go out and be cold because I couldn't layer myself with clothes because everything wouldn't fit because of my size and forget wearing a coat, I would often not wear a coat because it was so uncomfortable..

So along with the beauty of the day, I found beauty with in myself. If you are the mist of your new Lifestyle Living program DON'T STOP!! keep going and maintain that motivation from within. Make yourself accountable

IT ALL BEGINS WITH YOU!!!

January 4th Blog Talk Radio

Today on Blog Talk Radio I spoke on the following topic:

Goals that help and hurt

Take a close look at the words that express your goals.
What are your goals? have you written them down? remember if it is just in your head they cant be accomplished. Look through your goals do you see the following words NO, NOT, NEVER, STOP,REDUCE, LIMIT or QUIT if these negative words appear pay attention to them because they can play an important role in the way you have set your goals what you could be doing is setting yourself up for problems

Do your goals deprive you of something you want (or think you want)?Make sure your not setting yourself up for failure, deprivation, resentment and rebelliousness. Have you created a forbidden list that includes certain sweets you can’t eat and when you finally do allow yourself to eat the sweet you binge? Remember that Lifestyle Living is being realistic, allow yourself certain items in moderation.

Do your goals set you up for failure?
Make sure you goals are not created in a negative tone a all or nothing situation even down to the smallest detail. (If so this will lead you to enjoy it now and worry about it later, next week, month or year). You will feel like you can’t control your own behavior but not be sure what to do about it.

Framing your goals in positive terms means you will reach them much easier. Positive terms will allow you to do the following:
• Focus on what you really want, and on what is helpful and achievable. This creates positive energy and momentum instead of feelings of deprivation and resentment.
• Adjust your plans when you have the inevitable slip-up or bad day. Instead of giving up when you mess up, you can make small changes to balance things out.
• Check in with yourself before you act. Ask yourself if what you are about to eat will help you reach your goals.
• Have true freedom of choice, rather than forcing yourself to rely on will power alone. We just aren’t designed to white-knuckle our way through life, always resisting what we think we really want.

Remember to create your goals start small and increase as you go.

To hear this show or any other show you can go to my website at www.touch5211inc.org and hit the Blog Talk Radio and type in the TOUCH 5211/Sandra Kelley and you can download this show and any other show for free.

Have you excercised today?

I woke up today ready to do my exercises and I make sure that whether I wanted to or not it must be done in order for my life to contain Lifestyle Living.

This is a term I use with my business T.O.U.C.H. 52:11 Inc. Lifestyle Living means that for the remainder of your life one must change everything in their environemnt to be sure they have healthy living.

It may be harder some days more than others to get prepared to move forward, but the key is to just start. Set goals but remember the goals must start small before your larger goals can be met. NO matter what your untilmate goal is know you can do it but you first MUST BEGIN!!!!

It's here!!!

WE MADE IT!!!! we are in a new year and I'm so excited about the possibilities that God has in store for me. I am ready to work hard to show my discipline and to produce changes that must be made.

We should be ready to walk in expectation everyday and believe that THIS is our moment, our day, our hour. Never say to yourself not now, it can't happen, it won't be me because that's not true. You must believe in the purpose that is within you.

2011 is here and is wide open as this rose waiting for us to explore, and produce the fruit that it within us. I CHALLENGE you to make change, to stand out where everyone else wants to give up.

YOUR TIME IS HERE AND NOW....MOVE ON IT AND PRODUCE IN YOUR PURPOSE!!!!