Life is all about choices. We make so many choices all the time. Even when we decide not to make a choice, we’re making a choice. It’s a vicious cycle. Denis Waitley once said “There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” Please don’t ask me who Denis Waitley is, because honestly, I have no idea, I just like the quote!

One of my least favorite sayings is “It is what it is,” but honestly there’s not much more truth in this dumb little saying. For years I accepted that my life just is what it is; that I was always going to be “fat,” that I’d never be happy, that the only thing I could do was complain. I’ve done more complaining and fat shaming than moving. I honestly think that if I sat down to add up all the hours I’ve spent complaining, I’ve most likely spent at least half my life spewing toxic garbage. This is a lot of wasted time and an awful lot of garbage. It’s time to take out the garbage and take some responsibility.

So here I stand, well sit because typing standing up isn’t fun, trust me I’ve tried it, starting another chapter in my life. A chapter full of determination and responsibility. If you know me I’m sure you’re saying “Sure Lizz, we’ve heard this before.” And you’re right, you have. At least once a year I have these little spurts of motivation, little bright ideas that I lazily try to carry out for a week or two. So you’re asking yourself “so what makes this one different?”

Well to be quite honest, I don’t know. I can’t say that the little light bulb of flickering motivation above my head won’t fade. But I can say that this time it feels different, very different and even if that light bulb burns out, I’ll just replace it with a new one, same brand, of course, but higher wattage.

I’m going to write as often as I can, about whatever floats my little boat of change. It’s obviously going to be laced with quotes and clichés and hopefully some inspiration. As I write I will laugh, and cry, and may even fall asleep, but I don’t expect you to, that is unless you want to. I’ll admit my reasons for this blog are predominately selfish. I want to document my journey, my trials and tribulations, my thoughts and whatever is rattling around inside my head.

Feel free to keep reading, it’s your choice.