Short and sweet: My new blogging mantra
Former Fat Girls, Future FFGs, and all who know and love me well enough to still care about reading after such a long absence:
Welcome to 2008! And I will just say it once, and then get on with it: I SUCK for neglecting this blog! No explanations, apologies, excuses, or justifications. It's time for a fresh start ...
Congrats to all of you who survived the holiday season, the "trying times" of food, family, fun, and more food. This holiday was pretty normal for me, which means that it wasn't normal at all: crazy schedule, tons of demands (mostly ones I put on myself!), completely no ideas for gifts (some years I get inspired--this one, sadly, I wasn't!), 13-hour car ride to Houston to visit family (I could just FEEL my butt spreading ...). But I took my own advice and tried to be forgiving, exercised when I could (even if all I could do was walk, or a Pilates DVD), sampled my homemade fudge and gave the rest to neighbors, friends, and family, and tried to remember to enjoy the minutes I had with Johnny, who was off for two whole weeks (he goes back to school tomorrow!).
The best gift I received: I saw my sister-in-law at one of the three Christmas celebrations we had. She looks great, and I told her so. She said she had dropped two dress sizes, from a 16 to a 12, and said, "Your little mantra is helping me."
INO (It's Not an Option, for those of you who need translation), she meant. That made me feel SO good. I had thought a lot about my sister in law when I was writing my book, because she is one of the most giving, sweet people I know--to the point of sacrificing herself for the needs of other people. I could just tell that she struggles with the same issues that all FFGs and Future FFGs struggle with. So to hear her say that sharing my struggle has helped her ... I truly can't describe it.
One of my big struggles right now is that I want to be here more for you all--I want to do more for the community of FFGs and Future FFGs out there. But real life and real job intervene. You all are constantly in my thoughts. I don't really make New Years' resolutions (I will explain what I DO do in another post), but one vow I am taking is to stop thinking so much and start acting. The thing with this blog is that I approach it like it's an essay, that it needs to have a start-finish-end, that it needs to live up to some kind of standards I set for myself as a writer. That makes blogging SUCH a big deal, when it should be more of a casual thing. I think that's why I could never really sustain a diary, either ... I just didn't get the point of sitting down to ramble ... it would be like sitting down at the piano and playing only half the notes in a piece.
But I'm vowing to write shorter and more often. I want to keep this momentum we have, to continue to share our successes and struggles. And lots is happening: I'm continuing to connect with new groups of women through speaking engagements, and I hope to do more of that in the future (believe me, I will make sure you get the info when I have it!), and the book is coming out in paperback (!) in March. I think I told you guys a while ago that I wanted to make a bunch of enhancements to this site ... I reached out to my fabulous webmaster only to find out that he is too busy (uh, directing music videos for some major stars, if you can believe!) to help. I'm hoping to get someone else to help me add all the features I want to add ... to make the site really more of a community than just ALL ABOUT ME!
OK. So in the spirit of brevity, I'm out.
I love you guys ... stay strong in your commitments to yourself!
Lisa D
Welcome to 2008! And I will just say it once, and then get on with it: I SUCK for neglecting this blog! No explanations, apologies, excuses, or justifications. It's time for a fresh start ...
Congrats to all of you who survived the holiday season, the "trying times" of food, family, fun, and more food. This holiday was pretty normal for me, which means that it wasn't normal at all: crazy schedule, tons of demands (mostly ones I put on myself!), completely no ideas for gifts (some years I get inspired--this one, sadly, I wasn't!), 13-hour car ride to Houston to visit family (I could just FEEL my butt spreading ...). But I took my own advice and tried to be forgiving, exercised when I could (even if all I could do was walk, or a Pilates DVD), sampled my homemade fudge and gave the rest to neighbors, friends, and family, and tried to remember to enjoy the minutes I had with Johnny, who was off for two whole weeks (he goes back to school tomorrow!).
The best gift I received: I saw my sister-in-law at one of the three Christmas celebrations we had. She looks great, and I told her so. She said she had dropped two dress sizes, from a 16 to a 12, and said, "Your little mantra is helping me."
INO (It's Not an Option, for those of you who need translation), she meant. That made me feel SO good. I had thought a lot about my sister in law when I was writing my book, because she is one of the most giving, sweet people I know--to the point of sacrificing herself for the needs of other people. I could just tell that she struggles with the same issues that all FFGs and Future FFGs struggle with. So to hear her say that sharing my struggle has helped her ... I truly can't describe it.
One of my big struggles right now is that I want to be here more for you all--I want to do more for the community of FFGs and Future FFGs out there. But real life and real job intervene. You all are constantly in my thoughts. I don't really make New Years' resolutions (I will explain what I DO do in another post), but one vow I am taking is to stop thinking so much and start acting. The thing with this blog is that I approach it like it's an essay, that it needs to have a start-finish-end, that it needs to live up to some kind of standards I set for myself as a writer. That makes blogging SUCH a big deal, when it should be more of a casual thing. I think that's why I could never really sustain a diary, either ... I just didn't get the point of sitting down to ramble ... it would be like sitting down at the piano and playing only half the notes in a piece.
But I'm vowing to write shorter and more often. I want to keep this momentum we have, to continue to share our successes and struggles. And lots is happening: I'm continuing to connect with new groups of women through speaking engagements, and I hope to do more of that in the future (believe me, I will make sure you get the info when I have it!), and the book is coming out in paperback (!) in March. I think I told you guys a while ago that I wanted to make a bunch of enhancements to this site ... I reached out to my fabulous webmaster only to find out that he is too busy (uh, directing music videos for some major stars, if you can believe!) to help. I'm hoping to get someone else to help me add all the features I want to add ... to make the site really more of a community than just ALL ABOUT ME!
OK. So in the spirit of brevity, I'm out.
I love you guys ... stay strong in your commitments to yourself!
Lisa D
posted by Lisa Delaney at
3:04 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Lisa,
Happy New Year and great to read your wonderful words again. I'm grateful for any time you can share with us. Although I worked two jobs during the holidays, I had a fabulous time. Knowing that my clothes felt free and flowy outweighed any urge go crazy with the holiday goodies. What a difference it made feeling in control and not letting the, "Oh it's the holidays" mentality take over. Life is great and I extend my continuing, great thanks to you. Take care.
Kelly
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