Being morbidly obese means that I am not taking care of myself. Now that I have started to explore the care and preservation of the only vehicle that will get me through this life and I realize now there are other areas where I wasn't taking care of other parts of my body either.
I used to giggle with a little bit of pride when a facial technician would ask me what skin care products I used on my face. I would proudly proclaim "soap". I could see their brows furrow with concern over the little bit of broken vessels on my face and the overall dryness of my face. Now I realize they were probably thinking, "Why would you do that to your skin when you KNOW that is not good for it". Well guess what lady, that's not all I am neglecting.
I have very dry hands and feet - and I own many bottles of lotion, yet I don't take the time to apply it after my shower. That changes today.
I used to pull all nighters all the time.. just for the fun of it. I don't do that much anymore, but I also rarely get more than 5 or 6 hours of sleep per night.. did you know that if you get under 8 hours of sleep you have a 70% chance of being obese? That changes today.
I commit to myself that my body is now my number one priority - the care of my body, the preservation of my life and concentrated effort to overhaul the years of neglect it has suffered.
I am sorry body. I am sorry I neglected you all these years. I will show you from here on out how important you really are to me.
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