i built a wall.... literally

there is something to be said for having energy... energy to be focused and driven and accomplish tasks you would have not even started previously....

looking back over the last month or so, i have been more active than i have in literally, YEARS./..
i have completed projects i have been planning for months... i have started other projects that simply need money to be able to finish (like my new patio/deck)... but the fact that i have them started is groundbreaking for me....
i have been exercising.. and eating better and having the energy to do all of the things i want to do...
there is something to be said for having energy.

yesterday i built a wall.   a real wall to enclose a recessed part of my garage to use for storage away from the elements of the garage itself (think smell from litterboxes primarily)... so i decided to build a wall.... i cut the wood and built the frame and put up drywall and insulation and more drywall and a door frame and door.... and even with my limited carpentry skills, i did it.... i am very proud of myself for that.... i has the focus and the energy to start it .... and that is more than i would have done 3 months ago...
i know a lot of it is simply my frame of mind... i do tend to be very determined... i have a desire to prove myself.... but even more determination has come from the weight i have lost and the energy i have gained... i drink a Spark at least 1 or 2 times a day, and it really does give me the little boost i need to push through when i start to get tired and would normally quit whatever it is i am doing at the time....
sure, my body hurts from overexertion... but i finished what i started :)  and that is something i am proud of.

so now i can say that since starting my journey using the advocare products, i have lost almost 20 pounds... i have rebuilt my stairs... i have built a wall from scratch, and once i finish the storage room i have now created, the unused guest room furniture will go in the storage room so i can use the guest room for exercising, and using the new elliptical i bought... my next project is replacing the floors with tile... last time i did that was almost 3 years ago... i am so excited to get started!!!!!

i am on this journey, and i don't plan to stop any time soon..... i want to prove everyone else wrong.. everyone who said i couldn't do it.... i will reach my goal... and i will prove just how resourceful, determined and resilient i really am.

i built a wall...... literally.... and i built a wall metaphorically... a wall to keep all of the naysayers out of my world... a wall that will keep those who say "i can't" away from my world of "yes, i can"... the wall has a door in it... and when those poeple realise how much i am accomplishing and wish to join me, all they have to do is knock... and opportunity will answer.......

wow... that is deep.... but so very true.

i have a goal..... and my own drive combined with anything i need from Advocare will get me there.