It has been a little while

I'm back!!! :) Did you miss me? I bet not. Week two has been going ok, a few minor slip ups but I am only human so I am forgiving myself of those and forging on. I didn't make my goal of going to the gym M-Th. Big shocker, I know. I have found a way to hate the gym less and thanks to all of you who gave me ideas on how to make my working out more enjoyable. I have to say that Courtney's idea was fantastic. :) I will have to try that. So on a totally different and unrelated to working out note,I had the chance to see my favorite Opera in the whole wide world "Carmen" (yes I am a nerd, I know) this week. The reason I mention this is because I think every woman could use a little bit of the Carmen character in her life.

For those of you that haven't seen the opera "Carmen" it is about a beautiful gypsy woman named...... Carmen!! (I am sure you weren't expecting that) Anyways, Carmen is a woman that could have any man she wanted and of course she always fell for men who were off limits. In the end she gets what she wants when she meets Don Jose and starts a relationship with him until she is sick of him and discards him for another man which then leads to her demise. There are parts to Carmen that aren't very positive, like the fact that her love affairs don't last long or the fact that she is pretty temperamental. When I say that every woman should have a little bit of the Carmen character in her I mean the confidence. The confidence to do whatever you want, the confidence to know that you are beautiful and sexy. JUST CONFIDENCE! That is the kind of confidence that I lack, a lot of times with people that are emotional eaters we have decided that we no longer matter. I know in my case I put others first and left myself to be the last priority, or maybe it was easier to deal with others problems than face my own insecurities. Either way my mission for this week is to find the inner confidence. The ability to look in the mirror and see someone that is beautiful and smart. Right now I see the negative, the flabby stomach and the too big thighs. Time to look for the positive. I can find it, I am sure it is in there somewhere. :)