Tupieta

This morning I laid awake in my bed mulling over all the things I wanted to do. You see, I’m at a place in my life right now where I’m not completely sure of who I am or where I want to be. I guess I should be happy because I am finally going back to school after getting my finances together. I’ve somewhat accomplished blogging and have recently met some great new people. However, sometimes a part of me still feels unfulfilled.

Then I stumbled upon your blog SoundBites through another blog, through yet another blog. I believe it has been the highlight of my day so far. You know the first thing I had to do was check out all of your style posts. I loved the simplicity and comfort of your style. You looked gorgeous, confident, and I could see the vivaciousness in your eyes. Your beauty is timeless and effortless and you zest or life shows.

After I was done perusing through your fashion posts a little section called “progress pics” caught my eye. Putting the pieces together, I went to your before/after posts to see what all off it was about. Two of your posts on your change especially touched me “Retail Lesson” and “Conspiracy Theory”. As I read I began to tear up because at first I kind of saw you as someone I wish I could be.  But to see that you had come from where I am now I couldnt help but be a little emotional. To wake up one day and say you’re going to lose over 100 pounds is not easy in the least bit. I’ve been on this journey for years and my biggest accomplishment so far isn’t a 60 pound weight loss, I am bigger than I was before honestly. However I had made up my mind that I was going to love me first because if I can’t love the 300+ me, how is being 170 going to be good enough. Now that the mental battle has been partially won, I have been struggling to find out what is holding me back from my physical goals so reading both of those posts really made me think about those things.

I just wanted you to know how big of an inspiration you are to me, and I know many others. I will definitely continue to follow your blog through all the great success that is to come for you.

♥ Courtney

“A pound loss never equates with a pound gained in contentment… I have yet to draw single tear to my eyes because of a pound lost or for a pound gained and I refuse to waist a precious tear on something that I refuse to allow to define me. We’re facing a water drought you know, we have to start conserving our resources for the things we really need. My happiness is more than just a necessity, it’s really all I have to hold onto in this world.”

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