Personal Reflections

Happy Marmot day!

#wevebeenlivinggroundhogdayfortwoyearsnow

If you grew up with the Peanuts Gang, this picture of Charlie Brown and Lucy will speak volumes to you.Every. Single. Time. Lucy would trick Charlie Brown.The CDC recently announced that the definition of “fully vaccinated” is changing once again. Of course they are. And guess what… they will continue to do so. That’s called control of the ball. ” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced some changes on the definition of people who are classed as vaccinated against Covid-19.Dr Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the CDC, said that the definition of fully vaccinated will now mean people who have also received booster jabs. The US health agency will now also stop referring to these people as “fully vaccinated,” but instead will call them people who are “up to date” with their vaccinations.Walensky said: “What we are really working to do is pivot our language so that everyone is as up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines as they personally could be, should be based on when they got their last vaccine.“So, importantly right now we are pivoting our language, we really want to make sure people are up to date.”She added: “That means if you recently got your second dose, you’re not eligible for a booster. You’re up to date. If you are eligible for a booster and you haven’t gotten it, you’re not up to date and you need to get your booster in order to be up to date.”Sheesh. Don’t fall for it Charlie Brown.

I sure do love my Jordan. She is a firecracker, owns her own gym and online fitness program, and I’m blessed to be her godmother! Keep on speaking truth girl… the world needs to hear you! 😘

At what point in our life do we go from celebrating our weight to obsessing over it?

My 4 year old steps on the scale and says, “I weigh 45 inches!!” and we all celebrate how much she’s growing (We’re working on correct measurements hehe)

My 7 year old grabs her cute little belly and says “I got a lotta muffins and pop tarts in there” and we all giggle.

But my 23 year old client really wants to lose 10lbs.

My 60 year old client is frustrated the scale hasn’t moved after weeks of trying.

It’s okay if you’re a kid.
It’s okay if you’re pregnant.
It’s okay if you’re old.
It’s okay if you’re sick.
It’s okay if you’re handicapped.

But if you’re between 15 and 60 and there’s nothing fundamentally “wrong” with your body’s ability to lose weight….. You 👏🏼better 👏🏼get 👏🏼it ! together!

No, I call bull shit.
THROW AWAY THE SCALE, SIS.

It literally means nothing.

We KNOW that someone can be unhealthy and weigh 125 while someone else can be at their healthiest and weigh 175.

But we obsess, anyway.

It’s not moving. It’s not working. We’re failing. We’re gross. We should be embarrassed. This is dumb. Why do we even try.

NO

It is working. Our health does matter. We shouldn’t be embarrassed. We are not failing. We can do it.

And the scale has nothing to do with any of it.

If you eat out every meal, make some adjustments. If you still drink 5 sodas a day, do a little better. If you know you could have a more balanced diet, add some fruits and veggies in. If you know you’re not currently at your healthiest, start being consistent in building better habits.

Our health is about how we feel, how our clothes fit, how well we can now get down and back up without hurting, how well we can play with our babies, how living feels better now than it used to, how we treat people better because we’re in a better mood, how we crave good food because we know we worked out hard that day.

It’s not the scale, sis.
It never will be.

I just did a happy dance in the parking lot of Tractor Supply because I got $50 credited back as a “Neighbors Club” member. TSC is one of our all time most visited stores….. we love them, and they love us because we drop so much 💰💰💰at their doorstep for our farm-ily’s needs. 🐕🐱🐄🐎🐓🐣
As I was driving home, I thought about how silly that was of me to get all excited for saving $50. Broken down, I believe that $50 credit represented 5 months of $10 back for spending regularly at TSC. …. $10 back per month regardless of how much we spend there. I humbly submit to you that Charlie and I have the dubious honor of being on this Tractor  Supply’s list of “Top 10 Patrons” (yes, we have THAT MANY animals)…. so let your imagination run on what our monthly feed and animal supply bill looks like.
….And then my mind wandered to the Loyalty Program that Young Living has. Because we have used Loyalty Rewards  (being a monthly patron of Subscribe to Save) for more than 25 consecutive months, we now get 25% back on all of our orders. (10% back for the first 3 months, 20% back for months 4 thru 24). I did a quick rough calculation in my head and found that in 5 months, I had been able to “buy ” approximately $750 in products for free, just by being a valued customer. Wow!!! 
Sometimes it’s easy to forget or take for granted what we get each month. I’m always amazed by the freebies gifted to us with qualifying purchases each month, but I admit, I sometimes forget about how much those points help our farm-ily take care of ourselves.  We have dogs on Sulfurzyme and BLM…. massive amounts for two 🐕🐕of our older large dogs. Neither one would be with us today without these two supplements.  That $150 YL credit more than pays for their needs. 
Hidden blessings friends….
Tell me, how do you score in money back from where you shop? 
xoxo~ liz