4 STEPS TO KNOW YOU’RE HOT & GET RID OF YOUR BEHIND
“Could you kindly move your behind please?”
“What was … that?” I exclaimed, spinning around to address the voice.
It was then I realized my rear end was in the way, keeping the man from his table. Recognizing the hilarity of the situation, we both erupted in laughter, causing looks of irritation from those grabbing lunch around us.
Having just delivered my third child, I was 60 pounds over my normal weight. In my present state, I was unaware of my new body dimensions. Granted, my bottom was much rounder than normal, but in a strange phenomenon unique to childbearing, it had also grown horizontally.
It was as if a small shelf was now attached to my backside.
Why, the man could have rested his coffee on my behind if he had wanted to!
In that moment, it was as if time stood still. The lyric of the laughter, the aghast look on the gentleman’s face—life played in surreal slow motion as I contemplated:
I hadn’t always been as kind to my body as I was being now.
In fact, we had been vicious enemies for over two decades.
The moment lasted only seconds, but within the sound of the laughter was the echo of my freedom. I recognized something profound in this corner bistro, something that had eluded me throughout my youth:
I had finally made peace with my behind.
When what lies behind you is disappointment with your weight or frustration that you just can’t seem to move forward—it’s easy to let what’s behind you, define you.
As a 20-year-old, I had been so long involved with disordered eating that I began to believe disorder was my future.
I couldn’t imagine a world where I would wake up and not obsess about my body or what I was eating.
I couldn’t imagine living light and free, devoid of the aching insecurity and depression that had become my constant companions.
I desperately wanted to experience a different reality, but I had no idea how.
My big behind was in the way.
It was as if there lay a chasm between who I longed to be—healthy, radiant, secure, confident—and who I saw in the mirror. All I saw was a girl—overweight, unstable, with a side of cray-cray.
I simply could not figure out how to cross this chasm of impossibility, how to find the invisible bridge to my potential that would lead me to become who I wanted to be.
Have you ever felt like it would take a miracle to get you to your destiny?
Indeed, the greatest miracle we may ever experience is to become who we really are. The bravest adventure we may ever embark upon is believing the Promise is greater than the problem.
The questione remains: How do we do that exactly?
Here are 4 simple ways to KNOW YOUR HOT & Get Rid of your Behind:
Step 1: KNOW YOU’RE HOT
Understand that you are not an accident, you are a Masterpiece. You are a ROYAL daughter sent from heaven! Your purpose is to shower heaven’s benefits upon someone else. Start walking around like you are “somebody”. Your confidence is what ministers to others the most!
Step 2: INFLICT DAMAGE
Start understanding that your words are not just meant to describe things – they are meant to destroy some of the lies and ties that are binding you. Start declaring who you are, rather than what you feel – and you will literally starting piercing the darkness of your personal storms.
Start by finding one of the Scriptures on this list and saying it 3 times a day, morning, lunchtime and before bed.
Step 3: SEE THE GOD PAINTING
Without Vision – you are perishing (Prv. 29:18) Start daydreaming, on purpose, some of the goals you want to achieve in the next three months:
What do you want to start, where do you want to go, who do you want to meet? Invite God to show you what He has for you (Jer. 33:3).
Attach visual images, magazine cut outs, photographs – anything that gives you that jolt of enthusiasm when you look at it. Start by looking at your goals every day, in the morning or before bed.
Step 4: START BEFORE YOU ARE READY
Lastly, start moving toward one of those goals – before you feel like you want to. This is crucial, because perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.
Before you feel like you know enough, have the right shoes, and have it all together, start the tiniest bit of motion toward your goal. Lean into it. Buy the kale, put the bottles of water out on the counter, write that thing, make that call – then watch out, Momentum is going to start working for you. Say “I don’t delay, I start today.”
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