The Lady on the Box and Going the Full Measure

The Lady on My Treasure Box

Have you ever had a treasure box?  One that you put only your most treasured items in.  Something that you may have hid under your bed or left on your dresser so you could see it often.  I had and I still have such a box.  My grandmother gave her to me as a consolidation instead of this seashell jewelry case I was really keen on.  I'm so glad she did.

There was a lady on this box.  She was from another time and appeared to be pretty tranquil, I like to think of her as french and from Provence!  I used to hold the box and wonder what it would be like to be her.   I identified with her in some ways, she had brown hair, so did I.  She seemed to be shaped like me or how I would have liked to have been shaped.  I thought of her as beautiful.

Inside of her I kept some very, very special things.  My dad's military tags, he had been in the Korean War.  I never met him, he passed away before I was born and the tags and some pictures are how I remember him.  A comb, I used to always wear combs in my hair, my Jr. Miss medallion, I was the underdog so there is some sweetness still to that achievement.  A picture of my grand prize sewing outfit for 4-H.  A pin from my achievement in the Hugh O'Brien Youth organization. Jewelry and gifts from my parents, grandparents and my pen pals.

I kept the box, she still has these things inside.  I found her recently in my room at my parents farm when I was packing up my stuff to move it permanently to California.  My parents were moving to town and so at the very young age of 42 I had to go clean out my room.   I can only say, I spent a good hour with her in my lap, going through everything inside of her sections.  I still wondered what it would be like to be her.   To be her with only the things which represented the best of me inside of her.

My Best Treasures

I've been thinking of her again, as I started to think how I would craft this next blog about measuring
food and why that's so important.   About being aware of only putting the best inside of you.   If you really want to be something better, if you really want to achieve something great, you have to do your best and be accountable to yourself.

As for my low carb lifestyle, I'm the treasure box.   I have to only put the best inside of me!  I have to eat right and exercise right and be the best I can be.  I know we all can do that.   If you don't already have measuring cups...go out and treat yourself to some.   Start to measure your food, start to count those carbs and those steps.

Measure your food and measure yourself!  Trainers will do this, they will take measurements to see where you are losing or gaining muscle.  I did that at the beginning and I just remeasured this week.  Shockingly in total I've lost 19 inches.  7 off my chest, 6 off my waist and 6 off my hips.   I hope this inspired you.  I hope you are able to look inside, to see that you owe it to yourself to treat your body well.

Happy Carb Counting!