I am prone to perspire, said charitably, at any fitness level. When I was 80 pounds overweight, I was a sweat fountain! I would sweat thinking about physical exertion, let alone experiencing any. As a result, I developed an entire protocol to account for my sweating and limit the embarrassment it would cause me. The bandanas were a critical part of the protocol.
Every day, I would have a long self conversation and some form of calculus would ensue:
- How warm is it outside?
- How hard will I have to work to get to my destination?
- How warm will it be inside when I arrive?
- Will I be presenting in front of a group or can I hang in the background?
- What can I wear to hide my sweat stains?
- And don't forget the dew rag!
You may wonder why I spent so much time addressing the symptoms of the problem rather than the problem itself. Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. I was so used to making allowances for being overweight that I barely realized I was doing it. For a long while, I was simply resigned to living life with an extra degree of difficulty. The maneuvering around my weight issues was simply additional weight I elected to carry, my personal ball and chain.
I had no idea how much weight I was carrying emotionally until I was no longer carrying the weight physically. I share this story to encourage you to take a closer look at your life. Maybe you have some bandanas that you don't need to be carrying. They are heavier than you think.
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