O, Best Life. . .Day One
5Jan2009 Filed under: Inspiration Author: Stephanie Worrell
OK. Before we even start, I want to get one thing straight—I do not think I’m Oprah. This blog entry may seem to imply that I think I am, but that is not the case. Even though. . .I have renamed myself “The Great White Oprah” after watching the first day of Oprah’s Best Life series. I thought I’d get a lot out of this week, but watching her talk about her weight issues mesmerized me. It was me. How can it be possible that Oprah and I have come to the same place? “Overweight. Overwhelmed.” Say that 100 times. It’s not a tongue-twister, but a stomach-turner. Although, not bad enough for me to put down my Pepsi. Uhhg.
I’m not a mega star, but I did pull out my schedule for the last year and found that I have little to no time for myself—except eating. That is my big ME TIME. Eating is what I do for myself. I like it because I can do it while: talking on the phone, driving, playing with my kids, working, blogging. It’s a multi-tasker’s ultimate ME TIME activity. So, if I’m not doing something that I’m not obligated to doing—I’m eating. For me? Uhhg.
I know I’m not alone. Many of my readers called and e-mailed me similar messages today. “Hey, did you see Oprah? That’s me.” So, there are a lot of Oprah’s out there. . . evidently, I’m not special. But, that is the beauty of the show today. We are not alone. We are people who over-schedule, over-commit, over-do-it and then . . . overeat. Uhhg.
I thought it was awesome in the way that she was so honest about her weight issues. I had been sitting on the potty (reverse ME TIME) reading my O Magazine a couple of weeks ago and thought, “I wonder how she feels about being on the cover these days?” And, today she told us. It’s been hard. Uhhg.
My favorite quote from the show today was:
The journey to take better care of yourself, to honor yourself, to have reverence for yourself, to have harmony with your life, appreciation for your life, to love yourself is a never-ending journey.
That is what I was saying to everyone this past week in my “O, Happy New Year” entry (scroll down). It’s one of my core beliefs. Taking better care of myself is on my list this year. And, I’ll be happy to do it with Oprah. I’m hoping you will be happy to do it with me. It won’t be easy, though. Uhhg.
I suppose if I’m really going to take heed and do everything to become the really “Great White Oprah” I will begin by working on my new schedule with some healthy ME TIME starting tomorrow. I will eat healthier as part of that schedule. I will even get up off the sofa tonight and get on the bike for 45 minutes. Uhhg.
Let’s do it! O, Uhhg. Uhhg.
PS. If you missed her show, link to www.oprah.com. I’m sure you can watch Day One for several weeks.
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This blog is ultimately about telling stories—true stories about things that are important, things that inspire and things that make us happy, sad. . .moved. Authored by Stephanie Worrell—a wife, mother, author, business owner and believer that all things are possible—she has always sought out amazing people and their stories. All of her life (that she can remember), Stephanie has been attracted to people who work to make the world a better place. Stretching the mind and your current way of thinking about things is important to moving forward in life. Stephanie is asking the world to contribute their stories, product suggestions, book review, etc. to this blog. And, who knows. . .someone might just be reading that can take a story to the masses. You never know. O, really—it could happen!
catie w
January 5th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
As a non-Oprah watcher I will admit that the teasers for her Best Life Week shows intrigued me. I was one of those people that Steph mentioned that called and told her that Oprah was directly speaking to me on her show today.
The coincidence of the timing of today’s show was uncanny. I’ve made some pretty big decisions for myself over the last three months (resigning from my job, getting ready to go back to school, etc.) and today was my first day of “freedom” and I loved it. I went to the gym. Ate three healthy meals (and even had a banana for a snack). I was healthy for the first time in a long time because I was actually making (and taking) time for myself.
The last couple of months I haven’t been exercising, or eating breakfast or lunch because I was busy or in a hurry. Then, one morning I woke up and realized I was living my life to make everyone else around me happy and in the process created a very unhealthy me who had little to no time to herself.
What better time to get back to being me – healthy, quirky, and happy – than with Oprah and “The New White Oprah” ? I’m up for the challenge, anyone else?
Johnna Johnson
January 6th, 2009 at 1:30 am
I LOVE the picture you selected to accompany your blog entry. It looks exactly like me!
Uhhg! My favorite take away from Oprah today was this: What am I really hungry for? Wow!! The flood gates were opened and hope restored. I’m excited!!
Stephanie, thank you for sharing! I raise my Diet Coke on ice to you this evening… well, I guess it’s really 12:30am — and only a few more hours until I’m done with work for the night. Uhhg. I’m looking forward to your posts all week…and beyond.