I'm sure you've all heard that Caitlin from Health Tipping Point  is writing an Operation Beautiful the book! And as you all know…I am ALL about the Operation Beautiful Mission.  I have submitted my fair share of Operation Beautiful notes on her page and still even keep some of them up around my house to remind myself everyday that I'm worth it! 

Caitlin asked that her readers submit their notes and stories and she would then choose 125 of these notes/stories to be in the book. So being the HUGE fan that I am of Operation Beautiful, I wrote up a little thing and attached my favorite Operation Beautiful Note, then sent it her way.  I figured it was a long shot, but why not try! 

Well…guess what?  She chose my story and note to be one of the entries in the book! I was so excited when I found out!  While writing this blog about my past struggles and current experiences I pray that in some way I might help someone see things a bit differently. I pray that perhaps my words may touch someone and help them become a smidge better, stronger and happier. I want so bad to help people realize that they have the power within themself to make a difference and they can make positive changes in their life. If people could only see how possible it is to make these changes and eliminate negativity from their life, they would jump on board immediately! I am so thankful for Caitlin and the opportunity she has given me to share my story with people from all walks of life! 

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to share my message just yet , so you'll have to buy the book to read it! It comes out in December 2010.  I can hardly wait!  I think I am going to give it as gifts to everyone I know….(and not because I'm in it) but because Operation Beautiful is a wonderful thing.

Did you know that more people are struggling with anorexia and bulimia than are fighting breast cancer? Did you know that most girls go on their first diet by the age of 8 years old? Operation beautiful is about stopping self hatred. Operation Beautiful is about accepting our self and loving our self despite our imperfections. Operation Beautiful is about believing in our self, encouraging our self, loving our self,  respecting our self and taking action to show our self that love and respect.  Operation Beautiful is about changing our inner dialogue and believing in who we are and who we will become.  Operation Beautiful is beautiful.

Foot Update
My food its still wacko! Yesterday around 7pm, it started to feel better…like a million times better! It still hurt but it was so minimal in comparison to earlier. I was so happy. A while later my calf muscle started to hurt. It was like it had a perma cramp.  I went to sleep and when I woke up this morning, the pain in my foot returned….really bad. Not quite as bad as yesterday but pretty darn close, and the entire back portion of my calf KILLS.  What the what?  I don't get it. I went to sleep with little pain and little swelling in my foot and woke up with a lot of pain and complete swelling.  I have no idea what is going on. I might need to visit the Doc. I had an awesome upper body workout last night that i'll share later today! 

Update after publishing: EEeek! Sorry about the pictures not fitting, I don't have time to re-size them!

Good Afternoon!! I didn't get back to sleep until 5:45am this morning, but I did sleep until 8:40am. I feel great. Although when I looked in the mirror I didn't think so.  I decided to get rid of that negative thought by putting into action what I love about most about Operation Beautiful. I left myself a positive thought to think about and gave the negative one a kick in the butt.

I felt much better after that and started began cleaning.  Take a look at a few before and afters:

Messy Night Stand Before

Messy Room Before

Clean Night Stand and Room After

I also cleaned our bathroom head to toe, did the laundry, vacuumed, dusted and ate a yummy breakfast!

Special K with berries and a few walnuts. MMMM!! I love cereal! After breakfast, I started working on my secret project, I've been at it ever since! I promise I'm going to tell you about it soon, just not yet!

I still have a ton of work to do before dave gets home, so I better get back too it. Thanks for letting me share my before and after pictures. I love having things clean. It drives me up the wall to have a mess or have things unorganized.  Living with my parents in this small bedroom has been my worst nightmare.  There is no room for anything. I can't help but feel like i'm disorganized or even like i'm a hoarder when all I have is 200 square feet to fit EVERYTHING. Another annoying thing is we don't have any of our own stuff. Its all in storage. All we have is our clothes and bathroom stuff.  We planned on only living here for 3 or 4 months, but in a few weeks it will almost be a year! AHHHH!!! Kill me now! We have had some crazy times over the past year trying to find a home, but I think we have finally got everything worked out.  We put an offer in on a short sale and I think we will hear back from the bank next week. (Cross your fingers and pray for us).  If everything goes well, we could be in the house in less than a month. OMGosh!! I can't even remember what it's like to live on our own or have our own house/space and things.  I can't wait. Once we move, we will have lived with my parents longer than we ever lived together as married couple. HOW SAD! (bonus is we have been able to save save save!)

Look at me rambling on and on.  I really do need to get back to work!! Have a great day!  I'll post about our Crossfit workout and anything else exciting tomorrow!

QA:
Have you ever lived with your parents or in super tight quarters?
Do you like things organized or disorganized?