Contemplating art

I'm considering creating an arm piece (tattoo) for when I reach my goal weight.

I'm thinking about something botanical (maybe trees... I really adore trees and it's rather symbolic of my life and my history) and combining that with the phoenix. I came close to being named Phoenix Ray, but Dad didn't want to go that route (big surprise, hehe). But the meaning of Tasia (shortened version of Anastasia) is similar, if not the same: rising from the ashes. Accomplishing this goal (weight loss) will be a huge milestone for me. I've been chubby/overweight/borderline obese for half my life (starting when I was put in home study; great for my intellectual side, but not so great for exercise! Especially after I suffered a back injury and had to quit karate) and I realized a week ago that I literally don't know what it's like to be, and live, as an active, healthy, fit person. Once you reach your heaviest weight, which for me was 225, your mind stays at that weight. It's more than a body image problem. My theory is, since weight loss (healthy weight loss anyway) is so gradual, whatever weight you are at becomes the "new fat." I refuse to let that mentality rule the rest of my life, and want to actively change that. Rise from the ashes, as it were. You must always die to be reborn, and I'm looking forward to all the changes that I will create