What a good feeling! I was finally looking forward to my Monday morning weigh in and blog again! After a week of staying on plan and getting my runs in, I am five pounds down! That's the biggest loss I have ever had in one week! One thing I know, is that WW works when you do it right. It is so nice to see the scale moving in the right direction again!
I am re-motivated and ready to lose the rest of this weight. I had settled into my new "30-ish pounds down" figure and after hovering around that mark for several months, I know how easy it would be to stay there, or even worse, to start creeping up from there. With that weight gone, I feel better, but not great. I didn't start this journey to hate my body less. I started it to prove to myself that after years of self-loathing, it was possible to get to a place of contentment with my appearance. To prove to myself that the "self-control" that I have always displayed in other areas of my life, could also be applied to my diet and exercise.
I've had many revelations along the way, but I guess the thing that stands out to me the most is that being overweight, for me, really is a choice. There may be some people that medically can't lose weight (not sure, just want to make sure that I'm not coming across as condemning). For me, it is a choice. I can lose weight when I am honest with myself and making an effort. It is far from easy to change 32 years of bad eating habits, but it can be done. When I am honest with myself, I have to acknowledge that it's not a question of whether or not I can lose the weight... it's actually whether or not I'm willing to put the work and effort into it. So why should I sit around in the shadows of life, despising my appearance? What kind of example does that set for my children? It's time to love myself more than the chocolate cake! It's time to finish this journey.
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