5/10 pounds from being Happy? Good Read!

Remember why you're doing what you're doing Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:16 AM PDT Ever get on a roll, driving home from work or whatever, and when you get there, you wonder how it happened?  That always freaks me out!  It makes me wonder how many stoplights I actually ran and people I cut off.  Yikes! And although, I assume many of you would be perfectly content to throw on a pair of pants one day and have them fall off with no actually memory of how you lost all that weight in the first place, I'm pretty sure few of you are going to be that lucky. That being said, I've been wondering how many of us get into the groove of "I've got to lose weight" without really assessing whether or not you really do. Sure, we talk about health reasons for managing weight -- why a person would think that taking "just one" diabetes pill a day is a more reasonable solution to manage their blood sugar than losing  15 pounds and taking no pills -- I don't know. Health considerations aside -- most of the reasoning I hear for weight management is aesthetically driven.  And again, I'm fine with "how we look" being the reason we set out on this kind of journey. But.... What if we're just ASSUMING we need to lose weight? What if we're always going to be  5 pounds away from happy? What if we never learn that losing weight can make life easier in many ways but it won't solve the problems? For example:  in the "losing the 15 pounds so you can go off your diabetes medication" -- it isn't the weight loss that drove those results -- it altering the behaviors that caused you to gain the weight in the first place. And my point is this:  If you're struggling with practicing a more restrained and mindful eating style...if you're struggling with increasing your activity level...if you're making the changes you need to make but it's hard and you're not seeing the weight fall off like you'd like it to.... Don't give up.  Be happy now -- not 5 pounds from now.  Know that as you're working through this process, you are making yourself healthier and more fit.  The weight loss will come but the increased health is here right now.  And perhaps that can be enough....for right now.

Thanks for this post. I constantly need to be reminded to be happy where I am as I strive to lose some more weight. I am certainly more healthy than I was a year ago.
Sandra

That is the right attitude Sandra, look how healthy you are now. Keep exercising and jus****ch what you eat. Try not to let the old habits creep back in! Hugs Debbie

Thanks Debbie, encouragement is always welcomed and needed. I'm lkearning to love the new me! Sandra

Hello Debbie.....another great post! I am happy where I am but down 12 more pounds would make me happier!!

Love your last quote too!!

HUGS....connie d

There ya go Connie...you are happy where you are at! Whhooooo!

Now instead of thinking I gotta lose those 12 pounds, say to yourself...I'm going to work on getting off 3 pounds this month. Then work at it. If you make that goal great! If not just keep plugging away. Before you know it, those 12 pounds will be gone...gone...gone!