Learning my lessons

How many times have we all said it? If we had a dollar for every pound we'd lost, regained, lost again...we'd all take one fabulous vacation!

I'm bound and determined that this is the last time I lose every single pound on my journey toward my goal. To think about why I gained every single pound - the decisions, feelings, the situations, emotions - all of it. What I have to do to finally say goodbye to every excess pound FOREVER. I'm sick and tired of seeing those pounds come back to taunt me, reminding me that I gave up yet again.

Of course numbers are a part of it. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I want to see that scale drop every single week. But it isn't just the numbers on the scale - it is the numbers coming back in my annual bloodwork, the sizes of my clothes (and shoes!), the drastic drop in my glasses prescription from cutting sugar way back, to the hours spent hiking. All those numbers count.

I'm teaching myself that this is the time for me to learn lessons I can live the next 50 years of my life. That I can go out and eat a dinner that in past diets I would consider "bad" and an excuse to blow it for weeks or months on end. What I am working my ass off on is that everything in moderation. I can't eat out 8 meals a week and expect to fit into my jeans and have normal blood pressure. It just isn't possible. Does that mean I can't go out to my favorite Mexican restaurant and eat chips and salsa? Nope. It just means that earlier that day I can't have also gone to Panda Express and scarfed down chow mein and orange chicken.

Moderation, balance and planning. If I learn anything on this amazing journey, it will be that.

TravelFunKes

01/14/2015 4:27AM

I heard a doctor on the radio talking about how people who struggle with weight loss shouldn't be viewed as 'weak' or 'failures' because if you count up all the lbs they've lost, they have lost more than most people weigh. In fact, they are very hard working, relative to the rest of the population.

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Karen K

01/14/2015 3:34AM

Thank you for sharing. You speak for many of us that have finally come to the point of "stop the madness" of losing and regaining. At age 52 I have finally come to that point that my health is more important than what I put in my mouth and that I need to exercise or stretch my body to remain strong. I no longer get mad at my doctor who tells me to decrease what I am eating (lots of carbs) and exercise because he is right.

HapiCampr

01/13/2015 8:38PM

Great blog Heather! I agree with every word. This journey is all about living our lives and learning healthy realistic habits along the way. Thanks for posting!!!

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