My fav motivational post(s)

fitbethlin

I looked this up again in response to someone else's random question about joining a gym a few months after her husband of 10 years walked out on her. Brutal situation. And this is a pretty brutal post. But I re-read it every few months and I get up and I go to the gym and I eat my chicken breast and veggies.

I thought I'd just throw it out there for everyone else. I this post.

How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps
"You realize that it’s not about hitting a goal weight, or lifting a weight. It’s about being able to wait. Waiting, being patient, and trusting that life will slowly inch along and things will eventually get better. After all, change takes time."

https://medium.com/@AaronBleyaert/how-to-lose-weight-in-4-easy-steps-1f135f7e1dec

Followup post! The 2 Pounds Rule

" It will take you always being the odd person out who is ordering *kitten* with no cheese and no butter and the sauce on the side and fruit instead of home fries and are those fish tacos grilled or fried and is there any way I could substitute brown rice for that and sometimes eating before you go out and and sometimes looking up the menu beforehand so you know exactly what you’re going to order and sometimes even bringing your food to parties and eating in the kitchen like a psychopath and always without fail dealing with everyone looking at you like some kind of culinary freak… But take pride in those things. "

https://medium.com/@AaronBleyaert/on-the-2-pounds-rule-the-magic-trick-of-weight-loss-b16c95e50b19