Found this on another site.. very motivational for the ladie

dixiech1ck

I didn't write this but wanted to share:

I've Decided I'm Doing This for Me

I'm doing this for me. Not for those who called me too fat to be pretty.
Not for the snooty vendors who look down on me when I try on dresses.
Not for those who say "Too bad, she has a pretty face".
Not to make my parents happy.
Not to fit in to a stereotypical idea of beauty.

I'm doing this to get healthy.
To show myself that I can.
To be a strong woman: I can be athletic. I can be beautiful.
I want to feel good in my own skin.
I want to find MYSELF beautiful.
I want to look in my mirror and smile.

I don't want to think "What if I felt good in my skin ..." anymore.
I don't want to look at a beautiful dress and think "Too bad..."
I don't want to think of myself in disgust. My body and I deserve better than that.
I don't want to mistreat my body. It's not my own little garbage can.
I don't want to devalue my health.
I do not want to binge and purge, binge and purge.
I do not want to punish myself anymore.

I'm going to do this, slowly but surely.

And it has made all the difference.

tyadrake

Beautifully said!

elana1987

love this!!!! thanks for sharing

Sarahann0401

Great post!! Thanks for helping to keep things in perspective.

GaiaGirl1992

beautiful! and very very true.

alfredapittman

I love this. Thanks for sharing.

mrsclc

Thanks for sharing! Love it!

lemonadem

Very good find, thanks for sharing!

dixiech1ck

I think sometimes we get off track by all the fad diets and the magazine covers. We need to keep things in perspective. This really made me see what the purpose of my weight loss truly is. I only wish I had written it.

Thanks for the compliments -- keep at it! We're all on here for the same end goal, though our paths for getting there may be different, we are still one.