I AM GOING TO QUIT!

I have Hashimoto's too. Got diagnosed 17 years ago, after 7 years of being told it was all in my head and I needed to see a psychiatrist. Really.

Don't count on the medicine to take care of everything.

I've changed my exercise and after 9 month plateau things are moving again. I may never be a skinny minnie, but darn it, I'm going to get strong.

Inspirational

I agree with the last post: you are healthy and have a healthy attitude. So much to be proud of, eating healthy and working out, staying involved in life. Good for you! I also hope to be where you are some day soon. Your story was well written and inspiring.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I have tried it all, and even though I've lost 30 pounds in 5 years, I have more or less stopped. I get obsessed with tracking and the scale, and then say I'm not going to do it anymore, just to turn around and do it again. Your post is very inspiring and I thank you so much. I am thankful to be as healthy as I am, having a kidney transplant 5 years ago, and am still going strong!

Enjoy your life - you deserve it!

Best of luck to you! And enjoy every single minute of the rest of your "journey".

Loved your post, Thank you!!!

It's not quitting mama...it's called "WELCOME TO MAINTENANCE"!!

YES YES YES!!!!! Love this! And you are beautiful...inside and out........I wish there was a MFP person of the year....because YOURE IT!:flowerforyou:

You have fought the good fight. You have finished the course. BTW, Marilyn Monroe was a size 12.

I'd be thrilled to be a size 12. Congrats on your loss!

Now that you got all that out of your system, how do you feel? Don't quit! Fitness and nutrition is not a destination, it is a lifestyle choice until it becomes a lifestyle habit. You're learned a lot so take advantage of what you've learned and keep on keeping on. Thank you for the story.

I agree that your note would make a great magazine article.

Very well written. Thanks for sharing your story. I would say you have won this battle.

Best of luck.

This is a good reminder to me not to focus on what the scales say (which I'm already trying to do). Some of us just aren't designed to be small, thin people. I want to find a happy balance. It sounds like you have.

Don't give up what you've gained.

:flowerforyou: BlisterLamb :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
I'm proud of you, that you have for these 7 long years gone thru so very much and have got down to a beautiful size--you rock, period.

Reading your post brought these things to my heart/mind as well, may the bless and encourage you as they do me--this is a long post...but it's GOOD girlfriend, I hope you'll read this and meditate on these things too:



A Creed to Live By

Don't underestimate your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would for your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you will live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is in taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it is impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give love; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't dismiss your dreams; to be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where where you are going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored every step of the way.

Author unknown,

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Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary,
because it means you’ve made a difference.

It’s easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.

Courtesy of Affirmations-for-Success.com


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Do Happy: Compare Well
by Lori Deschene

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” ~Lao Tzu

Conventional wisdom suggests if you want to be happy you shouldn’t compare yourself to other people. Conventional wisdom isn’t always realistic.

Try as you may to completely stop making comparisons, you’ll likely come back to the instinct at least on occasion.

Discontent is part of the human condition—the nagging sense that something’s missing, even when you seem to have it all. We’re constantly evolving, growing, and looking for new ways to expand our impact on the world. New ways to reach and stretch our potential.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing if you see the pursuit as constant gain, instead of the cause as constant lack. And it’s equally harmless to compare yourself to others if it allows you to learn from people you admire.

If you compare yourself to your boss, and it motivates you to work smarter, that comparison improved your life for the better.

If you compare yourself to someone your age who started a non-profit, and it inspires you to volunteer, that comparison made a difference in not just your life, but others’, too.

It’s when the comparison game gets you down on yourself that you need to be cautious.

When you sit around complaining it isn’t fair someone had more advantages instead of working harder to create your own luck.
When you feel paralyzed because you’ve made nowhere near the same progress as someone else in a similar place.
When you convince yourself there’s something wrong with you for not having, achieving, or being like someone else.
When you think you need to compete with someone else to get approval from other people.
When you start thinking you should “have it all” instead of honing in on what you really want—which is the only way to devise a plan to get it.

Comparing for the sake of complaining does nothing but hold you back.

There will always be someone smarter, stronger, more attractive, more successful, wiser, healthier, and happier than you. Just like there will always be someone who doesn’t have your potential, advantages, or opportunities. None of it guarantees any of you are happy. And isn’t happiness the main goal in the end?

Choose your comparisons wisely. Find people who’ve done what you actually want to do and use comparisons as motivation to improve.

Do Happy. It’s something you’re due.

Thank you for not given up, but, in reality sticking to it. On what works for you!

My Hero!