How badly do we want this??

Did I write this? This feels like me so so much.

I put off losing weight for years I have done it in the past and over time it all came back out and then some. After having my daughter I didn't put a lot of effort into losing weight and really wasn't all that interested I was not unhappy on a day-to-day basis. If I allowed myself to dwell on it yes I was unhappy being so overweight. I knew something had to be done or I would encounter health problems as I got older and of course it's harder to lose the old you are.

I set about to lose weight and at some point had the realization that I had to eat this way forever it wasn't a diet it was something I would have to do forever and finding something I could live with daily. Is taking a lot longer than I would've imagined I have been doing this for about 18 months and bounce around the 50 pound lost mark. In general I am very happy where I am and would like to lose another 20 to 30 pounds, Which I'm guessing will take 6 to 10 months to do so. So while it has been slow it has been sustainable of course I bounce around a few pounds which most people do anyway regardless of weight.

Two trains of thought have kept me on track first is time is passing weather or do something or not or is other people have put it a year from now you wish you started today. The other is you have to eat like this in person you want to be Or imagine you will be.

Of course there are days and times I wish I could just go back to eating whatever I want whenever I want. Clearing out most of my closet of bigger clothes leaving me with fitting or even small clothes is a continual motivator on top of all the other reasons.

Given my age going back to 80+ pounds overweight simply is not an option. PERIOD. I have some before and after pics in my profile I reset my ticker at the beginning of the year just as an FYI.

Good luck I hope you find your way!

That is so true! The "Wanting" to lose weight isn't always strong. It's uncomfortable to make changes. I hate that! It should be more rewarding to take risks and be uncomfortable. I have a lot to think about now. Thank you for sharing.

I would also add that one of the biggest reasons I see people fail is that they think the have to do a 180* overnight and completely change their entire way of life...and then they don't see the instantaneous results that they thought they would surely see and three weeks later they give up.

It's a long haul...nothing happens overnight...this is all a series of baby steps. When you fall down you get back up and just keep going...you don't "start over"...that is small thinking...that if you have fallen, you must have failed and thus must start at the beginning. Big picture thinking allows you to get up, brush yourself off, and carry on. It's all about making little positive changes here and there...next thing you know you're like damn...I'm rockin' this **** and loving every second of it.

If you're like most of us, you'll likely have to address your definition of healthy...for most people (and most of us were there at one time or another), eating "healthy" means being really restrictive...eating lots and lots of celery and salad and what not and eliminating pretty much anything that even remotely tastes good...'cuz if it tastes good, it must not be good for you amirite? I mean I see all of the time here on MFP..."what are some healthy recipes?"...and I just kinda shake my head. Just pick up a cook book and cook food with scratch ingredients...that's healthy...

Really though, it's about baby steps...it's about trying to be better today than you were yesterday and sleeping well tonight in the knowledge that you will rock the party tomorrow and be even more awesome. You're not going to be 100% all of the time...you will miss workouts...you will over indulge on occasion...again, these aren't reasons to start over...these are reasons to get up and carry on and become one with awesomeness.