Recognizing your successes and your failures

I've posted a few thing in the last week or so, but over the last few days I've really been thinking about my successes AND my failures. I'm learning how both are as important as the other.

I started all of this last January at 205 pounds. I was not only fat, but I was also unhappy, I ate poorly and I drank too much. January 4th, I changed all of that. I went into my lifestyle journey with a dedication and resolve to make my life better. I quit drinking, started tracking calories and began talking to and treating myself better.

I was spot on for about 3 months. Then slowly I got complacent. Not totally, but enough so that things started slowing down. At this point I had lost about 30 pounds. It took me another 9 months to lose an additional 25 pounds, and if I'm being honest, I've bounced around with the same 10 pounds for the last 4 or 5 months, really making no progress at all.

I decided this morning, I could let that make me a failure or I could look at the success I've had and use it to motivate me to start fresh. I've had many successes and many failures along the way. The most important thing I've learned in this journey is that weight loss is NOT linear. There are going to be good days, bad days and days in-between. What makes you a success or a a failure is how you react to them. Do you give up? Do you keep going? The choice is yours. I'm choosing to keep going. I've come too far to quit now. I've given up alcohol again and am starting back with the basics. I wish you all success, and the occasional failure...only because I think it makes you a little better, a little stronger and a hell of a lot more resilient. It's up to each of us to decide if we're a success or if we're a failure. Choose to be a success.