To all those seeking motivation and friends

I'm proud of you. You are looking to make a healthy life change and improve your health and fitness. Awesome.

It's a long road. One that requires patience, dedication, an understanding that weight fluctuates, and takes TIME. You will go weeks without shedding a pound, even if you are doing everything right. That's normal. Don't stress it. you will overindulge and eat over your calories. That's okay too. its not the end of the world, i promise. You will eat out, get drunk, and have lazy days. That's okay too. Just hop back into the healthy routine as soon as you can. Not the end of the world. I've lost 80 pounds and have 40 to go. Might come off this year, might come off next. no worries it will come off. a half pound a week is better than nothing a week. and nothing a week is better than a gain a week.

But only YOU can motivate YOU.

It doesn't matter what I do, what your other MFP friends do, what your real life friends do, or what anyone does.

IT. IS. ON. YOU.

YOU are the one who has to make the time to learn to weigh your food. YOU are the one who has to learn to say ' no thank you' to people pushing food on you. YOU are the one who has to make yourself workout. YOU are the one who has to, not only be tired of being overweight, but also WANT to make that change. AND.DO.IT.

YOU are the one who has to want these changes, and work every day, to achieve your results. No matter whats going on around you.

And YOU.CAN.DO.IT.

Don't make excuses. I cared for 2 grandparents that died, moved 4 times. left an abusive ex and then he died. Have kids. a full time job. a day that starts at 3 am. friends. a fiance. in other words ... a very busy life. We all do. Don't make excuses. Every day. I do it.

AND SO CAN YOU.



I do accept friend requests. But I live up to my screen name. If I see you doing something unsafe, I WILL call you out on it. If you have an eating disorder, I will delete you. I don't look at diaries, unless you constantly bemoan not losing weight. Then I look. And if you are not using a food scale .... will call you out on it. I don't click like for much, especially the automatically generated ' so and so closed their diary or worked out or logged in for x days'. Give me something funny to comment on, and if I see it, I'll likely chime in. I'm not going to tell you to go workout. You're an adult. Go do it.

And now .... toodles. It's gym time. Have a good day, everyone. And you've got this.