Mine is NOT a Success Story

Very inspirational!!! I have slipped over the last few days and ended up gaining on my weekly weigh in. Your post has renewed my motivation.

NovusDies wrote: »

It was a daily process of incremental change. That is why it had to be easy. That is why it had to feel mostly normal and not like I was "dieting" for almost 3 years. You have to find your happy and your normal in as many days as you can along the way. That way you can more easily weather the bad ones. Do not go out of your way to make days harder. That is what I always did. It always led to failure.

The process of weight loss should be as boringly easy as it can be.

Thank you for sharing your experience so openly. Your perspective is an empowering message for those of us that have gone up and down the scale over the years. I have to remember this is a journey. To stay committed and be at peace, I need to even out the highs and lows as much as possible.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I really needed to hear this today.

Thank you so much for your inspiring story. I really needed to be inspired today, I am having a difficult time getting myself on track and I agree with you that we do make it more difficult than it should be putting barriers up at every turn. Make it easy, that is going to be my new mantra! I look forward to other posts you may write.

I loved this!!!!

Beautifully written. Very inspirational. Thank you!

NovusDies wrote: »

mssue18 wrote: »

Very inspirational journey. Thinking I am going to be doing this for years is boring. I am hoping it will be successful. Sometimes it is just not easy no matter how much I try to make it so. I’m just glad to have a variety of foods to choose from as I’m losing weight. I’ve lost almost 10 lbs. so far this time. I’ve gotten a good start. Thanks for your insight!

@mssue18

Congrats on losing 10 pounds. That is great.

As far as it being boring... I can't think of much that is more exciting. The time I have spent so far has radically altered the trajectory and quality of my life. My life before all of this was boring and small. If it had been far harder it still would have been worth it. Waking up without dragging all of that extra me around is like Christmas morning many days... not all days... nothing in life is a constant parade and if anyone tries to sell you that you know they are full of crap.

You are right. Sometimes it won't be easy. But it should not be constantly hard.

But I do understand that not everyone will gain as much as I have by losing as much as I had to lose. Maybe your life is pretty great now and carrying excess weight is not having that much of an impact.

NovusDies wrote: »

mssue18 wrote: »

Very inspirational journey. Thinking I am going to be doing this for years is boring. I am hoping it will be successful. Sometimes it is just not easy no matter how much I try to make it so. I’m just glad to have a variety of foods to choose from as I’m losing weight. I’ve lost almost 10 lbs. so far this time. I’ve gotten a good start. Thanks for your insight!

@mssue18

Congrats on losing 10 pounds. That is great.

As far as it being boring... I can't think of much that is more exciting. The time I have spent so far has radically altered the trajectory and quality of my life. My life before all of this was boring and small. If it had been far harder it still would have been worth it. Waking up without dragging all of that extra me around is like Christmas morning many days... not all days... nothing in life is a constant parade and if anyone tries to sell you that you know they are full of crap.

You are right. Sometimes it won't be easy. But it should not be constantly hard.

But I do understand that not everyone will gain as much as I have by losing as much as I had to lose. Maybe your life is pretty great now and carrying excess weight is not having that much of an impact.

NovusDies wrote: »

mssue18 wrote: »

Very inspirational journey. Thinking I am going to be doing this for years is boring. I am hoping it will be successful. Sometimes it is just not easy no matter how much I try to make it so. I’m just glad to have a variety of foods to choose from as I’m losing weight. I’ve lost almost 10 lbs. so far this time. I’ve gotten a good start. Thanks for your insight!

@mssue18

Congrats on losing 10 pounds. That is great.

As far as it being boring... I can't think of much that is more exciting. The time I have spent so far has radically altered the trajectory and quality of my life. My life before all of this was boring and small. If it had been far harder it still would have been worth it. Waking up without dragging all of that extra me around is like Christmas morning many days... not all days... nothing in life is a constant parade and if anyone tries to sell you that you know they are full of crap.

You are right. Sometimes it won't be easy. But it should not be constantly hard.

But I do understand that not everyone will gain as much as I have by losing as much as I had to lose. Maybe your life is pretty great now and carrying excess weight is not having that much of an impact.

@NovusDies
I can understand the excitement of this journey. The more I am doing this the more I am learning about myself. I am finding my own strengths and accomplishments of how to lose weight. I can actually go through a week of not being so focused on my calorie intake and exercise and even gain a little. But I can see my strength in that I am able to refocus and get back on track just because losing weight is important to me.
It’s not easy for me, but being successful when it’s not easy is very rewarding. I hope I will feel it just as rewarding on the easy days.
I haven’t felt such a big impact on carrying less weight around yet. I am looking forward to losing enough weight to actually feel lighter. I think that will feel thrilling. Just that alone will be such a change. I have a lot to learn about what the kind of results I will have will do for my life. I want to feel better and be healthier and I am looking forward to the changes.