Found this little bit of inspiration today and loved it!

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So you’ve been awake for a few minutes now. Thinking about what you ate yesterday. the stupid, stupid mistakes that you would love to go back and change. the calories that didn’t make you any happier. that extra digit that showed up on the scale. so you’re going to do what? sit on tumblr all day staring at the pictures of the girls that you wish you could be? read the blogs of girls who are succeeding? try to not eat for a few hours and then give into your depression? NO. you will achieve it. screw that scale. screw the people who told you you weren’t worth it. screw the food sitting in the pantry, the fridge, the stores, the restaurants. ladies, it’s day 1 of no more binges. day 1 of consistent pound loss. day 1 of sore abs, legs, and butts. count ahead a few days. where are you? day 30 of the guys noticing you. day 47 of proving your family wrong. day 59 of your skinny friends not lying when they call you pretty. day 70 of not being embarrassed in dressing rooms. day 82 of everyone asking if you’ve lost weight. day 95 of shopping in the small sizes. day 110 of people picking you up to give you hugs without thinking you’re too heavy. day 123 of feeling the jealousy of other girls looking at you. day 132 of being somebody else’s thinspo. you can’t get to those days without having a day 1. and those dates may seem far away, but think about this: day 2 includes being happy with your choices from the day before.

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  • swthrtsmrf
    swthrtsmrf Posts: 384
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    LOVE this! It is true! You cannot get to those days without day 1 and taking charge! Thanks for posting this.
  • sc1572
    sc1572 Posts: 2,309 Member
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    LOVE it!
  • colgosling
    colgosling Posts: 104 Member
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    Love this - thanks for sharing :happy:
  • ChattyKitten
    ChattyKitten Posts: 53 Member
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    This is great! Thanks for putting it up :flowerforyou:
  • lvpthemvp
    lvpthemvp Posts: 266 Member
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    Awe! what a nice post!
  • Gdzgal771
    Gdzgal771 Posts: 152 Member
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    *BIG THUMBS UP!!!*:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 694 Member
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    Fabulous!
  • hopefloatsup
    hopefloatsup Posts: 207 Member
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    Love this. Sounds stupid, but literally brought a tear to my eye! I'm having one of those "I feel bloated" days and noticed I started to have that "will this even work" attitude this morning. We're too hard on ourselves sometimes, and I'm super guilty of this. To the point that it annoys my husband LOL. Thank you for posting this. I may even print it out and hang it up for daily motivation! :flowerforyou:
  • loischapman
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    wonderfully Put!!!
  • jgondor
    jgondor Posts: 145 Member
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    loved this. i was thinking of my own transition while reading it and it made me smile. thanks :-)
  • mmoonstars
    mmoonstars Posts: 103 Member
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    ooooo going to send this out to some MFP friends that could use it :):)
  • tz2187
    tz2187 Posts: 250 Member
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    Love it!
  • brandimacleod
    brandimacleod Posts: 368 Member
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    Thank you so much. I have hit plateau status this week and it sucks. Add to that I have been hungry, hungry, hungry....so that was a wonderful reminder of all that I have done, and all that I have yet to acheive, and to stop thinking it should have happened already. I am going to close down the laptop, and go forth and get healthy. Happy Sunday!:smile:
  • DiannaMoorer
    DiannaMoorer Posts: 783 Member
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    Awesome!
  • Partyofpugs
    Partyofpugs Posts: 105
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    Everyone has those days. This is a really good read. Too often we think in the past and you reminded me to think in the future. My vision is watching my Grandchildren have children. It keeps me going. Thanks for posting this!
  • StephTheBookworm
    StephTheBookworm Posts: 177 Member
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    Really great. Saving it to read again. Thank you.