Just be...

mrsgoodwine
mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
in Motivation and Support
This is what my fiance said to me last night when I was sharing my frustration with weight loss. It's been extra hard this time around due to many different factors. My age, hormones, stress level. I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. I asked him what "just be" meant and he basically said it was my mentality. If I think I can be successful at weight loss. If I want to be that healthy and toned person that I use to be - then I have to believe I can do it and follow the plan. I like that. So now, I have decided to just be. I am going to be healthy, I am going to be strong, I am going to be successful. I'm just going to be.

Have you ever had someone say something to you that caused a turning point in your weight loss mentality? Please share.

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  • Lizzie_FL
    Lizzie_FL Posts: 8 Member
    I love that! He's so right. Over the past year I have tried a few different diets and my conclusion: "don't diet". Eat healthy and exersise. Take it day by day. I will be fit and healthy if I keep moving in that direction. :)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Love it! And so true! Sometimes I get too 'end result' orientated that I forget to enjoy the everyday successes. Everyday you choose to be healthy and make good choices is a WIN!!!!!

    And believe me Mrsgoodwine....I can TOTALLY relate to the hormone thing!!!!!!!! Damn menopause! But it's just a hurdle, if we hang in there and do our best...we'll be rewarded down the road!!
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    Yes! Thanks so much, Ladies!
  • _EmmaStrong_
    _EmmaStrong_ Posts: 647 Member
    He is so right! Nobody knows better than you, what's right for you. You alone have the ability to be perfect. You/we need to erase all the self-defeating ideas that are wandering around in our heads.- and just be! If we don't someone is going to take advantage of us and then we're lost. You know what you need to do, that's right for you, and you just do it!
  • JSheehy1965
    JSheehy1965 Posts: 404
    So true. Worrying about my weight isn't going to do anything. Just enjoying a healthier lifestyle, enjoying making healthy meals and chatting with my husband and knowing it's not a race, but I'm going to get there has helped me enormously.
  • turbogirl4christ
    turbogirl4christ Posts: 177
    Amen! He is sooo right and I REALLY needed to hear this today! Thank you for sharing!
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    Love it!
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    Just be. I love it. Posting it on my wall. Tell your husband some random person on the Internet said thank you!
  • pennyrtyler
    pennyrtyler Posts: 79 Member
    I love that. "just be." :-)

    My child psychology instructor in college said, during a lecture, "nobody can make anybody else mad, or sad, or happy." He was talking about the power we give other people. He will never know it, but he released me from feeling responsible for other people's satisfaction. I love him for that.
  • toysbigkid
    toysbigkid Posts: 545 Member
    Tell him a big thank you from me also. Wow, that hit home for me...thanks for sharing that!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • toysbigkid
    toysbigkid Posts: 545 Member
    I guess he made a big difference in a few of us..........what an amazing world we live in!

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