I go before people like myself tomorrow. There will be people who have lost weight. Want to lose weight. Can't control their eating. Have tried everything. Workout constantly. Eat healthy. And some who may have had surgery. That is the only thing I haven't done with regard to my weight.
I am tipping the scale at 167 right now. That is 18 pounds higher than where I was at the end of May. It is 27 pounds higher than I would like. It is 32 more pounds higher than my original goal. It is unacceptable.
I have had people remind me that muscle weighs more than fat - it does. But muscle is not what is making the buttons want to bust off my pants right now - it is fat. Fat that I swore I would never let come visit again. Fat that has no place in my life. Fat that I can blame no one but myself for - I have failed me.
As I slid back into old eating habits (huge portions and high sugar), I also started to slow down my exercise. That's a 1-2 punch to the gut - literally. I now am living proof of what I have preached for a very long time - "This is forever. It's a lifestyle change. You can't go back to the way you were before, it won't work."
I am feeling very hypocritical as I prepare to stand before these people tomorrow. Some will be looking for hope, some for inspiration. I plan to give them both and I will be looking for both for me as well. I expect I will find it in stories and struggles that sound startlingly like my own.
Yours in health, Kate
P.S. - I have already been proactive - my brother and I are now training for the Des Moines Marathon 5K. Since I refuse to be slower than I was last year - I guess I have no choice but to skim off some weight and get running again.
Not that I'm in any real place to give advice, but something that's helped me of late (and hopefully in the long term) is to think about what I've done so far and remember that if I could do THAT...I can keep going and keep on track.
ReplyDeleteJust remember how far you've come. In my weight loss classes they talk a lot about lapses and relapses. The difference is a lapse is temporary. Break the chain now (I actually mentally picture my steps in a lapse as a chain). Break the chain and go back to what you know is healthy and right for you. I know it's easier said than done. Believe me. But it's all just mental work.
I know you can do it. From what I know of you from reading your blog for a while now, I'm positive you can get back on track.
Don't feel hypocritical. You understand where they are. You understand the struggle that never really goes away, no matter if we fool ourselves into thinking it will, "once we hit goal weight". :)
You're awesome Web Gal! Sounds like a speech I might have made. I am doing better. I have a new plan. And if John McCain doesn't screw it up too bad... LOL. Just kidding, sort of.
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