At the ripe old age of 30 I have finally decided to take charge of my health. My wake up call? The scale.
242 pounds. I could not believe the number on the scale as I stood there at the doctor’s office during my annual physical. Why was I so surprised? There were many indicators of how out of control my weight had gotten. I kept cycling through the same outfits because they were the only ones that fit. It was almost impossible to cross my legs without the help of my hand. I was winded playing with my daughter. I wanted to sleep all the time.
I was surprised when my doctor said that I was healthy. I was not diabetic. No aches and pains. Blood pressure was normal. However I knew that just because I was healthy now, it didn’t mean it was going to stay that way. I needed to take action.
In this blog I will document my weight-loss journey. I think it’s important that we all openly discuss weight loss struggles and support each other. I know that I can’t embark on this journey alone and expect to be successful. I’ve tried that before. I hope to be able to connect with others going through the same journey and at best I hope to inspire somebody to begin their weight loss journey.
Thank you so much for what you said it has encouraged me because I have struggled through the same thing thinking I can do it by myself and I do need assistance from others and to talk about weight loss and the struggles that I’m having and hear the struggles of others so that I can continue on knowing that I’m not alone I really really need to lose 20 pounds I’ve been trying for some years now and I keep getting stuck with going back and forth eating the same food getting happy if I lose a few pounds and thinking I have forever to do it and pick the pounds back up again and now it’s just like I’m at the giving up Point like it’s never going to happen I keep fighting for it and I can’t do it and I had to realize I can’t do it by myself and I do need others and I need to discipline myself and follow the damn instructions I will be fine so that is my struggle following the damn instructions and stop thinking it is so easy and I should be able to do it by myself .. beating myself up… knowing that I cannot do it by myself.
La Vinia you can do it! It does require a tremendous effort on our part because we have to change our habits and re-learn what we have lived with our entire lives. It does get uncomfortable sometimes, but nobody can do this for us. We have to do it ourselves. I wish you the best of luck on your journey!