A healthy living confession

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I’ve been overweight, I’ve lost weight, and I’ve been overweight, and I’ve lost weight. In 2007 I decided to make losing weight a priority. It took approximately a year, but I lost over 50 pounds.

I must confess:

• My weight loss did not happen with a pill.
• My weight loss did not happen due to some really cool food/diet plan.
• My weight loss did not happen because I decided to stop eating.
• My weight loss did not come in a box.
• My weight loss did not come easy
• My weight gain was no one’s fault but my own. No one force-fed me my food.

Most who talk about weight loss failure talk about the wrong vision. Most are too busy trying to place blame instead accepting responsibility.

I must confess:

• I still fight to keep my weight off every moment of my day.
• I will not expect to lose the weight in a fraction of a time it took to gain it.

Most who talk about weight loss failure hate to talk about it all together.

I must confess:

• It wasn’t easy losing weight, it is by far one of my toughest accomplishments
• I put in A LOT of hours of hard work, dedication, research, control and emotional investment into losing my weight.
• My weight loss became a part of me and my lifestyle, not just something I did.

Most who talk about weight loss failure are jealous of those who succeed.

I must confess:

• I was jealous too, but I used that jealousy to fuel my fire.
• I learned that anything worth doing, is worth doing again until I get it right.
• I stopped comparing myself to others and their weight – it was about me, not them.

I said IS not WAS. My weight loss continues everyday.

I must confess:

• I’m not perfect. I still eat take-out, have an occasional alcoholic beverage, and YES I do eat fatty foods.
• I have learned the art of control. I control what I eat, not the other way around.
• I do have good days and I do have bad days – keeping them in balance alleviates my stress.
• I do not blame or punish myself for a moment or moments of weakness.
• After all I am human

The ebb and flow of my life and my eating habits do not exist in a bubble. No matter what you see, hear, touch, read, apply, or believe in, weight loss success boils down to one simple concept:

WILL – The will to keep going. It is the strong-willed that succeed.

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”