Weight Loss Is Like A Relationship

During my weight loss journey I have come to realize that weight loss is like a relationship. You get out of it what you put into it. You have good, bad and okay days with every person in your life as you will with weight loss. You will have days of success where you eat right, exercise, drink lots of water and at the end of the day you feel like you are right on track. Then you have a day when people on Facebook talk about Swiss Cake Rolls, Zebra Cakes, and show pcitures of doughnuts and the tempation to eat all of the above listed items is so overwhelming that you o.d. on weight watcher snacks and think that if I eat the entire box of_________ (fill in the blank) weight watcher snacks it's not as bad as eating one or two swiss cake rolls, zebra cakes, or doughnuts, but you're wrong! All those weight watcher snacks add up to be more than the one or two more fattening snacks and when you realize this you feel even more defeated than when you began and what's the point to all this weight loss thing anyway, right? Well, I'll tell you the point. Every good relationship in life, takes time to grow, mold and change. Lasting weight loss takes time and it is a lifestyle change that you have to make for yourself. It's okay to have a good and bad day while you are losing weight. The sooner you realize that you will go through stages in your weight loss of losing and gaining the better off you will be.

Weight loss is as much a mental game as it is a physical game. You have to get your mind going in the direction if you want to beat the number on the scale. There is no fad diet out there that will help you lose the weight AND keep it off and if you keep telling yourself, "oh if I could just lose 5,10,20 pounds by this date, my best friend's wedding, my anniversary etc by trying this fad diet" you are never going to get the results you want. Today marks my twenty pound weight loss goal. I'm thrilled and over the moon that I have finally gotten to this point!! I told myself when I started weight watchers that if I could make it to a weight loss of twenty pounds, then I will be able to do this and achieve my overall goal. I set a small, yet attainable, goal for myself to meet as a test of my own willpower. It took me longer than I orginally hoped it would take, but 4 1/2 months later the scale reflects the effort I have put forth thus far. I'm still dealing with the mental aspect of losing weight. I have thoughts that no matter how hard I work at this I'll never be able to lose it all and keep it off. I often look at other women who are skinnier than me and wish I could look like them, or at least have their thinness, but think it won't ever happen for me. It's a daily struggle, but it's worth it if it means that I am creating a better life for myself and my family. I just keep moving forward, doing the best I can and that's where weight watchers has really come into play and truly helped me. I go to meetings, weigh-in, listen to others talk about the challenges they have, the goals they have met and I know I'm not alone in this. No one ever wants to feel like they are struggling through something alone and wieght loss is a struggle, but one worth going through.

I encourage anyone who reads this and wants to lose weight and keep it off to find "the" thing that works for you, do it, and keeping doing it everyday. You work at when you are stressed, tired, grumpy, bloated, happy, sad, and you keep telling yourself you are worth it! You surround yourself with people who will encourage and motivate you while you are on your weight loss journey and don't let anyone ever make you think, not even for a minute, that you can't lose the weight and keep it off. There is a reason you put on the weight and if you can figure out what that reason is and do something about it, you will be well on your way to your weight loss goal. There are many different things to do: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem are the popular ones. I chose Weight Watchers because I eat food that I buy from the grocery store and/or restaraunt, it holds me accountable by weighing-in and it gives me support through meetings. What works for me, may not be what you need or what works for you. I do encourage you to go with something that gives you realistic goals and expectations. Anything that promises you significant amount of weight loss in a small amount of time isn't going to be worth your time or money to try. They just.don't.work. Period! If you don't want to sign up with a program or you can't afford to, www.livestrong.com is a great website tool you can utilize for free and I highly recommend it. They have an on-line program called My Daily Plate that is similar to weight watchers in that you track what you eat and it helps you calculate the calories your consume. Log on and click on 'Start Tracking', fill in the information and viole' you are ready to begin your weight loss program! If you need help or advice from me, feel free to message me or send me an email. Good Luck and wish me luck as well because I am far from my goal but striving for it everyday!