There’s no doubt that winning at the weight loss game is a war full of battles. Some of the those battles, i.e. resisting those peanut M&M’s, I’ll win. I’ll successfully resist them and they’ll survive to tempt me another day. Other times, like yesterday, I’ll inhale them and wish for more.
I’m realizing the trick to sticking with my diet for the long haul is to forgive myself when I’m not perfect. But, that’s oh so hard to do! I tend to treat every bad food choice as a personal failure, and when I feel like I’ve failed I turn to food for comfort.
But, if I keep that destructive pattern up, this fat on my body will never go away. And I became acutely aware of exactly how much fat I have hanging around yesterday when I decided to try and “jog” for a short time. I could feel every ounce of my fat jiggling up and down – and it was not a pleasant sensation.
My biggest challenge is dealing with the negative thoughts in my head. You know the ones I’m talking about. It’s the voice that says “it’s too hard” “I can’t do it” “it’s not working” “why bother cuz I’ll never keep it off anyway” “I’m a fat pig so I may as well eat like one,” and so on.
It’s hard to sustain momentum when you’re like me and have a lot of weight to lose. I’ve lost 55 pounds so far which is exciting but that’s not even half of what I have to lose.
Yeah, it’s feeling like it’s going to be the 100 year war.
BUT I WILL WIN IT!
I’m going to try and start thinking of my weight loss battle like a war because most wars are not won or lost in one day or in one battle. It’s the overall momentum that counts. If I can keep the general momentum of weight loss going, then I’ll know I’m winning even when I have bad days (or bad weeks) where I can’t seem to stop myself from shoving masssive amounts of food in my mouth.
I CAN DO IT – and if you have weight to lose, I know you can do it too!
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