over half way to goal and a new decade!
I can’t beleive it. I have actually managed to get over half way to my goal! That is too cool. I remmeber the last time I did this in 2006 and not far after that, found out I was pregnant. As my husband said, we never really got to enjoy the moment and experience it but this time I intend to! When I first started, seeing the avi of “on my way” which means, o pounds lost, it was an overwhelming feeling. To know that so much has to be lost before I can get to goal, almost unsummountable odds. But I took it one day at a time, one ounce at a time, one meal at a time. Things can get rough and do get rough. But gradually I saw “on my way” replaced with five pounds lost then ten and so on. Now, I have stopped looking behind me, behind at all those times I have lost xxx amount of pounds, to when I had such and such of an avi. Now, I am looking forward! And the view looks great. To those that climb a mountain, how do they do it. So high, so hard and the climb is so steep at times. You know they have to get so exhausted at times but they never stop. They never look behind them and say, I quit, I am just going to enjoy the view from this place.NO, they look at how much work they have already done and they are not satisfied with staying at a certain point. They want to keep going, keep working, keep walking and climbing because they want the ultimate! The highest peak. They don’t sit at their campfire bemoaning all the work they did, how if they were home they could have been doing whatever. No, they look forward to reaching another stage and keep pushing. That is how weight loss is. We are all reaching for the goal peak. All wnating to reach it. But how many of us reach a certain stage and just quit. Determined to just enjoy where we have reached. We can’t do that. There is a peak that needs to be climbed and you know what, we can do it! We can’t just stop at a place but continue on. We can’t go thinking life is so unfair that we can’t do this or have this. You have to have a thirst to reach the top. Nothing else to sway you, no wind no snow and no chocolate. Determination!
I am half way up tha tmountain now and I can see a faint faint glimmer off in the distance of that peak that I am going to reach. At times, I do become tired. Sometimes I have to run really fast to get away from the bread avanlanches that threaten to cover me and stop me. But I keep going. Half way is nothing , I have to go all the way!
So, whose ready to start climbing?
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Now I have to completely change the way I think of weight loss…. I always thought of it as a journey ‘down’. Weight goes down, size goes down, cut down on food, ‘chasing down a dream’ lol I like looking up for a change. Not so much about losing lbs, as gaining confidence and self respect. Reaching the peak, climbing all the way to the top where the view is spectacular. The view is myself in the mirror, at goal and on top of the world! What a trip! Thanks for redirecting my focus from a negative to a positive.
I love this blog. Yes, we have a peak we want to reach and we shouldn’t just stop halfway and say that’s enough. We should keep going and enjoy the view from the top. Like sports too. A team could be halfway through the season and they don’t just stop and say “this looks nice, let’s just stop right here.” No. They want the championship and they keep working towards it. Thanks for the blog.