“Life doesn’t begin when you lose 20 pounds.” That’s what I told my co-worker yesterday. I need to remind myself of that everyday.
Isn’t amazing how we put things off with arbitrary weight loss goals. Shopping for new clothes – even when the old ones are out of style and ill-fitting anyway – was always something I put off. Then I had a boss tell me my wardrobe needed to be shaped up. So, I don’t wait for the next 20 pounds. And I don’t buy things, generally, that will look great in five pounds. (And, I only buy things that look really freakin’ fabulous on me – that’s why I don’t look like I weigh as much as do.)
But this idea extends beyond shopping. There is something in my life I have long loved and have not done in ages, until recently. I went out and did it – and I’m having a blast. Meeting new people and learning more about myself. And I’m not going to stop. If I had waited until I lost another 20 pounds, I can’t even bear to think about the fun people and things I would have missed out on.
So, that is it. Life doesn’t begin when you lose the next five, 10 or 20 pounds. It starts now. Don’t put off doing something because you’ve got weight to lose, you’ll never know what you lost by waiting. I’m glad I didn’t!
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I'm finally in that place where I know it's time to lose weight and get healthy, and I keep having to remind myself that there is so much more to this than just losing weight: how many inches I'm losing and the fact that I'm exercising. I'm not always going to have a big weight loss week, and that's okay. That's one of my biggest obstacles, 'cause I always tie success to the number on the scale.
(Also, this is Jill G. from Hudson :-))
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