I have posted before about my life long struggle with weight loss. It's my Achilles heel, my weakness, my challenge in life. Fortunately for me, the genes in my family do not trend towards obesity, so it's not a great deal of weight I'm talking about....just enough to make me uncomfortable and keep me from being the best I can be. I have always felt if I could overcome this one BIG weakness in my life, I could overcome anything. It's not that I don't know how to eat properly or exercise. I've done it before, many times, and lost weight and felt good, only to fall back in to bad habits and put it all back on over time. Weight Watchers, South Beach Diet, Low Carb, Low Fat, Body for Life, Vegetarian, phony HCG, you name it, I've tried it. The same twenty pounds, over and over again. Sound familiar? It's not about vanity or trying to look a certain way to fit in. It's about being healthy and feeling good about myself. I know I can be better. It's like my unfinished college degree used to be....something I had just never finished or taken control of. A loose end. Something that keeps me from feeling like I am doing the best I can. Because I'm not, and I know it.
So, this week, I begin yet another stab at shedding these extra pounds, hoping that THIS time it will stick....that maybe THIS time I will be able to conquer food for good and stay in control. My sister and I are entering a Biggest Loser style contest at the college where she works, with weekly weigh-ins and prizes. It's 11 weeks (don't know why the random number), ending June 20th. I intend to win. I am hesitant to blog about it. That means I am putting myself out there and showcasing my possible failure to the world (or at least the 5 or 6 people who actually read my blog...LOL). I have seen other people do it...put their statistics and pictures out there for all to see (which I won't be doing)...and some did pretty well. Others fell by the weigh side (pun intended). Will I be just another failed attempt? I don't know, but I have to give it a try! One never really fails until they stop trying, right? And along the way I will post some progress, because I know there will be some. It's not so much the losing the weight I struggle with, it's the keeping it off and sticking to it part that has my number.
So, for the next few weeks I hope you will indulge me, or just ignore me, whichever works best...as I share my progress, tips,links, and recipes. I would welcome any you might have as well. Wish me luck!!
1 comment:
Go Terry! You are motivated and that means you won't be one to fall by the weigh side =)
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