Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
The Little Victories
This is a blog I made about 3 or 4 months ago when I started noticing many of the small changes that I really start to appreciate
A lot of my friends and people I meet, ask me how I stay motivated to lose weight, or stick with my "diet". Honestly for me, The number on the scale is a very small detail in the matter. Yes a lot of us can easily obsess over the scale, and really use it to beat ourselves up, but I find comfort in the small victories.
Coming down from a 519 pound body . I want to say now I am closer to around 395ish at the moment. (Official weigh in isn't until Sunday lol) but the small victories are definitely what counts more to me than any number on the scale ever could. Fitting in chairs correctly, Actually fitting my clothes and not basically having my body stretch them to fit. Being able to walk up a set of stairs and not be out of breath, walking anywhere from a 1 mile to 4 miles just because I feel like I need to , or want to. Having the confidence to actually talk to people , slowly beating my social anxiety that increased due to the heavy weight that I used to have. Better yet, letting go of a lot of fears. Thoughts of "I'll never be healthy or fit" , or "I'll never get that body I've wanted since the seventh grade" and such.
When it comes down to it one of my friends Michael Mullins put it best. Motivation simply gets you off the couch. For me it's the drive to want to live better, have a better life for myself, and be around for a long time for my family, but when it all comes down to it, I just simply enjoy the small victories and strive for more . That is the key to my succeeding in my journey of weight loss, and in the future, my journey to a great active body. What's your drive for success? ;)
Fear and Living.
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