Finding the Strength to Have Another Go At It (We Don’t All Succeed the First Time, Right?)
It’s been quite a few months now since I have truly given up on weight loss. I have been eating whatever I want, although I also do take measures such as portion control and eating plenty of fruit to make sure I don’t keep gaining. I haven’t, however, stepped on the scale in a good, oh…. 3 months probably… so who knows what it says? I think I’m about the same weight as when I started before based on how I feel and how my clothes fit.
But… just to slap myself into reality here real quick… I first signed up in August. It’s been about 5 months. Even at just 10 lbs a month…. I would be down 50 lbs by now! That’s a lot of weight and could have been very realistic!
I really have to give a shout out to Nancy on this site. I don’t even think she knows I read her blogs, but my Lord that girl is motivation in a bottle to me! The excitement! The determination! The RESULTS! I want a picture of my skinny belly in skinny people jeans like she has!
I saw a recent picture of a really cute, skinny cheerleader I went to high school with. She has gained a lot of weight. I looked at her body and realized we have very similar bodies in some ways now. She and I both have thick arms…. and their too short for their width. I dunno, I’m probably digressing here, but I just saw her in me. I wonder if she’s comfortable being heavy or terrified of some pictures like I am?
There’s nothing more humiliating than going to a reunion of some sort and knowing everyone is noticing how much weight you’ve gained. I wonder if the skinny cheerleader from high school feels this way, as I very much did at my friends wedding a few months back.
I am not starting today, and I really need to step back and come up with a plan of attack on how I am going to do this right and stick to it. And as much as I LOVE buddyslim, I need to use it in a much different way than I did before. It became a social networking tool for me before, and that’s not OK. This time around, I need to remember what I’m here for.
So I guess here’s to a second go… because we don’t all succeed the first time. And isn’t the old adage you really only fail when you quit trying?(or something like that?!)
Step 1: Tomorrow morning, I have a date. With the scale.
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Megan, let me start by saying that we don’t all succeed the first time. Next month (Feb.) will be 2 full years that I’ve been on WW. Some days I really want to kick my own butt because I’ve not done as well as I’d hoped. Fact is that I’m not perfect. I slip and fall from time to time, but the one thing I can’t do is allow myself to quit. The only way I can truly fail is to quit trying. Please don’t count yourself out of the game when you have your slips! Get yourself up, dust yourself off and start over! There’s always a chance to do better with the next bite you put in your mouth!
Megan, it is a tremendous task trying to lose weight. I’ve seen people succeed the first time but hen they were in their fat pants again in 3 months. I relate completely to feeling humiliated when seeing old friends that I haven’t seen in years. But it won’t last forever. You can do this! I’ll be here cheering you on the entire time!
And you are absolutely right about Nancy! Motivation in a bottle! I couldn’t have said it better. Just think, in a few months that will be you!
Thanks for the support!
Texas: I think that’s awesome that you’re still at it, 2 years later…. it’s such a sign of character to not give up.
Jo: The humiliation of your friends seeing you at your fattest is damaging, but now I must concentrate on the joy of showing them a new, improved look for the next time we reunite! (Probably another wedding or baby shower!)