Today I had a friend contact me to talk about their weight. They had expressed feelings of sadness, anger and disgust.
Man, have I been there. When I got on the scale before I started this I felt pretty awful. But I can remember a time when I felt even worse about myself than I did a month ago.
When I went to college I gain the Freshman 30+...I was weighing in at over 190. Part of this was because I ate like a pig, and part of it was that I had no body awareness. I did not see my butt growing despite my increasing pant size.
I am SO glad that I opened my eyes.
But I remember when I came home freshman year (my sister had lost like 100 pounds -go you!) and I got on a scale for the first time in probably a year. YOWZA! I remember thinking that it was going to be impossible to lose the weight. I remember feeling depressed, angry and sad. That summer I lost almost 30 pounds.
I was dedicated to myself.
And it felt soooooooo good.
I remember going back to school and feeling confident, good and strong.
I want that feeling back. I want it back bad.
I want to dedicate myself to me.
Today's shout out goes to my friend who sent me that message today. I love you more than you know and please don't let this break you. You are a strong and AMAZING woman and I know you can do whatever is it that you set your mind to.
Quote of the day: Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
What I ate today:
Fiber one cereal and milk
apple
orange
Pizza
Ice cream
Granola bar
Peppers and Broccoli
Chicken and rice
Watermelon
Begin P90x week three!
Woo!
-K
We can do it, K8! If I lost over 100 pounds that time, we can deal with smaller increments, no problem! I remember how insurmountable it seemed when I had so much weight to lose but I did it. It took time but it happened and it felt great. We CAN get back to our goals again!
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