What is your reason?

What is your reason for getting healthy?

Mine is because I want some kind of control over my aging. I am 45 years old and I can see changes starting.
Just because I am getting older doesn't mean I have to LOOK older.

Yes, it's true that I want to look better. But I want to feel better too. I want to go for a walk without getting winded. I want to enjoy summer without sweating like mad. (well, peri-menopause may have something else to say about that) I want to feel like me, instead of the extra-large me that is always hiding.

Add in all the health reasons, and that's why I'm doing it.
I just want to feel better and be the best me that I can be.
Not that there's anything wrong with being round. If you're happy, then rock it! There's no shame in that.
The thing is, I am not happy (well, maybe sitting around my house I am, but not in public) and I am going to change it. Because I can.

My journey has been a slow process. But it's not over. I still say that slow and steady is the way to go. Lose it slow and keep it off.

Now tell me why YOU are on this journey?

XOXO

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I am down another pound and it feels damn good!

Down another pound. I am the lowest I have been in maybe 5 years? And it feels damn good.
One pound might not sound like a lot, but it really is. It doesn't just mean 1 more pound lost, but it means all the other pounds I've lost have stayed off.
It means that I can have a day where I eat something I enjoy, like a cookie (or two) or a cinnamon roll, and not dive off the deep end and eat that way for every single meal.
It means that I CAN DO THIS.
And that is everything.
I was supposed to have my physical earlier this week, but the office had to cancel. Is it weird that I was actually looking forward to it? And I was disappointed when it was cancelled? Is it even weirder that I ENJOY stepping on the doctors office scale now? Instead of fearing how far UP she will be moving the weights I am not eager to see how much lower she has to move them since my last visit. I am proud of my accomplishments, and I should be.
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Why we call it learning a Healthy Lifestyle

Because sometimes as adults we need to re-learn how to eat correctly. Just because we eat what we like doesn't mean it should cause us to gain 10lbs like it's nothing. And trust me, I've been there.
Learning to eat healthy means making good choices every single day. It's not a diet. It's not never eating a piece of bread again. It's just making good choices.
In the last year I lost AND KEPT OFF 30lbs. That is the big part for me - keeping it off.
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