One Year
One year ago this week I started on this journey to get healthy. Had some big goals but didn't know if this time would end like all the other times I had tried to loose weight, but low and behold I have stuck with it and the reason I have stuck with it is my envolment in Spark People and in this site, at both sites I get so much good support, movitation and encouragement. The best thing night or day there is always someone around to lend a hand.
I have made great strides and have made some life long life style changes. The major one being exercise, I love it and am finally relizing that without exercise it is harder to stay healthy. We need to move and as we get older it is very importatant that we keep moving. My biggest goal for starting this journey was because I want to be an active grandma someday. I wasn't that way for my daughter and at time I regret this, but it is never to late to start.
The other thing that I have made a habit of is logging my food, if you don't log you have no idea how much you are eating, our brains play tricks on us, and we also will forget what we ate. By writing everything and I mean everything there is no excuses.
My goal this year was to get to my goal weight of 170, I didn't make that but I have taken off 39 pounds. Am I going to beat myself up because I didn't make goal, no way I am going to pat myself on the back and be proud of myself my for loosing the 39 pounds. I will reach my goal, it may be next year or maybe the next year. If I can loose another 39 pounds by this time next year and keep off the 39 pounds I lost this year I will be happy happy happy.
We all can reach are goals, just don't give up, Keep on stepping forward.