I was thinking about my journey today. I have been heavy my entire adult life. I have never had an adult relationship where I didn't have a significant amount of extra weight to bring to it. At my highest I was 167 pounds more than I should be. It took me a few years of ups and downs before my family decided to join me in a "Biggest Loser" Challenge. That was January of 2012 and I was still 146 pounds heavier than I wanted to be. I lost 50 pounds in 2012. I managed to maintained that weight and lost about 3 pounds in 2013. It was a year of ups and downs and I recommitted myself toward the end of the year. 2014 is the year of my "double golden birthday" and I have to be healthy! It is my mission to FINALLY get rid of the remaining 93 pounds. I am down 14.6 so far after 5 weeks (15.7%). I have a ways to go but I know that I can do it. I have all the right systems in place - Healthy eating, working out, accountability and motivation teams and an overall desire to make it happen. I can do this! So can you!
I often wonder what is going to happen when I hit my goal weight. I anticipate that I will have a lifelong journey with my weight. I may not need to be actively trying to lose it but I suspect that it will be just as much work to maintain my accomplishment. I just hope that I know what healthy looks like and I won't fall back into old routines. I have awhile to think about that so need to stress myself out with what could be. I will worry about that when the time comes. Just like what I'm going to wear when I am fit. What a nice problem to have!
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