Be The Weight You Want | Weight Loss Journey

I received a comment on one of my posts a couple days ago, and I did not remember what I had said in the post.  So I re-read it. Guess what it was about?  I had gone into my reason or goal for this blog, and I also went into the reasons I started my weight loss journey. This was just what I needed to read right now.

I have told you that to keep up your motivation on your weight loss journey to re-visit the why’s that brought you to this journey. With posts like ‘when life gets in the way’ coming out, I am sure you will not be surprised to hear I wandered off the trail .  It started with an innocent stop to rest, then an occasional choice to deviate, and finally a realization that I had made a U turn. Re-visiting this post has given me a new starting point to resume my weight loss journey.

In the recent weeks, I have become a twitter addict along with cleaning and packing my 3 bedroom house to sell, and moving into one bedroom at my daughters. It is a good move which can help both myself and my daughters family. What better way to wake up in the morning than a wide-eyed princess saying “Grandma, get up. Its time to get up.” or both munchkins jumping on my bed to attack the tickle bug.

I joined Twitter to reach out and find those like me who have problems losing weight – not because of physical problems, but because of our relationship with ourselves and with food.  The first step was to get into the twitter flow. Now with twitter, you cannot stand on the shore and watch twitter go by and expect people to hear you as you twit. You have to jump in your boat, or kyack, and paddle downstream, twitting with all the other tweeple. You don’t wait for them to tweet you.  Listen to what they say, and tweet back.  OK, enough deviation.

Now that I have some new friends – great friends – on twitter, I decided to tweet a tip of the day.  Think about that, I am changing it to a weight-loss reminder.  Most people know the facts that can be stated in 140 characters, so it isn’t a tip, its a reminder.  But watch out what you say in 140 characters – I said – eat every 3 hours to avoid bingeing.  And what was the reply I got?  I had to laugh – “You mean I can eat a Big Mac every 3 hours?”  I had to reply “That should make you avoid bingeing, but not lose weight” (lol). The point was – its not only how often one eats, but also the portion control and food choices.

My final word today is keep traveling on your weight loss journey – do not give up. You can never reach your goal unless you are trying.