Be The Weight You Want | Weight Loss Journey

How many promises do you make  to yourself while on a diet that you never fulfill?  Like the way I wrote posts this month.  I promised myself I would get a post written twice a week at least.  I even have the subjects outlined.  But, like when I eat off program and then promise myself it will be better next week, that I will quit cheating tomorrow, I didn’t.

This spring I have been going to my weekly check-ins and answering the same questions with the same answers for months.  I know that I am not going to do what I say I will.  And who are these ‘promises’ made to?  To me.  I am the one who will or won’t do it.  I am the one who is effected by it.  Not the lady I am talking to.  Her life will go on the same – and unfortunately, so will mine.  If I don’t even make an effort to change my habits, I won’t lose weight and I won’t get healthier.

The biggest damage I did by these meaningless promises was to enforce the feeling that I would not succeed.  Not because I couldn’t, but because I wouldn’t.  I fell back into the old trap of looking down on myself.  I did manage to not beat myself up by calling myself names.  However,  I did drive myself into discouragement and the ‘whats the use’ state using my broken promises as the example.

I have been expressing this as my experience.  I know it is not just mine.  I know many of us do the same thing. I also know that part of the reason it happened is I only had 5-6 hours of sleep a night, worked 40 hours a week, and helped with my grand-kids everyday.  Then I tried to watch some recorded TV shows and work online.  In short, I was burning the candle at both ends.

This week I have written down everything I did, including ME time.  I have written down everything I ate and drank.  I have not been perfect, but I do see I did attempt to fulfill my goals for the week.  I can take encouragement in my accomplishments.  I can say that I attempted to meet my promises instead of ignoring them.

Please realize that if you are 80-100 pounds heavier than your healthy weight and it is not caused by a medical condition, you have issues which are more than just over eating.  You have what some people call emotional problems, but actually comes down to self-image and self-worth.

What self-made stumbling blocks do you face in your weight loss journey?