Weight Loss Journey or Drudgery

How do you view weight loss? As a Journey or Drudgery. Myself, I always thought of it as a Drudgery. I hated cutting out the foods I loved. Why couldn't I lose weight while eating all those great foods? Exercise. . .but that's work. What if I exercise, but still eat what I want? Will that work? Can I have 1 or 2 cheat days? How many plans have you tried? Did they work? Why not? Is there an easy answer?

JOIN ME ON MY WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY

I would like you to join me on my weight loss journey. I have tried several times to lose weight and I would lose 10 lbs. only to gain it and more back. I'm not saying that this is the tried and true method, but I have been on this program for 2 months and am seeing success and I am feeling better. I will be doing several follow up blogs to share my experiences, my successes, my failures, my feelings and my confessions.

WHAT MADE ME FINALLY WAKE UP AND MAKE THE HARD DECISION?

I have known for a long time that I needed to lose weight, but I had started to feel "comfortable" in my skin. My husband told me he liked curvy women and he had no problem with my weight except for my health. (Isn't he a sweetie?) I would be embarrased when I went somewhere with my children, grandchildren or friends and couldn't do the things they did because of my weight. I had to start using a scooter to get around as my knees hurt so bad. I had doctor who would insist I lose weight (she was a skinny little thing), but didn't understand how hard it was. She finally raised her hand to me and told me she didn't want to discuss any of my health problems until I lost weight. EVERYTHING wrong with me was because of my weight. I changed doctors and found one with more empathy. He dealt with my health issues and didn't stress the weight loss. Until one day, after my test results, he told me it was time we did something with my weight because I was so close to becoming a diabetic. He was understanding and knew it was going to be hard, but he was encouraging, not judgemental. I made a pledge to him that day that I was going to lose weight and the next time he saw me, I wouldn't be on my scooter.

AND SO MY JOURNEY BEGAN.

Come back and join me on my next blog so see how I began this crazy journey. Feel free to leave any comments and I will be setting up a group page where we can share our thoughts, encouragements, feelings and anything else you wish to discuss.