Year 3 week 35
27th August- 2nd September 2018
I know I have said this a lot but since I’ve been on this journey I have changed a lot. I initially thought it was all about me losing weight but really I have found that the weight loss has been very insignificant in comparison to what has changed.
Before this journey started I didn’t really have much of a life. I just sat and watched the world go by. Now I feel I have my life back and I’m embracing so many more opportunities than I have ever done before.
I have realised that most my changes have all happened in my head and it’s not necessarily anything to do with my weight.
I have been on this journey over 2 half years now and I only really lost weight in my first year. There has been nothing since. The second year I actually put some weight back on again. This year, though, I have not gained any weight but I haven’t lost it either. Some weeks I have tried harder than others to lose weight but it’s still going nowhere.
I have always really hated my stomach when I started this journey I had a 68″ waist. I have always called my waist my spare tyres and back then they were the size of monster truck tyres!
Here I am 2 half years later and I still have them. Ok so they may be smaller and over time I have gradually let out some air but they are still there!
Jenny told me a while back that at my age and with the amount I abused my own body over the years, that my spare tyres are never really going to go now.
This has made me think “am I really bothered?” I have come to the conclusion that I’m not.
Even though I haven’t lost any weight at all for a long time my rewards are still coming. My mindset has never gone back to what it was, I am doing new things all the time – things that I would never have ever considered doing before. I am still getting compliments (which I personally feel I don’t deserve) and apparently my story is still inspiring others.
Sometimes I feel a bit of a fraud because I still talk about my weight loss journey and I’m not actually losing any more weight and I very often forget the person I used to be. Doing things like walking upstairs and jumping off the sofa quickly come so easy to me now that I very often forget that it used to be a problem.
Ok, I may still have my spare tyres, I may not have lost any weight for over a year but I am still seeing positive changes all the time and I am achieving new things all the time. So maybe I’m not a fraud after all.
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