Creating the new me

  I hope Roni doesn’t mind that I copied her icon :)  But I wanted to answer her new weekly Feature of Question of the week. This week the question is…

“Why do you want to lose weight?”

After many years of failed diet attempts, I finally came to the conclusion that being skinny didn’t equate to a perfect life. I once though that if I was skinny everything would be perfect and I would have the perfect life. Then, reality hit. Being skinny isn’t going to change everything. Yes, some things will change, but not everything.

When I started on this new diet healthy lifestyle I had in mind that this was going to be the way I led my life. By introducing healthy foods; lean proteins, lots of fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains. I incorporated exercise into my lifestyle.  This isn’t a quick fix, or a diet, that I will “go off of”, this is how it is going to be. I feel better, look better, and have lost 35 pounds as a result of my new lifestyle, and still going strong.  But, I know that when I get to goal weight its not like I can forget all I have learned, It’ll just be a continuation. 

I started WW to be healthy, to feel more comfortable in my body, to truly enjoy life more than I was before. I feel so much better off emotionally, physically, and everything else. It is amazing what it can change, but it isn’t a quick fix. It’s hard work, and I realize that now. I’m ingraining these things into my brain, they’ll be with me for life.