WHY

Have you ever thought about why you do something?  What is the "Why" you get up in the morning?  What is the "Why" that you go to work, or what is the "why" you do things for your family?  This past week I've thought a lot about my "why" I want to lose weight.  When I first started this journey in January, my why was because I wanted to feel better and not hurt so much.  I wanted to eat healthy to see if that would help me feel better.  So, being down 75 lbs and feeling so much better than I have in years I reached my "why".   I feel better than I have in years.  When I say years I mean years and years.  I have more energy and more stamina than I have had in years.  So, my "why" was reached.  In my mind I felt like I accomplished my goal and I would be just fine being this weight and eating the way I have been and knowing it was ok to splurge here and there as long as I still felt good.  I got lax in my plan and decided I need to find a new "why". 

One thing I have learned when you break an addiction like food or really anything, you need to have a reason that is strong enough to hold and the reason needs to be for you.  Kids, grandkids, love, a reunion or anything you name are great reasons but those reasons will still be there. You need to find the reason that is so powerful it will recharge your desire to accomplish your goal.  Once you find that reason, you need to tell others.  Did you know that the more you share your goal, the more it will be engrained into you soul.  So here I am sharing my reason why that I want to continue losing weight to be healthy. 

I want to lose 80 more lbs  because I do not want food to control me.  I want to control my food.  I want to look at fried ice cream and not care about it.  I want to be so in control of what I eat that it won't matter that there is an ice cream bar at a wedding reception.  I want to know that no matter where I go in my life, food does not matter.  I don't want to worry about what will my next meal be when I have not even eaten the first meal. I want to know that when the Christmas treats come to my house it won't matter who eats them.  I do not want to feel deprivation when my family is eating Dairy Queen and I know I won't.  That is my "why".  I want to beat this addiction and not have the addiction beat me.

Stick to the plan and your goal will be accomplished.  Life is good my friends, enjoy the moments. 

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