Confessions of a quitter

It seems every time I set out to conquer this weight loss thing I utterly and completely give up. What is up with that? I set out with the best intentions and then I just quit. Then I can't get back on it, it feels so hopeless. The road seems so long and the goal so unreachable!

The value of 8 oz

So it has been two weeks since I started this silly blog. I started out to document my weight loss journy and have already fallen off the wagon, but I am being dragged behind. So I am "hanging in there."

In the last 14 days I have managed to get in only 30 min of devoted exercise and I have not watched what I eat at all. And somehow the scale reads 1.5 lbs lower???? Not that I am exactly complaining, but why do we get so excited about these fluctuations in weight, after all 1.5 lbs is 24 oz, I think I had a soda that size this week!

I know that it is important to take joy in the little victories, and yes I know 1.5 lbs can feel like a major victory some weeks. Lets remember that it is not only about what the scale says, it is about how one feels and how ones cloths fit and weather or not I can climb that flight of stairs and hold a converstation at the top!

So here is to the 24 oz the scale says I lost this week, and to the 336 oz I have to go to reach my 1st 20 lbs goal.

In the beginning

So I was thinking while out driving today, that perhaps it would be interesting to read the daily accounts of someone as they lost weight. It is always inspiring to read "I lost 150 lbs" etc. These accounts always say something like I exersised and watched what I ate. It seems like it was POOF success. How, in their day to day life with kids and work and spouses and snow days, did this person actually achieve success in the battle of the bulge? Tips are good, and ultimately one has to figure out what works for them I always find myself thinking, just how in the world did they do that? What were the actual steps, what challenges did they face, how did they overcome them?

I have not found any day to day accounts, though I imagine they exist. Why is it so hard to lose wight and keep it off? It feels like it is a task that can rarely be accomplished, and those that do must have cheated.

And so I set out to make my own travel log. I have started this journey several times, and each time I have set out wanting to lose weight, to fit into my wedding dress again etc. Sure that I could achieve success. But each time I have failed. So again today I set out on the road to transforming my body to what I want it to be. A road that I have turned away from many times. For many reasons. Today I set out again, the journy of a thousand miles begins with a single step.