I received an email last night from a fellow tumblr which warmed my heart, but it had a little sentence in it I wanted to post about, “Congrats on losing as much weight as you have, you make it look easy.”
I wanted to take a quick second to let her know (and you, if you think that), that it’s not easy. Not easy at all. It’s actually incredibly hard and everyday I wake up and put a lot of effort into eating right and fighting the urge to just sit on the couch and drink my sorrows away.
I’m approaching the 30 pound mark soon (that’s right! I saw 162 on the scale this morning!) so I thought I’d pass on the things I’ve learnt thus far…
- You have to exercise more than you think.
- A half-hour walk doesn’t equal a brownie.
- You have time to exercise.
- Eating more of something won’t help you lose weight.
- Your body is working against you.
- Life is also working against you.
- You are the only person who can lose the weight.
- It’s really hard, every day you have to put effort in. Every day.
- This is not a diet; this is your life.
I’m by no means an expert and still have a long way to go (~40 pounds), but once I realized the above list, committing to my myself became a lot easier.
Reblogged from ThePinkCookie cause she’s awesome. And this is all so true. More to come on this this weekend/soon.