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Accomplishments, Believing In Yourself, Glamor, Milestones, Self-Confidence, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers
Today is a day for celebrating & that is why we get to slip our feet into these luxurious & very expensive Jimmy Choos. I hit my 50 pound weight loss goal last night! So cheers to accomplishments, hard work, determination & perseverance!
I had had a rough day at work yesterday, where it felt like I couldn’t do anything right, or move quick enough to get all of my tasks done. It was gloomy outside, I had gotten pollen all over my white shirt at work and I was having “one of those days.” I was a little nervous weighing-in because I had used up all of my extra weekly Weight Watchers Points. And it seems that every moment before I weigh-in, I almost get this sense of anxiety. Who am I kidding, I totally get butterflies in my stomach, sweaty palms, my heart races – basically, it feels like I’m about to go on a blind date with a guy that I’ve never met before, with the major feeling that he is five foot with loafers and a bald head. It is that terrifying! To get on the scale and have your WW leader, whom you look up to as a mentor, weigh you in each week is intense! But luckily this week the Weight Watcher Gods and my God where on my side and I lost 4.4 pounds! Which put me at 51.4 down!!!! Hearing that news shattered my gloomy, dreary day that I was having & made me feel like I was walking on sunshine, literally!
Each milestone I hit along this journey always proves to me just how strong I really am. To fight against temptations on a daily basis. They say we make around 35,000 decisions in a day. I feel like 34,999 of those decisions, for me, center around my food intake. My decisions help me overcome my desires to indulge, and to emotionally eat my problems away. My six month journey has shown me that I don’t have to eat delicious foods and sweet treats to be happy with myself. Because let me tell you this, I am much happier now eating healthier & smaller portions sizes and watching my body transform, that I ever was eating chocolate chip cookies with a huge glass of chocolate milk and ice cream (yes I have a major sweet tooth.) I have stopped looking at those skinny people with God-like metabolisms and stopped wishing that I was them, and stressing that I wasn’t blessed with a high metabolism. Instead of feeling sorry for myself and being envious that I can’t eat McDonald’s every day and still wear a size 4, I chose to make a difference in my life and just say no to cravings for delicious, fatty foods.
As I continue on this journey I learn more and more about myself and what I am capable of. I am establishing my “trigger foods” – the foods that even if I only take one bite, I can’t stop eating, therefore causing me to go into a food coma because I have just stuffed my face with them. I have a list of these items that we will not mention for the sake of late night cravings, but at least I can identify them and understanding that my will power just isn’t strong enough to handle these forbidden foods. Other than my small list, I have complete control of my eating habits & behaviors. I am understanding my limits and strengths and I am eating for the sole purpose of surviving, with a little touch of indulgence (my one-a-day York Peppermint Patty).
Before you run off with these hot Jimmy Choo heels, you must read this quote. It is one that I have had on my computer desk for about four years now. I read it often to remind me of where I came from and where I want to go. Also, to never give up on myself and to keep fighting, “Perseverance is a positive active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting & hoping for some good thing to happen. It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up & no longer trying. We must never give up, regardless of temptations, frustrations, disappointments or discouragements.” ~ Joseph P. Wirthlin
My next goal is 61 pounds because that is where I left off last time on Weight Watchers. I am determined to hit that goal and exceed it for I am stronger than I was the first time I joined. So keep me in your prayers & keep reading my blogs 🙂