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I hate those commercials where the skinny lady says “Oh, I
just had to lose weight, I took ‘such and such” and the pounds just melted away
just like magic.’’ “Now I’ve lost 8 pounds and am back in my size 3 pants,
being heavy just made me so uncomfortable…….”
Give me a break!! If I
had only to lose 8 pounds, I would jump for joy but I wouldn’t make a
commercial about it.
I am proud of my weight loss, but if you didn’t know me from
before or after I still look like a “heavy person”. I have at this point lost 26 pounds. Now to round down; 20 pounds may not seem like a whole lot
(and I have plenty more to go).
To look at this from another viewpoint let’s say that I went to the grocery store to
buy a bunch of potatoes, I’m in a hurry so I don’t get a buggy I just run to
the produce section and pick up two ten pound bags of potatoes. (one in each hand) then I remember that I
need cheese and butter for the potatoes.( That is on the other end of the
store) I have to carry twenty pounds of potatoes over there then up to the
check out and stand in line, then walk to the car. If I had to carry those potatoes with me everywhere
I went I would be exhausted; and I am (just not as much).
I have about 120ish pounds to lose from where I started
before surgery to be at my “goal
weight”. To be honest some times when I look at the BIG
picture 120 pounds seems so very unattainable and distant not to mention foreign
and weird to try and fathom loosing that much weight.
I am trying to look at it more like five pounds at a time instead
of one hundred twenty. I’ve lost 26 of that total so far really that is great. If I continue to keep things in perspective, then I can really
feel good about my choice and my accomplishment(s). I have gotten rid of two sacks of potatoes
plus, that’s not too shabby.
A. Dawn
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