Thursday, May 22, 2008
We must ask ourselves…
We are all on the same path. It is what has joined us together as an online group here at Wicked Weighs. We all want to either improve our health or lose weight. Sometimes, both. I have preached the importance of setting goals for ourselves. I have shared mine with all of you. I have put this part of my life out there as an example to all of the readers here with hope that someone might learn something from what I am doing or not doing, whatever the case may be. At the very least, I hoped that someone may be inspired to stay on track for their own journey. But today, I ask you guys, what are you doing? Really.
It’s just not enough for us to set back and make some vague claim that we want to be healthy or lose weight. I mean, honestly, how easy is that reply? Q- What are you doing here? A - I want to lose weight. Bleh. That answer has no commitment. None. Anyone can say it. Who do you know that isn’t trying to drop a pound or two? What you need to do, is get serious. Put a bit more thought into what it is that has you spurned on to workout every day. What scared you into wanting to actually make BIG changes in your life? And what exactly ARE you hoping to accomplish?
For me, I am terrified of winding up with heart disease - like my daddy. I want to live to see my kids have kids of their own. I want to have a passion for my life that makes people jealous. I want to look so damn good that my husband will be drooling over my bod just like he does now, only be doing that when I am 60, 70, and 80. I don’t want to be skinny. I won’t ever hate food enough to be considered skinny. But I do want to get my weight down to a “healthy” range. For me, that number is 150. I am closer to 40 than I am to 30. 150 at age 37, will make me strut around like a Barbie doll on Pageant Night. I have photos of my fat self attached to my treadmill. I don’t ever want to look like that again. I put my goals up on my fridge door. When I am craving cheese and ice cream, I have to get past my list of goals to partake of the satan foods. I am not saying that I am the all knowing Queenie. I am saying that I finally hit my “OMG I need to change” place and am making it happen.
It is important to identify with what is going to motivate you. Find that thing that is going to carry you through the really hard times while you improve yourselves. It may be a workout buddy. It may just be writing down your goals. Whatever it is, find it. Get serious about what you are doing here. Once you figure it out, you won’t be able to fail. I promise.
