Hello ladies and gents,
So, as most of you are in the same boat, I've yo yo'ed for YEARS. Slimfast (too chalky). Weight Watchers (too much to count). Jenny Craig (the food-ugh). Cabbage soup diet (steer clear of the bathroom for 3.5 days if you opt for this -- I'm just sayin'). Eating nothing (the point at which that half-eaten pizza in a cardboard box in the trash outside looks delicious). EVERYTHING.
So I stopped.
Just like that....I stopped.
Stopped fighting myself. Stopped relying on a system of gimmicks. Just me, buckets o' sweat, and clean food. It's a slow transformation. This isn't a diet. It's a way of life that I have to comprehend and accommodate and embrace. No quick fixes. Nobody forced me to eat nachos every night. Nobody shoved the spoon of Rocky Road in my mouth. I did those things and for that, I have to own them. Every single delicious little bite of food, I own the decision to eat them rather than step back and moderate myself.
Not to say that I am not ever going to have those foods again -- I am (in moderation). But I won't rely on them for these three precious things:
Love
Happiness
Self-respect
^^Those things come from being someone who can do anything I want when I commit. You can do this too.
YOU CAN DO IT. I believe in you. I believe in your story. I believe in the power to be something different than the day before, even by a smidge.
So do it. Even 5 minutes off the couch, dancing like you are Justin Timberlake in the club (when you're not, let's face it), is 5 minutes more of activity than you did the day before. Tomorrow, make it 6. The next? 7...... Get my point?
Progress isn't stagnant. It's dynamic and fluid and continuous.
I believe in you. I believe in me too. So let's do this thing.
XOXO,
J9 (everyone needs a cool nickname)