Today's question from my "assignment" is about my vision for the future - in one year and five years - if I don't improve the way I eat and exercise.
In one year - if I don't change my habits - it's obvious that I won't be that different. Still overweight. Still unhappy when I look in the mirror. Still frustrated when I look in the closet. Still annoyed when I shop for clothes. Still depressed when no heads turn my way in interest.
In five years - this scares me a bit to think this far ahead. My kids will be teenagers by this time. It seems like a long time, but it does go so fast. All of the same things will be true as in the "one year" vision, but added on to that is the thought that if I don't change in the next five years... will I ever change? Have I accepted that this is just me? I grew up a fat kid in school. I don't want that to happen to my kids. They are not even close to that right now, but what if I don't change? Will they start to pick up my habits? I can't let that happen.