I have done this journey before.... eating right, losing weight slowly and carefully.. sometimes getting to my goal weight, sometimes not. Then I have watched it creep back up beyond where I said I would never let it go again. The question is, how did this happen? I need to figure that out while I am on this journey, so that I will never let it happen again. I've had all kinds of excuses in the past --- serious health problems, death in the family, good friend quitting the process and moving away, winter sluggishness and depression, or just letting excess calories slowly creep into my day, tracking disappearing, going to the gym less, or just saying I was too busy to get out for a walk, or it was too hot or too cold....
This time I am in it for the long haul... no excuses allowed .... little ones or big ones. I know that this is going to be a forever thing... once I get my weight to where it needs to be, then I have to work just as hard to maintain it and keep fit by continuing my exercise routine. Quitting is easy.... perseverance is tough... keeping focused is essential. I think these olympians are giving me encouragement.. and though they are young and in the prime of their lives, that doesn't give me the excuse to give up.
