I recently had someone ask me why I was doing all of this. I copied my response below:
Hi,
Well my biggest motivation is that I have a major birthday coming up in January and I want to reach a healthy weight by then. I feel like if I don't even try and really push myself to reach that goal, then I may not ever do it again in life ( a bit dramatic I know but knowing myself, that's a real possibility). I try and hold myself accountable by logging food (mostly for nutrition purpose since I just went vegan), but also by creating a blog and tumblr. That way, I won't let me followers/ subscribers down by being inactive online. Even if no one reads what I post, I know that I have to keep it up, in case someone does start reading it. I realized one day when I woke that I didn't like what I saw. I mean, I really looked at myself. I know I was heavy set, but in going through the motions in life, I just really never stopped to consider what I was doing to my body. In trying to reach my goal, I have dedicated the time I have left to the "Year of Me." I set reasonable goals, reward myself, and take joy in non-scale victories like old pants fitting again or taking a double take in the mirror. This process hasn't been easy because I also have health problems and most days I don't feel up to being active at all. Additionally, I'm the only one in my household that is really concerned about watching what I eat (and vegan) so that has complicated trying to get fit. I just have to take more control over what I eat by making my own food, doing my own grocery shopping ect. The only real person that has noticed my weight loss is my Mom, but I'm home for the summer and I won't see a lot of friends and family until the spring (I'm traveling for a bit) so others may notice then. I also haven't really bought a ton of new things to wear as I am waiting to get closer to my goal weight to give myself a huge reward. Once that happens, it will be become more obvious, but I'm pretty happy knowing that I feel better, my face is thinning out, and my clothes that I own now fit better. Even though I wasn't too terribly overweight, I was really never happy with the way I looked in my clothes or that I couldn't always buy stuff in store that I wanted. Now, that I'm loosing weight, I can find more cute stuff and look the way I want to in them which has also been a nice plus. Lastly, I am pretty disciplined person and my body didn't reflect that, which I didn't like. I think reaching my goal weight will help me professionally as well because I will look and act like I take good care of myself, which will reinforce other qualities I already have.
Thanks for messaging me! You have caused me to really think about all the reasons I have for re-starting this journey. I have a history of trying to loose weight quickly and regaining it all back because I wasn't being healthy in the way I went about it.
I hope my response helps.
Hi,
Well my biggest motivation is that I have a major birthday coming up in January and I want to reach a healthy weight by then. I feel like if I don't even try and really push myself to reach that goal, then I may not ever do it again in life ( a bit dramatic I know but knowing myself, that's a real possibility). I try and hold myself accountable by logging food (mostly for nutrition purpose since I just went vegan), but also by creating a blog and tumblr. That way, I won't let me followers/ subscribers down by being inactive online. Even if no one reads what I post, I know that I have to keep it up, in case someone does start reading it. I realized one day when I woke that I didn't like what I saw. I mean, I really looked at myself. I know I was heavy set, but in going through the motions in life, I just really never stopped to consider what I was doing to my body. In trying to reach my goal, I have dedicated the time I have left to the "Year of Me." I set reasonable goals, reward myself, and take joy in non-scale victories like old pants fitting again or taking a double take in the mirror. This process hasn't been easy because I also have health problems and most days I don't feel up to being active at all. Additionally, I'm the only one in my household that is really concerned about watching what I eat (and vegan) so that has complicated trying to get fit. I just have to take more control over what I eat by making my own food, doing my own grocery shopping ect. The only real person that has noticed my weight loss is my Mom, but I'm home for the summer and I won't see a lot of friends and family until the spring (I'm traveling for a bit) so others may notice then. I also haven't really bought a ton of new things to wear as I am waiting to get closer to my goal weight to give myself a huge reward. Once that happens, it will be become more obvious, but I'm pretty happy knowing that I feel better, my face is thinning out, and my clothes that I own now fit better. Even though I wasn't too terribly overweight, I was really never happy with the way I looked in my clothes or that I couldn't always buy stuff in store that I wanted. Now, that I'm loosing weight, I can find more cute stuff and look the way I want to in them which has also been a nice plus. Lastly, I am pretty disciplined person and my body didn't reflect that, which I didn't like. I think reaching my goal weight will help me professionally as well because I will look and act like I take good care of myself, which will reinforce other qualities I already have.
Thanks for messaging me! You have caused me to really think about all the reasons I have for re-starting this journey. I have a history of trying to loose weight quickly and regaining it all back because I wasn't being healthy in the way I went about it.
I hope my response helps.
