Little Bit By Little Bit

Stepped on the scales today and was pleasantly pleased to see that my weight has managed to keep within a certain range for the past month or so. A friend asked me yesterday if I was losing weight, I smiled and said, "trying to." In all honesty, I haven't been trying too hard the past few weeks, but what I have been doing is trying to revamp my eating habits. Unfortunately, I picked up really poor habits over the years; stress-eating, living on my own, traveling, and eating out regularly were some of the factors in my habits.

There really isn't any secret or magic key to losing weight, you know. It's basically a lot of hard work, patience, and persistence. If you have quite a few good days and a couple of bad days, it's easier to keep going. Keep working at it to find what works for you, because everyone is different. Learn to listen to your body and what it needs, but recognize that it may be screaming for the wrong thing (ie. sugar) and need to be retrained. Exercise and eat healthy, but don't make it a religion or you may find yourself quickly becoming a legalistic person who has no room for mistakes.

It's taken me, oh, I don't know, at least two years to get to the point where I am today. I know I can be healthier and I need to keep working on it, but I'm grateful that I'm moving towards health rather than losing myself in doughnuts and brownies. I'm not sure I'll ever reach "perfection" as the world defines it, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to value health and what it means for my future.