Then comes the scary part...maintaining my new, healthy weight. I really try not to think too much about the maintenance part because I find it to be so daunting. Honestly, once I got into the swing of the Weight Watchers/losing weight thing, it became habit. I use the WW app and track everything I eat on there. I have become a professional at logging my food and exercise, measuring everything and keeping myself on track.
Maintaining is like the Land of the Unknown to me. When I look back at my life, I've either been losing weight or gaining it. There's been no "staying the same." How in the world will I attempt to do this? I am terrified of undoing all the hard work I've done over the last eight and a half months.
My mantra in life is, "I don't know what tomorrow holds but I know WHO holds tomorrow." I have it in black and white on a sign on my nightstand. I have to put my faith in God and rely on the tools that I've acquired. I have to use my willpower and not think of the diet as being over. It's a new lifestyle.
I'm not getting ahead of myself, I still have those 10-15 lbs. I have to work on before I really face the reality of making it to my goal and not needing to lose more. But as I look toward the future, I'm going to push myself to do my best but not get too frustrated if I go up a pound or two after a special occasion. I know how to get it off, I've done it with 85 lbs. so far.
I bought myself a bracelet when I lost 75 lbs. It says, "She believed she could so she did." I believe I can do it with all my heart. So I'll be setting new goals for myself. The first one will be maintaining the 100 lbs. for six months. Then another six months. Then a year, and two years, etc. If I believe I can, I will. Here's to many more years of being in that healthy weight range!
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