I am new to LAWL. I was reading some posts and heard some people are needing to be back in the frame of mind they were when they joined. I was thinking...what if I started a place for each of us to write a daily thought of why we started and need to continue this journey for success. We each have our own reason. Of course health, but maybe more than that. A place where we could come for inspiration from each other or even what we had written in the past that we could reread. So I will start. Hope others will join in. I am tired of the fat hanging from my belly!!
I joined because I was out of control with my eating habits, my body ached, my clothes were tight and I looked like a blob. I knew WHAT to do, but had no self motivation. LAWL helped me get started, but I'm sticking this out for the long term!
Okay, I guess it's my turn.
Honestly, it was about saving my life! I'm healthy, all vitals are great, bp is great, cholesterol is great, etc., etc., etc. BUT I know it will not always be that way. DH has had three aquaintances our age drop dead in the last 4 weeks! They weren't overweight, they smoked, had other problems, but come on. We felt like God was giving us a wake up call and we decided it was time to "wake up". I want to live to see my children married and see my grandbabies! I'll be a terrific grandma! Okay. That's it for me.
My daughter came home upset because a girl at school told her that I was fatter than her mom. I grew up with a mom who was 100 pounds overweight so I was always self conscious about that. It was a huge wake up call.
-I was tired of weighing more than my husband.
-size 16's were too tight on me
-I was starting to be embarrassed to go out and be social
-I was always sizing myself up to all the other women in the room and I was usually the biggest.