Success?
Well I'm not sure how successful a story this is. I started Atkins in 2000, and in 8 months I had lost 50 pounds. I managed to maintain that loss over the next three years about, losing a few more pounds, adding some and then taking them off again.
At my lowest I weighed 62 pounds less than when I started.
But then I fell off the plan and didn't even try to get back on for a long time. Why? I was being a perfectionist. Beating myself up for every failure rather than celebrating every success.
Well last month I decided to STOP doing that. To stop comparing myself to anyone else, to remember that this journey is one I started for ME alone, and that I really don't have to answer to anyone, but myself in this matter and that I myself don't want to be fat anymore. I may not always be perfect, but I don't have to listen to anyone's discouraging criticism (not even my own). What I DO have to do is to remind myself that I'm doing this for ME and ME alone. So I need to be happy in the process.
Well as of today I am 30 pounds down from where I started in 2000. No it isn't the 62 I was at at one time, but it is NOT the 13.5 I had kept off (only) when I weighed in December, either!
So to me 30 pounds off (and only 20 of the original 50 regained) is a success of sorts! Plus I have a whole new attitude. I'm not setting big goals any more. I'm setting little baby step goals of 4 pounds then 3 then 3 more. At the end of each cycle of 4/3/3 I will be 10 pounds smaller and the wonderful thing? This baby steps to my goal is WORKING! Because think about it, ANYONE can lose 3 or 4 pounds can't they?
We can do this guys! We CAN do this.
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