Tonya1263
Nearing my Goal
Jul 13, 2011
So - I have debated with some people the value of having a weight goal - I get the incredulous "if you don't have a goal how will you know when your done?"Done? I am not a loaf of bread in the oven - I am never done. No matter what I weigh every day I need to decide:
What am I eating?
What exercise am I doing?
How much will I drink?
Will I take my vitamins?
Yet, I have a ticker with a number on it and I am pretty close to that number. I have enjoyed watching the little character triumphantly march down the scale. But now I have to face it - what happens when I reach the end of the scale - what happens if this is goal?
In my mind this is when the hard work starts because now I have to maintain my weight. I need to balance intake with activity and I realize I have never done this before. I have never set out to just maintain my weight. In the past I have always been losing or gaining mostly out of control. Now I need to find a balance.
I have set myself up pretty well. I have established healthy eating habits. I'm up to about 1400-1600 calories a day at this point. I drink 6-8 cups of water a day as a matter of habit. My vitamins get packed and eaten with lunch each day. I go to the gym 3 days a week and just bought a bike so I can get out more in the nice weather.
But I fret - can I do this? I know there are a few people who are watching me just waiting to see me gain it back so they can say I told you so. A lot of people congratulate me on my weight loss and some of them are truly happy for me. Some are jealous, some envious- recently I had someone ask me - what are you going to do about all that loose skin? I told them I would much rather deal with 20lbs of loose skin than all that extra fat.
Yet I still can't face having someone touch me - I have scheduled and canceled a message three times now! But I am going out in public in shorts and my new avatar is me in a bathing suit. I am still clearly a work in progress but I am happy with the progress so far!
