The past weekend I was able to go to Ft. Worth, Texas and spend some time with some incredible people and be poured into, inspired and motivated! Energy permeated the air the entire weekend and I felt excited and more alive this weekend than I have in a long time! It was hard for me to sit still at times because I just wanted to jump up and down! That feeling continued when I got home and stepped on the scale again!
I'm down to 313 pounds, which means that since doing the 24 Day Challenge in September, I've lost 53 pounds! Hitting the 50lb mark was a pretty big milestone for me and for the rest of the day, I had to restrain myself from bragging and talking about it too much! 53 pounds! That's more than 5 large (10lb) bags of potatoes! Dang! I want to lose another 50 pounds by this July, which is my sister's wedding and the next convention like the one I went to this past weekend!
One thing I wanted to talk about today is motivation. My motivation early on in the journey, before I really started believing in myself, was self-loathing. I hated who I was, and where I was in life. I don't think there's a worse motivator out there. For me, at least, it wasn't until I was truly okay with myself, and believed in myself, that I was able to make the necessary changes. (That along with surrounding myself with positive people who consistently encouraged me!)
Getting healthy is a long hard journey for a lot of people. You have to be mentally and physically ready to make the massive lifestyle changes. You have to have a support system of more than just a few friends. And your motivation canNOT be self-hatred. You have to believe you're worth the effort it takes to get healthy.
I am so blessed to have an amazing support network consisting of my family, my church, and all my friends I've met thanks to AdvoCare!
So now, it's time for a more solid, more tangible goal: this Spring, I'm thinking March/April, I want to run a 5K! Now, when I say run, I know I'm not going to be able to run the entire 5K, but I want to run a significant portion of it, and complete one! I would LOVE to get a group of people together to do one together, so if you're local, and interested, hit me up! Let's make this happen together!
So true Stephanie. I am so impressed by your achievement this far and truthfully I'm a little jealous. I haven't found my motivation yet but I feel like it's coming.
ReplyDeleteI love the part where you talk about self-loathing being a bad motivator. I think that's why I keep failing, I can be happy with myself in so many ways but I hate my body and the only motivation I have to lose weight and work out is that hate. You've given me something to ponder on.
Congratulations on the 50+ lb weight lose ~ That's awesome and you should be incredibly proud of yourself!