I’ve tried losing weight a million times, but nothing has ever worked long-term. I think I’ve always been too fixated on the end-goal and doing everything right from the beginning. I’ve had a hard time being consistent for weeks at a time and haven’t been able to keep the weight off once I’ve met my goal. And there’s so many personal issues that are all tied up in it, including body image, self-worth, stress, anxiety, and perfectionism.
But I want to do things differently this time, so I’ve been taking a deeper look at it. If you remember my personal goals, the physical goal was to lose weight and get in shape, while the internal goal was to learn to eat and drink healthy. But why are those even my goals in the first place? Is it really just about how I look and fit into my clothes? Or is there something more meaningful to it?
There’s so many benefits to losing weight and being healthy. But the most important to me are having less health problems, increasing my energy, spending less money, and being able to do anything at a moment’s notice. I’m really tired of holding myself back and feeling like I’m always struggling. As I continue to grow closer to God, I want to be able to devote myself to any task that He prompts me to do. My weight, health, and lifestyle habits would make it impossible for me to do that now. I also love the idea of getting to know God through the food He intended for us. I truly believe that nature is meant to help us, teach us, and connect us to the divine. So, learning to eat and drink healthy will only help me grow spiritually too.
Now that I’m thinking about it, focusing on the physical and internal elements will be a great place to start because it could make it easier to work on all my other goals in the future too. If I have more energy, tasks that seem hard now might not wear me out as much. And as I mentioned a few weeks ago, since it could be overwhelming to work on all my goals at the same time, I’m just going to focus on a few for now until I get the hang of things.
I didn’t realize when I gave up caffeinated soda about seven weeks ago that it would turn out to be the first step of my weight loss journey. But I’m so proud of myself for accomplishing that goal since it’s helping me take another step forward today. I found a program called Real Appeal by Rally Coach that I’ll be using to make more changes in my life. It’s free through my health insurance and comes with so many more resources than some of the other health and fitness websites. So far, it seems like a great program. Not only is it intuitive and informative, but it’s also really motivating. I don’t know exactly how my weight loss journey will evolve, but I’m going to start by tracking my calories. I’ll also be recording my progress through my weight and body measurements.
I’ll only be sharing my progress on here every so often, but if you want to follow my progress more closely then feel free to add me on Instagram. I’ll be posting to my stories regularly and would love some weight loss friends!