Choose your hard!
Apr 29, 2023Headed home from a trip to Nashville with my hubby and feeling so grateful for the amazing week we had. It is times like this that I am reminded how much different my life is today then it was ten plus years ago when I weighed in at 298 lbs.
When people complain that being disciplined with food and exercise is too hard, I will argue that you have to choose your hard. Making changes to your lifestyle IS hard. Being mindful of how you eat IS hard. Prioritizing daily movement into your busy day can also be hard. But I can tell you, in my experience, being overweight is harder. Physically AND emotionally.
For more than 20 years I spent my life feeling invisible. People treat you differently when you are overweight. Plain and simple. I lived it. From work opportunities to every day common courtesy, there is a certain level of prejudice and subtle (sometimes not so subtle) judgment when you are overweight. Not to say that everyone feels this way, but there is definitely a level of discrimination you feel as an overweight person. Are they lazy? No self-control? Why don't they just take care of themselves?
I realize now that part of what I felt from others was at times a reflection of how I felt about MYSELF, but trust me, when you are overweight, you feel the stigma of it.
It took me a long time to realize it is most important how I feel about MYSELF. Looking back I wish I had treated myself better and valued myself more, on every level. This eeks out to so many other areas including the relationships in your life. Allowing others to treat you poorly because on some level you don't truly believe that you deserved better.
The activities and the fun things I am able to do now in my life, I was just not able to do at 300 lbs. I couldn't walk around the city and go shopping, or climb up and down stairs all day. I would have never had the energy or stamina to do these things. More than that, I wouldn't have WANTED to.
I couldn't, or at least wouldn't have wanted to go out dancing (something that I LOVE)! I wouldn't have wanted to get dressed up for a night on the town, and definitely wouldn't have felt pretty doing it.
These may sound like common every day events to most, but to me they are huge. They are things that I will never take for granted. These are things that make life fun and make memories! THIS is living.
I'm not saying you have to be a certain weight or size to do these things, or to enjoy your life. I AM saying that for many, being overweight holds you back from living your life to the fullest.
This is what keeps me motivated to make good choices with my nutrition, and get my steps in every day. This is why I continue to set new goals with my health and fitness. When it feels hard, I just remember what it felt like to sit on the sidelines watching everyone else do all the things that I was missing out on. That was hard.
Choose your hard. Do it differently this time. Don't give up. Weight loss is JUST the beginning.
Small, consistent changes to your lifestyle turn into HUGE changes over time. You can do this! If you don't think it's possible, let me help support you and be the one to believe in YOU until you start believing in yourself! I would love to hear your story, and more importantly I would love to help you to REWRITE your story and move you closer to the life you deserve!
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