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I had an aha moment of seeing my body for what it was and what I've been doing to it. I used to be in really good shape, all my life I was thin, athletic, and active. But, I never had healthy eating habits. Part of the blame can be put on being raised poor. I won't get into all that, but I've come to terms with it in my adult life and have made significant strides to not repeat my parents' mistakes.
However, what I realized is that with my family, the main issues in their lives (energy levels, health problems, etc) can be attributed to their weight, and apparently that is the path I've put myself on as well. Earlier in the year, I got diagnosed with kidney stones, the same age that my sister was when she got them for the first time. And I realized I'd let my weight slip more than a little holiday/winter pudge. In 5 years, I gained 40 lbs and started having health problems, not unlike the rest of my family. I thought "how could this happen? I have an active dog that I walk with and play with every day, I don't eat fast food, I don't drink soda, I've done everything right". Except that I hadn't because I was still working in an office, sitting all day, sitting all night once the dog was taken care of, eating throughout the entire day, and going to restaurants. And, most importantly, not watching how much I ate and giving into cravings all the time.
Between this and finally actually looking at my body and realizing I was unhappy with what was happening to it, I decided I'm done with waiting until something happens to make a change. I waited this long and couldn't just "find the motivation" on my own. So, I've made a plan, I have a gym buddy and we go 3 times per week before work. I drink black coffee instead of lattes, I make a point to make breakfast smoothies so I'm not starving and tempted to get a latte and breakfast sandwich from Starbucks every morning, and when we don't have food ready to be cooked for dinner, I stop at the store on my way home so I don't get sucked into the couch for the night. I realized I can't/shouldn't just wait until there is a wedding to plan to get into "wedding shape" and I can't wait until I'm ready to have a baby to get healthy. Just like with anything major in life, it doesn't happen on a whim, and it doesn't happen overnight.
I want to be healthy so that when I get married I'm not remorseful about being overweight in my wedding pictures - and so that I'm not adding the pressure and stress of trying to be "ideal size" when I go dress shopping. I want to be healthy so that when I want to have kids, I'll be able to without worrying about potential complications or tacking on an extra 100 lbs on top of my 40lbs. And I want to be healthy so that I can live a good, long, life without my (eventual) husband and children being worried about my health the way I have been about my family all of my life.
So, with that said, I'm feeling pretty good about my 5 lbs down and I'm looking forward to the next 30!
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