I'd love to celebrate these NSVs...but I just can't...
I've lost over 120 pounds - which at 5'1" tall is a LOT. I try to walk 2K everyday with my husband, or at least most days so I have an "idea" of just how far 5K is. So here is what I think..........
You're friggen awesome!
It all starts with a pound, then 30 pounds, but you WILL get there. Look what you've done already!! Pathetic? No. Just astounding.
Thank you, everyone, thank you so much for the encouragement...it has been of tremendous benefit and has most definitely lifted my spirits.
It does occur to me that the physical appearance, while perhaps not the least nor last of the reasons I opted for WLS in the first place, will probably be the last to present itself...and that the higher priorities are, in fact, the ones in which progress is most readily noticeable...clothing sizes, physical activity, newfound self-control and restraint....
A year ago, I most certainly would have thought than anyone who had lost 30+ lbs and was whining about it not being enough was a blind as well as a moron...
Often I try to live out my code, which is, "Want what you have."
Today all that I have just wasn't good enough...but it is, now.
Thanks, again!
It does occur to me that the physical appearance, while perhaps not the least nor last of the reasons I opted for WLS in the first place, will probably be the last to present itself...and that the higher priorities are, in fact, the ones in which progress is most readily noticeable...clothing sizes, physical activity, newfound self-control and restraint....
A year ago, I most certainly would have thought than anyone who had lost 30+ lbs and was whining about it not being enough was a blind as well as a moron...
Often I try to live out my code, which is, "Want what you have."
Today all that I have just wasn't good enough...but it is, now.
Thanks, again!
I am floored! You did a 5K ... I've lost over a HUNDRED pounds and I haven't attempted ONE K lol... You really should consider taking the WIN, anyway you can get it. Every step you have taken since your surgery date is a win... You are so far ahead of where you were a year ago, hell TWO months ago! At some point you will want to start working on your " self talk " and start with telling yourself YOU JUST FINISHED YOUR FIRST 5k. That is amazing.
