RAMBLING...SO, YOU WANNA GIVE UP, HUH?

Bits & pieces of this has been posted to several of my WW buddies on GOAD over the last year or so

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So... the scale isn’t being nice, huh??? You want to give up, huh?

What are you thinking? That if you just give up, all will be wonderful? That you don't have to do the work because it's not getting you anywhere positive? Hello??!! :o)

Hey, maybe all of this hard work with nothing to show for it is to teach you patience.... or maybe all of this of hard work w/ nothing to show for it is to get you ready for the rest of your life, because after you hit goal, you're still going to be doing what you're doing right now w/out all of the excitement of weekly losses, you know?

So...you have a choice here...you can get ticked off & go on a major binge…feel like crap & let things spiral out of control....

...or you can continue to work hard for your HEALTH & be on the proud end of it all when the scale decides to move in the right direction. You never know what the scale is going to do, you can’t count on it to reflect the kind of week you just had, the scale is EVIL!! LOL! But the thing you DO have a choice in is how you deal w/ this & what you get to look back on when all of this is over. It's all up to you!

You already know you're going to be living this lifestyle from now until forever... if you didn't, you may as well have not put any effort into getting this weight off in the first place, right? Live the life, be proud of yourself, don't stress out over what the scale is saying & just give your bod the chance to catch up w/ the lifestyle that you are living.

I know what I'm talking about... I’ve had those unexpected ups & downs, TWO plateaus, too...I didn't give it one thought because I knew that it just didn't matter. I expected rough patches to come my way & I knew that I wasn't going to even bat an eyelash because this was just the way my life was now...healthy, thoughtful, etc...

It doesn't matter...it just doesn't matter. Be patient...your future IS bright.

Just something to think about.

Julie