The Weight of My Weight

Is weight carrying you through your days?

With so much happening in this world many of us turn to overeating because of stress, boredom and anxiety.

The weight of our weight can pull us down, it can make us depressed and walk with an image of disgust in ourselves.

Weight around the waistline can increase as we get older, as our metabolism starts slowing down and we become less active.

As we get older many gain happiness elsewhere and let go of their stress of being “Overweight.”

Yes! That can be a good thing however, it can lead to obesity and other health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain and inflammation.

If you are one of the many that have weight gain due to an illness that is out of your control, I would like to acknowledge you.

From having to take certain medicine, to illnesses like; PCOS, thyroid disease and many others I stand with you.

It’s not easy to try and take care of yourself in the right way and as you are doing it you are gaining weight, frustrating!

Are you a Mom that is struggling to lose weight after giving birth?

Do you see yourself overeating at different times throughout the day?

Try these simple steps: Guide to Weight Loss For Beginners

• Eat more fruits and veggies. Add a veggie to every meal
• Start small. The majority of people who abandon their goals of losing weight do so because they get overwhelmed by trying to do too much too fast.
• Drink water. Lots of water
• Make healthy swaps. Swap soda for flavored teas
• Have something sweet
• Forgive yourself
• Don’t be afraid to start!

Whatever story is yours, it starts with a journey and your journey starts with determination.

Here is a short story that I thought was inspirational

Andie Mitchell’s Weight Loss journey-

“In 2005, I began my weight loss journey — one that lasted for 13 humbling months and concluded with me losing 135 pounds. It was the most transformative experience of my life — and not simply in the ways one might expect.

Of course, I had changed my body dramatically. But once my body changed, the work wasn’t done; I had to transform my relationship with my body and eating. This past January, I published a New York Times bestselling memoir, It Was Me All Along, about growing up big and struggling to find peace and balance with food.

Here is a glance at my journey:

I had always struggled with my weight. I was the one who was teased, the one who wore a women’s size 12 dress to her first communion…but after my sophomore year of college, in the summer after I turned 20, I knew I was the biggest I’d ever been. The jeans I’d just bought in size 22 were already snug. I decided to join the YMCA with my best friend, just as we’d done for the past few summers.

We walked into the locker room to put our bags down before working out, I stepped on the scale to weigh myself, and when 268 pounds stared back at me, it was the most terrifying moment. I couldn’t think of a time in my life when I hadn’t been overweight, when I hadn’t been aware of how big I was. I recognized that if I’d only ever gained weight, if I’d only ever climbed up and up and up on the scale, the scary part of weighing 268 pounds wasn’t being that particular weight, it was going beyond that weight. 300. 315..”

Andie Mitchell’s Weight Loss Journey

She is so inspirational!

Wherever your story starts you can achieve an image where you can be proud and confident.

 

This post was written by Lauren K., and published by Convenient Counseling Services.

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