The dangers of being comfortable: 

On  motivation & how I personally keep going on after all these years. I remember way back when as I first started to lose weight that I just wanted to be thinner. Of course back then, all girls/women wanted to be 100-105 pounds. I was in high school & I just did not want to be the fat one anymore. I wanted to be "thin". I don't recall striving for a certain weight although that 100 was in my subconscious. I just kept thinking about being thin. I did not have a goal weight in mind. I had a way I wanted to look in the mirror in my mind.

Now, saying that, back then it was not what I am now, obviously. But the thing about my whole weight loss journey from high school to now is that even though I definitely did it wrong back then, I still never looked at my weight loss with an end to the day to day living/eating healthier & working out. There was never any end date for me. I was always going to be a work in progress because that is life.

I know for some that this may not be what you want to hear. For me, I already knew that I gained weight easily & it was hard to get off so this was going to be a life long journey whether I looked good in the mirror or not. I was always going to have to eat better, watch what I ate, be careful of "getting comfortable", keep up the exercise and be diligent always.

Now, I am not saying that you can't enjoy, because as long as you are aware, you can enjoy. It is when you just get off track & don't get back. Believe me, the weight does come back on fast - way faster than it takes to get it off! You can have your favorite foods and/or foods that you love BUT me, as well as you, have to realize that you can't eat them all the time or any time you want to anymore. You just can't say I got to this weight, now I can start eating again.

If you recall my posts on my CHALLENGE about picking at food & taking bites of this or that. Before you know it, you have added at least 500 calories a day which is 3500 calories per week which is 1 pound per week which is 52 pounds per year! Now 500 a day may be extreme for some BUT I have seen weight loss stories where the person actually did this! Something to think about! Many of us fool ourselves about how much we are actually eating each & every day!

So, back to the dangers of being comfortable. You can try my approach which basically is that I never established an end date for myself. I always said to myself that this will be life long.. and it has. We change, our jobs & family status change, our stress levels change and man oh man our bodies change. I have always been a work in progress and always will. At times I have been fine where I am but knew I would always have to watch my food. At other times, I saw changes that needed to be made and/or I established new goals & challenges. I think for me, this has been why I maintained & exceeded for so long. I always find things that I want to do to improve or challenge myself and/or new things to try out. AND I knew & still know that this is a life journey with no end date. I am a healthy work in progress, always will be BUT I know how to handle it & how to make sure that eating is not the enemy. I know how to handle it & I can enjoy & get right back to it always.

ALWAYS LEARNING!!!!