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Same ol' Story

If you've ever struggled with weight loss, maybe you'll understand this little rant. It feels maddening to keep repeating this same cycle over and over again. Perhaps my story is similar to yours. I find my motivation from any number of sources - someone's inspirational story or maybe from the scale or the way my clothes fit or simply how awful I feel - and decide I'm going to get back on track. I start exercising and eating better. It's hard to get started but soon enough I find my rhythm and I do great for a while. Then something happens. I get injured - I've suffered through multiple shin splints, back problems, a bulging disk in my neck just to name a few. Or I get sick and am laid up for while. Then there's the holidays; they're always a lovely bump in the road and before I know it, I'm derailed, discouraged and defeated. Some time passes and the cycle begins again.

I hate this cycle. The beginning part is great. Who doesn't love feeling all gung-ho, like you can conquer the world and if not the world, certainly the excess weight that's been hanging on you like an albatross threatening to drag you down into the abyss of ill-health. The middle and end of this cycle, however, just plain sucks. I try so hard to avoid the middle part. I stretch before exercising, get the right shoes, take my vitamins but life just has a way of happening no matter how careful one is.

I realize so much of this is a matter of mind-set. Motivation is great and necessary but it can burn out quickly. I very much identify with the "instant gratification" society that's all around us so I've got to dig deep and find more than just motivation if I'm going to finally succeed in my journey to good health. With God's help and strength, I know I've got it in me to do it.
      
Yes, the cycle is maddening but it would be madder still to give up completely. I know the consequences of not taking care of this body God's given me. I want to make a different future for myself and leave a far better example to my kids of what's possible. So, here I go again. I'm back on track, walking and eating right or trying to anyway. No matter what, one thing I know is that this WILL be part of my success story. How 'bout you?

Be Blessed
Melanie

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