Why did you choose to lose?

Today's question was what led us to join Weight Watchers?  What led us to this point?  Well I honestly don't have an aha moment.  There wasn't some great big revelation that made join.

I had a co-worker who had joined and she seemed really excited with her success.  When an at-work meeting came up at her friend's office, she decided to join that and invited me to come along.  So I did.

She eventually quit, but I kept at it.  Why?  Because I don't really know how to quit.  And even though I've put back everything that I lost (and then some), I'm still attending meetings.

I'm still trying to, first, get back to my lowest weight since on WW and being able to maintain that.  Then, work to lose even more.

But it's not just about the weight.  It's about getting fit and feeling better.

I've never been thin.  I was a heavy kid.  I'm a heavy adult.  But that doesn't mean I have to stay this way.  I need to work to change that and it is work.  If anyone tells you it's easy, they're lying.  But if you want it, you have to do it.

I've never been thin.  I was a heavy kid.  I'm a heavy adult.  But that doesn't mean I have to stay this way.  I need to work to change that and it is work.  If anyone tells you it's easy, they're lying.  But if you want it, you have to do it.

I'm never going on a Diet

My mail signature reads: don't go on a diet, change your diet.

When you say you're going on a diet, that implies that at some point you'll go off your diet.  And going back to old habits will just put the weight back on.  You need to change your diet.  Make small changes that you can maintain over your lifetime.  This will keep the weight off.

And think about it, a diet is what you eat.  You can have a healthy diet or an unhealthy diet.  It's not something you can turn on or off. It's not like you eat or don't eat.  So you can't really go "on" a diet.

So change your mindset.  Change your diet, don't go on a diet.  Stop thinking of it as a 4 letter word and think of it as your life!