WeightLossthoughts.com - A Weight Loss Blog

Last week, I talked about the factors that caused my weight gain. In that post, I mentioned that I really, truly loved food. Always have, always will. So, why try to lose weight? Why not live life fat and happy?

There are two key reasons.

1. Comfort. I’m currently at a weight that is not comfortable to me. I don’t fit into chairs. My knees hurt when I stand up. My hips hurt after an ordinary day of activity. My feet and ankles are swollen. I can’t walk more than a block or so without developing agoninzing back pain. I want to lose weight so I can be comfortable in my own body again.

2. Health. In an earlier post, I mentioned my numerous health problems including diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure. My weight also puts me at risks for other problems like breast cancer and heart disease. I don’t want to be one of those unfortunate statistics that dies in her forties from a heart attack.

So, off I go along this weight-loss path that I need to walk but don’t want to walk.

How am I doing so far, you ask? The answer is so-so. I haven’t gained any weight since I started posting, but I haven’t lost any either. Every time I swear today will be the day I change my eating habits, the phone rings and it’s a friend asking me out to a fabulous restaurant or wanting to talk about her latest romantic woes over an ice cream cone. And so far, I’ve been the girl who can’t say no.

In my next post, I’ll take a look at the stages of change and where I am on that continuum.

Until then, be healthy!