I know I say this a lot, but I can't believe it has already been one hundred and sixty days since I started this journey. Most mornings I still feel like I'm back at the beginning. I just about need to pinch myself so that I know it is real. This journey has become a huge part of my life. I love the focus I have been able to have. It really encourages me that I will be able to sustain this once I'm through losing my butter half. It seems that sustaining weight loss success tends to be harder than actually losing the weight. That means that as hard as this is right now, it's not going to lighten up when I reach two hundred pounds. That is why I keep referring to it as a life change. I'm not doing this simply to show that I am capable of dropping one hundred and sixty-six (point two!!!) pounds, just to gain it all back. I won't turn to pizza, cheeseburgers, and chicken wings like I used to. I won't be able to just stop counting calories or exercising regularly. I'm really not sure what my workouts will look like at that point, but I know that I will always need to track my calories.
I don't know about all of you out there that are on this path with me, but it seems like every weight loss and diet plan fail to tell you the truth about what happens after you hit your goal weight. All I see are insanely fit and attractive people living up life because they've hit their goal weight. It's like something magically triggers and they become so happy. I mean like scary happy, what's with the constant smiling? I don't care how much weight you lose, nobody smiles that much. And we all know that most of the people in weight loss program commercials have never been fat in their life. They are actors and actresses who have lived in the gym for the past ten years of their lives. I would seriously doubt if they've ever been chubby, let alone obese. I think there should be an add that shows what most people look like two or three years after hitting their goal. The old me could be a poster child for losing weight and then gaining it all back. I'm tired of the lie that the weight will just stay off on it's own. We all need to be aware of what happens to people every day when they think they can keep their weight off just because they hit their goal. I had a new mindset with this weight loss journey. I'm walking this path with my eyes wide open, fully aware of what will come. That's why I'm loving my plan. It's simple, it's effective, and I know it will be sustainable long after I've lost my butter half.
My calorie intake today was excellent. Bekah used the Root Beer BBQ Sauce (the same one I used on wings back on Labor Day - see here) on some chicken thighs we had. It was delicious! I was also able to watch UK beat LSU tonight and get a full workout in on the bike. It is so much easier to ride that bike for fifty-plus minutes when there is something to distract you on tv.
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