I tell people now, "I joined because I didn't like how I looked. I stayed because I loved how I felt."
My WW meeting was the most uplifting part of my week. Kimmy S and Karen B,
I am forever thankful to you for being such incredibly positive influences.
I still struggle every single day with understanding this whole lifetime process. I am over my weight goal on that damn BMI chart. But when I look at pictures like this, I'm reminded that chart doesn't define me. And my friends, it doesn't define you either.
On the left, I am down 12 lbs and sucking it in. I felt awesome that day. On the right, I am 11 lbs over the max weight on the BMI chart for my 5'10 height. I'm tired of the chart. So tired of it. I think I have it so engrained in my brain that "You're over the goal, you must be a hippopotamus."
Then I look at a picture and verify that I am in fact a human. Sweet!
Let's talk muscle vs fat. Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound is a pound. It is just more dense and takes up less space. A pound of gold is smaller than a pound of cotton balls. For TOO LONG, my entire life, I believed everyone who said to me, "You're not fat, you have a ton of muscle." Cool, so I'll just keep eating these cheese fries then.
I had fat to lose. Most of us do. I lost 51 lbs from 2009-2011. Since gained about 11 lbs and have a constant few pound yoyo. And here's the difference:
May 2015. I think +11 lbs is fine.
The Message: Weightloss is so confusing. Muscle. Fat. Up. Down. Sideways.
Take pictures. Take measurements. See how much faster you can run.
See your doctor. Check your blood pressure. Watch your muscles grow. Take selfies. Get your body fat tested. Smile bigger.
Measure everything the scale can't.
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