August 8, 2016

Yesterday I went to my family reunion picnic.  It was great to see family, catch up and spend the afternoon together as always!  Give me a day with good food and good people, and I am one happy lady! 

One surprise I received was the amount of positive feedback I received about how I look.  Most everybody told me how great I look when they greeted me.  What a nice surprise that was! 

Over the last (almost decade) I have been with my husband, and I have worked on my BMI at different times.  Usually, I work really hard, my husband works a little, and he gets all the praise.  It has been years of people seeing us and people saying “wow- you look great- what are you doing?” as he looks at me with knowing smile about his positive effect being a side effect of my planning and execution in the dietary department.  It is just another example of my “life is not fair” understanding ESPECIALLY in the BMI department. 

Well yesterday was just the opposite.  All of my healthy choices and battle with running must be reflected because the people who have known me my whole life seem to have thought that I am really “looking good”.  I will say it again- it felt great to have that recognition and praise.

However, that is not my objective at all.  This mission has nothing to do with my vanity.  Like I was telling one of my dear Aunty’s…my perspective has changed.  I no longer attach guilt, shame or grief to my weight.  I finally view my weight for what it really is…a number which represents one aspect of my health status.  That is why I am so open to take all of you with me and broadcast this journey to anyone who is interested in what it means to be obese and lose thirty pounds in order to have a healthy BMI. 

My last couple posts have reported my battle with un-doing vacation diet blunder.  I have lost two out of three pounds gained on vacation and I feel confident I’m close to shedding the third.  I am back down to 145.  I am back into the ten pounds to go zone and I am excited. 

I have been plateaued for quite a while.  I have survived vacation and staying home with children over the summer, while maintaining my twenty pound weight loss.  This is actually pretty exciting and although, I had originally planned on being done with this journey by August…I have to say that was presumptuous of me.  I had a plan to jump down two categories (obese-to overweight- to normal).  If I can achieve that this year, I will be happy, proud, and thankful!