Words are Powerful!
Lindsey Root - Monday, December 21, 2009
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written here. These last 3 months have been full of changes occupationally, emotionally, and physically. Despite all of the changes, I’m so glad to tell you that I’ve stuck to my low carb lifestyle. Time has flown by so quickly and it’s amazing to me that I’ve been eating low carb for 6 months and a week and I’ve lost 28lbs total. You never realize how much weight impacts every part of your life until you start shedding the pounds and regaining the confidence and happiness that you had lost with the weight gain.
I have 17 more pounds that I want to lose to be at my goal weight. Once I hit that number I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing and if I stay there I will be thrilled and if my body wants to lose more weight I’ll be thrilled. I’ve never consistently followed a diet to where it became a lifestyle and so I’ve never really known an accurate “goal” weight.
One thing I want to share with you that I hope you take to heart is to love yourself. No matter what size you are, it’s so easy to want to hide behind baggy clothes, and for some reason we feel like those clothes make us invisible to the world. Don’t wait to look your best until you reach your goal weight. Wake up everyday and walk with confidence because you were created beautifully from the inside out no matter what the number on the scale tells you. I know that when I was at my heaviest weight, I felt fat and ugly in everything I wore, and though I’m still not at my “goal” weight, looking back I wish I would’ve built myself up with more positive thoughts and carried myself with more confidence.
When I was starting out at my heaviest weight (which was 3 ½ years ago), everyday I would look in the mirror in disgust and tell myself that I looked so fat and ugly. I wish I could slap myself in the face for how many times I told myself that and turn those negative thoughts into positive ones. This is the worst thing you can do to yourself when you are starting out on your weight loss journey. When I started losing weight, than I started feeling better about myself. I still felt fat and ugly, but I took those negative thoughts and told myself that I CAN lose the weight and I WON’T let those negative thoughts define me.
The more and more weight I lose, the more confidence I gain which makes me feel so much happier. I’ve always been a very happy person who loves to be around people, but it’s so sad how weight can diminish happiness and confidence if you let it. I try to find something about myself everyday that I can say I’m thankful for or that I think is beautiful about myself. It’s not easy AT ALL, but when I tell myself those positive words its amazing how I start feeling what I’m telling myself. Words are powerful! They can build someone up or knock someone down. Stop tearing yourself down with negative words and instead build yourself up with beauty.
Whatever stage you are at in your weight loss journey, remember to take it one day at a time and don’t ever give up. Giving up is no longer an option. If you slip up then move on. It’s behind you and tomorrow is another day to make better choices. There are so many times that we slip up and feel so guilty and so we just throw in the towel and give up because we think we can’t do it. Remember to never, Never, NEVER GIVE UP!!! Believe in yourself and you will accomplish your dreams and goals. Thank you for reading! Please feel free to share your own weight loss experience below.
I have 17 more pounds that I want to lose to be at my goal weight. Once I hit that number I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing and if I stay there I will be thrilled and if my body wants to lose more weight I’ll be thrilled. I’ve never consistently followed a diet to where it became a lifestyle and so I’ve never really known an accurate “goal” weight.
One thing I want to share with you that I hope you take to heart is to love yourself. No matter what size you are, it’s so easy to want to hide behind baggy clothes, and for some reason we feel like those clothes make us invisible to the world. Don’t wait to look your best until you reach your goal weight. Wake up everyday and walk with confidence because you were created beautifully from the inside out no matter what the number on the scale tells you. I know that when I was at my heaviest weight, I felt fat and ugly in everything I wore, and though I’m still not at my “goal” weight, looking back I wish I would’ve built myself up with more positive thoughts and carried myself with more confidence.
When I was starting out at my heaviest weight (which was 3 ½ years ago), everyday I would look in the mirror in disgust and tell myself that I looked so fat and ugly. I wish I could slap myself in the face for how many times I told myself that and turn those negative thoughts into positive ones. This is the worst thing you can do to yourself when you are starting out on your weight loss journey. When I started losing weight, than I started feeling better about myself. I still felt fat and ugly, but I took those negative thoughts and told myself that I CAN lose the weight and I WON’T let those negative thoughts define me.
The more and more weight I lose, the more confidence I gain which makes me feel so much happier. I’ve always been a very happy person who loves to be around people, but it’s so sad how weight can diminish happiness and confidence if you let it. I try to find something about myself everyday that I can say I’m thankful for or that I think is beautiful about myself. It’s not easy AT ALL, but when I tell myself those positive words its amazing how I start feeling what I’m telling myself. Words are powerful! They can build someone up or knock someone down. Stop tearing yourself down with negative words and instead build yourself up with beauty.
Whatever stage you are at in your weight loss journey, remember to take it one day at a time and don’t ever give up. Giving up is no longer an option. If you slip up then move on. It’s behind you and tomorrow is another day to make better choices. There are so many times that we slip up and feel so guilty and so we just throw in the towel and give up because we think we can’t do it. Remember to never, Never, NEVER GIVE UP!!! Believe in yourself and you will accomplish your dreams and goals. Thank you for reading! Please feel free to share your own weight loss experience below.
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