It’s that time of year again when many people reflect upon the previous year, wondering what could have been, and contemplate the year ahead, dreaming of what could possibly be. While I’ve never been a huge fan of resolutions (mainly because I’m no good at keeping them), two years ago, I promised myself I would try to make a change that would last a lifetime.
Two years ago, I was a 435-pound man.
And for the last time, I resolved to get healthy.
And while I had tried almost every diet, gimmick and trick out there, I was not thoroughly convinced that surgically wrapping an elastic band around my stomach was going to be the solution to my problems. Why? Well, it wasn’t modern medicine’s fault that I was a morbidly obese. Over the twenty previous years prior, I made a series of bad choices in terms of my eating habits and my inability to manage my emotions. So while I didn’t resolve to go on a diet, or read yet another self-help book in search of the secret to happiness and weight-loss success, I did resolve to do one thing very differently. I made a resolution to hold myself accountable to my own choices.
Finally.
I chose to live my life differently. Quite simply, I chose to live.
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Good motivation. I had to change my eating habits 2 years ago and learnt to work some physical activity into my lifestyle. Never looked back.
nicole
435 wow. 2 years in. I’m on month 4. Good luck to you!