As I look back on these incredible wedding photos from @linandjirsa , I feel so proud of the transfo
As I look back on these incredible wedding photos from @linandjirsa , I feel so proud of the transformed version of me and it got me thinking about my history. Up until 2011, I had been obese my entire life. I’d tried losing weight for all the wrong reasons. As a teenager, I lost ¾ of the weight for a girl I had a crush on and gained it right back when she still didn’t like me. I lost weight for my oldest daughter when she was born but she loved me just the way I was so I stopped. In the end I had to have a moment wherein I came to myself (I told the story on the TEDx stage, link in profile) and got sick and tired of being sick and tired. The weight came pouring off but this time, it’s been gone for over 7 years. I still eat the same, I still keep an active diet and I STILL STRUGGLE ALL THE TIME. It’s like the story in the Christian Bible when Jesus says the guy that listens to Jesus is like a person who has a house built on a rock foundation and the one who doesn’t is sand. In both cases, the rain comes and floods the home so the rock house stands while the sand house floats off. Whether you do everything “right” on your journey to your best self or not, there will be storms. Sometimes those storms manifest as a work pizza party you have to attend or a nasty breakup that makes you miss your ex lovers, Ben & Jerry. Ready or not, challenges will come down on you. What does your foundation look like? A lifelong commitment to health and your best life does not end with setbacks, missteps, weight gain or plateaus. It definitely does not end when you hit goal weight. It doesn’t stop when abs show up or even now, when you meet the woman of your dreams. So build your foundation, look up and scream, “bring on the rain!” We’ve got this. -- source link