Yesterday I was looking through the SparkPeople Community Feed and there was a post from a 20-something woman who has lost 201 pounds in 15 months. I looked at her SparkPage where she suggests checking out her YouTube channel which details her weight loss journey.
I watched her one-year video entry, made in early January. A few comments jumped out at me.
"Wishing it isn't going to make it happen."
"Be the change that you want."
She asks if we believe that one year can make a difference. How about one month? How about one decision?
Right before I watched that video, I had made a poor decision, diet-wise. I was at home, studying for a test, and I suddenly craved sugar. Lunch was only 45 minutes away, at best. Instead of simply waiting for lunch and eating something healthy, I ate a toaster pastry (an organic one, but still - 200 calories of something my body didn't really need.)
I realize that when you're 357 or 558 pounds, you probably don't want to hear a 122-pound woman lament her bad choices. However, remember, it's all relative. I don't fit in my pants. Either I have to buy new pants and forget about wearing that blue dress I bought for my upcoming performance, or I have GOT to carefully consider every decision I make. Every decision adds up to have either a positive or negative effect on my body. If I don't change my ways, I'll eventually be buying bigger and bigger clothes until I've got a lot more to lose.
I need to control myself now so I don't get to a point where I have to make even more and more good decisions to reach my goal. I wrote about this very thing a couple of weeks ago in "The Long Haul." Right now, I have a short haul. A mini haul, really. Even a 5-pound loss would probably do it.
Whether you're in it for a mini, short, or long haul, let's all remember the power of each decision, and make sure the good ones outweigh the bad ones.
Here's the video that inspired me. Her Spark handle is XOAmandaDawn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtYJMP2ItS0
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