The Reasons to lose weight

We are all in this together and we all have goals either to lose weight or to maintain what we have lost. We all have different ways to getting to our goals. And most if not all of us have tried different diets before and lost weight just to regain that much and more than likely gained even more.

We all have our different reason why we want to lose the weight, hopefully the reason comes down to being fit and healthy. Losing weight just to fit into a swimming suit or a wedding dress is not the best of reasons and I say this because once summer is over or the wedding is over the weight will come back and then some. The only real way to lose the weight and to keep it off is to first want to lose the weight because we are ready for a lifestyle change. We are ready to stop the YO YO weight dance. We want to empty our closets of all the different sizes of cloths, and only have to worry about color matches. And along the way we have hopefully learnt that eating the foods that are healthy and good for us is really great tasting too.  I have gotten to the point that I can tell if something has too much salt just by taking the first bit.  Also when something is too greasy it really turns me off. I have also gotten to the point that if I do not get up and move around a lot and get my walks in even if it is a short 5 min walk I get very nervous, I just cannot sat still very long anymore.

What was your main reason for wanting to take this journey, mine was to get off all of my medications, which I have just now managed to do so.  My new goals are now to lose the weight gained from stopping my water pill, and to maybe lose the last small amount of weight that my doctor would like me to lose. Then my goal will turn to keeping off the medications, and keeping the weight off. And along the way I will set step, or distance goals for walking or bike riding. But most of all my goals all boil down to the fact that I want to be healthy and fit for my family, friends, and most of all for myself.

I would love to hear about your reason for wanting to take this Journey.