I hope that my niece, born in January 2012 will never remember me as "fat" Aunt Kayla, hopefully I will just be Aunt Kayla.
I know that my other nieces and nephews may remember me being bigger, but I hope that this time I am just a normal aunt.
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
MOTIVATION: Compliments
In 2009 when I lost weight, repeat guests at the hotel I was working at would congratulate me on my loss and tell me I looked great. That kept me motivated to keep working out and eating right. Then I started a new job where no one knew that I had lost weight, they just knew me as the cute new delivery girl.
Then I gained weight and the compliments went away.
Fast forward to October of 2011, I had lost 40lbs and was wondering where the compliments were.
I mean I lost 40lbs! How did no one notice??
I got a little discouraged.
At the same time my husband had lost 20lbs getting really close to his ideal weight, people made such a big deal about how good he looked since losing weight again. And I thought "What am I, chopped liver?!?"
Granted it was colder outside and I was wearing last years XXL hoodie.
But I know I should be proud, not jealous...I just kept on trucking and made it to the 50lb mark and people really started noticing.
People I never knew that noticed me before, were noticing me now.
It makes me feel amazing when people let me know that they can see the results of my hard work.
Wearing shorts this week has opened up the floodgates for compliments :)
Friday, August 12, 2011
MOTIVATION: Healthy Blogs
One of the things that got me into weightloss before was healthy blogs & weightloss blogs.
Seeing other people achieve their goals, with amazing before and after photos is indeed motivation.
It helped me see there are real people, just like me, losing weight and keeping it off the healthy way.
Even when I wasn't particularly in a "losing mode" I still kept these blogs on my blogroll and read most updates. They pushed me further into the realization that I need to get back on my feet and get this weight off. AGAIN.
These are just a few of the blogs I subscribe to:
Seeing an update from any of them helps me refocus on my goals and my journey.
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