Motivated

My New Year's resolution for 2012 is to FINALLY reach my goal weight that I have been struggling to get to for years. I'm not going to lie, I gained a lot of weight while I was in college. I could blame it on not having time to work out, being on an off schedule all the time, etc., etc. The truth is, I just didn't care enough about my body and self image at the time... I was in a "rut". I came up with every excuse in the book not to start eating healthier or working out. "I'll start tomorrow" became my excuse EVERYDAY, when in reality, tomorrow became 3 years of gaining 30 pounds. So here's my little story of motivation:

Some of you may not know this, but I am a younger girl version of my dad. Same temper, same attitude, SAME eating habits. When I moved home from Tuscaloosa in May I begain to notice how out of control my health was... mainly because I was around my parents. My dad decided to go through with gastric bipass surgery in July, and ALL of our eating habits changed. It motivated me to workout everyday and eat healthier. Most of my motivation was for my upcoming wedding... I set goals for myself that I attempted to reach, but never really did. I did lose 10 pounds over the summer and fall months, but I'm still not at my goal weight. In the meantime, my dad has lost nearly 100 pounds and looks GREAT! The truth is, I'm a little jealous that he has had so much success in his weight loss... I am SO happy for him because I know what it's like to struggle with weight, but I want my own success. SO. I'm giving up all of the excuses, I'm not going to feel sorry for myself. I'm going to suck it up, and just DO IT!

These are my motivators:

• I want to feel more confident
• I want my husband to be proud of me
• I want to be at my goal weight before we decide to have children
• I want to enjoy life instead of stressing about my weight
• I NEED to be healthy
• I want to be able to walk into a store and try on clothes that I have aways wanted to wear
• I want to be able to say "I lost 30-40 pounds" and be proud of myself
• I want to create a healthy environment for my family
• Being healthy will increase my life span

There are many more motivators that I have, but are too personal to share. My plan is to change my lifestyle into a healthy one. I'm not going on a diet, I'm changing my eating habits. That is how I have to look at it, or it will never happen.