Friday, June 08, 2018

Perceptions


I have been feeling 'fat'...... and when that happens I HATE myself -- lose my confidence -- lose my incentive.

Perception is my biggest enemy.  I haven't weighed myself -- or measured myself... I just decided I was putting on weight.  It doesn't help that my summer shorts were feeling a wee bit tight... or that my Tshirts seemed to be 'fitting where they touched'.  

I was angry with myself.  I was discouraged.  I decided what did it matter?!

Then I thought about the wedding -- and the dress hanging in my closet.
I thought about how good I felt last summer -- confident -- in my shorts.
I thought about this feeling "fat" ........ 

So this morning I pushed the reset button -- time to get back on the calorie counting/exercising 
First step weigh myself.
I swear I closed my eyes -- I couldn't bare to see how much I had put on........ then I peaked -- then I opened my eyes wide.  I stepped off the scales and stepped back on..... cause geeeeez it had to be wrong........ 

BUT 

it wasn't -- I have actually lost another pound!

Perception is definitely a problem for me (and probably others).

Life is good when the reality is better than the perception. 

3 comments:

  1. That is great! Good job!

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  2. Well what a fantastic end result! Getting on the scales was a good thing! I can totally relate though, our own perception can be our own worst enemy. It has been a bit of a bingey few days with celebrations here and I "know" the scales have gone up. Sigh.

    Hugs
    Roz

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  3. ...We are always so hard our ourselves...and, you know, muscles weigh more than fat! It is pretty nice to have the scale surprise you in a good way...hugs abby

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