The question has been raised…..
As the leader of the Heartbreakers I raised this question to my buddies and now I am extending it to all my buddies.
I asked them to refocus and re-examine their reasons for wanting to lose weight. Each of us had reasons when we started. What were they in the beginning? have you reasons evolved and changed into something else??
When I started this weight loss journey, I thought I was doing it for me. I had all my reasons in a row like little ducks in a fair shooting game. Over these months since I started here, I have come to realize a serious truth. I did it half heartedly for me. I was really doing it to get attention from my husband. Not just attention but I felt he saw me as less of a person, so I had to lose weight to get his respect. It has taken me all this time to see that I don’t need his “respect” for my physical appearance nor for my health. I have to take my life into my own hands and give it all up to God. I have to have enough respect for this body God gave me to take better care of it and nourish it properly. If I try to please someone else, when they hurt me, I just wind up eating and thus gaining back weight. So with God’s guidance and help, I have a better mind set and will take better care of me. 
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funny you bring that up… I was just reading my profile last week and realized that things had changed over the 5 months I’d been here… had to update!
I hear that!
You have to do this for yourself and I agree with that 100%. Your hubby, loves you regardless because he married you for who you are.
Good luck!
Wow Tiffany that is great that you dug into yourself and figured out what was holding you back. I’m sure you can push forward know now in your heart what you need to do for you.
I know I was only giving a half hearted effort as well…I joined here in January with a better me in mind. I did not want it bad enough. I kept failing losing and gaining the same 10 to 12 pounds over and over again. It bothered me but not enough to put 100% into it…in late August I sat down and re-evaluated my reason for doing this and came up with more reasons than I can list here and funny enough only a few were the original’s that I had listed in January. I feel like after I sat down and put my duck in a row as you said and left everybody else out of the equation I got my answer for being here. I have moved forward with a new found energy this month and have lost 12 pounds…yeah I have done this before but this time I feel like I can get back up when I fall and push that number higher and higher.
What a monumental step for you to take. I’m so proud of you for giving it all back to God - where it came from. You’re so inspirational, I’m proud to be your sister in Christ.
Awesome! I def need to do some updating myself. Seems like every couple months here comes along a different reason to make me push to lose weight. When all along I should just be doing it for me
Have a great weekend!
WOW! Everyone is really digging deep today. I identify and agree with so much that has been said. You can put on a smile and say the right words but the truth is the truth and only we know it. The reasons in my heart and the reasons that I share are very different. I will keep pushing and get it right at some point.