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March 24, 2005

Waiting Feels Like an Eternity

This entry is kind of based on the previous one.

A long while back I had a friend who was losing weight and doing it very slowly. She was heavier than me. I was a lot thinner then, probably about 150 or so. (Gosh how I wish I was that again.) At that time though, that was an all time high for me (obviously a record I continued to beat). I wanted to lose at least 20lbs. I kept thinking I'll start one of these days too. Then suddenly one day she looked way thinner than me. A few months had gone by already and she lost about 30lbs. It just seemed so sudden to me. I was so bummed that I had wasted that time. I felt like I had missed out on losing 30lbs. Even though I had thought that three months went by fast, the thought of waiting three months to lose my 30lbs seemed like an eternity. That discouraging thought prevented me from getting started again. Even losing 20lbs in less than 3 months didn’t occur to me. And here I am today.

Now I’m trying to put things in perspective. Even if it takes 10-12 months for me to take off my 90 lbs, it’s going to fly by. Time always does for me. The first year of my daughter’s life did. I have no idea where this past year went. Better yet, after I lose 10lbs (hopefully in about one month) I’m going to be psyched! It will totally be great to have my maternity pants be baggy on me (yes I’m still wearing them) and 10lbs is all it will take to do that. There are a bunch of milestones that will be rewards along the way and help make that time go by fast.

It’s late and I have to get some sleep. There is an infomercial on right now called “Gunter’s Six Second Abs”. Give me a break!

Posted by hopeful @ March 24, 2005 1:38 AM