Wishing Thin...Getting Fat

One of the most debilitating things when it comes to health and fitness goals is a bad or misled mindset.

As a "powerless" fat person I kept wishing and wishing for thinness as if wishing by itself would bring about the necessary results. I think sometimes I thought that having a mindset that aspires to be thin sort of excused my current condition.
If I wanted it and it wasn't happening despite my good intention then it wasn't my fault. (Stupid but there you have it).

A lot of damage had been done by the time I realized that this way of thinking leads to no good. 

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First of all I should not have been aspiring for thinness, there is nothing attractive about being thin when you are not genetically engineered to be. 

Secondly you can be thin but that does not necessarily guarantee health.

What I should have aspired for is: 

• Health for my body, mind and soul to function optimally.
• Fitness for physical dexterity so that I can engage in daily activities, especially with my family, in comfort. (That it requires reduction to a healthy weigh that compliments my shape and composition is a given).

No doubt most of us with weight challenges are consumed with daydreams of thin-ness and one day fitting into the tiniest and sexiest dress we can find.

I remember saying the same thing was my goal when I started my journey 6 months ago...but somewhere along the way things changed.

When I started getting an awareness of what my body could do and what it means to be healthy, I realised that wishing myself thin is not in my best interest.

Working with my body to get the best of its unique shape is what's important.

That's what I'm doing now:

Getting fit and healthy and doing my best to avoid lifestyle related diseases and discomfort is at the top of the list.

I don't have the best diet plan, I wish I ate more vegetables than I get in.... but I think it passes for healthy.

• No simple carbs (discounting the brownie at the coffee table at church on Synday - just cant help myself).
• No refined sugar (again - ignore the brownie)
• and since last July I've gone vegetarian... I just feel better healthwise,
• Lots of exercise ( I workout 6 days a week at home and the gym - 80% resistance training which is what I enjoy)
• and when I started I was counting calories I will not lie but now I would say my calorie intake is now between 1000 - 1300 a day, no more, especially on my rest day.

That's seems to be keeping on the right track, 

I am more concerned about living with a healthy body than I am about my digits. Although knowing kilos lost in one most visible means of keeping track of progress.
Getting more muscle mass than fat is definitely my biggest goal. I enjoy feeling strong, it's my drug of choice.

How about you:

What's keeping you at your unhappy place healthwise?
Or what has been the best thing for you so far about your health and fitness journey?

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