Hi Everyone,
I'm sitting here feeling proud of what I've accomplished....an 88 pound weight loss at the very young age of 49 :) Yesterday, I had a unexpected non-scale victory that prompted this feeling. While doing some home renovations, my parents found my 22 year old wedding gown forgotten and packed away in a closet. They dropped it over at my house last night and at my husband and children's prompting, I put it on. To my joy, the dress was well preserved and it 90% fit. I say 90% because I'm about 10 pounds give our take from it completely zipping up. A few years ago, I know I would have gazed at the dress and wonder how I had been that small/felt defeated for letting myself gain so much weight. Instead, I was left with happy old memories of my wedding, happy NEW memories of this experience and a bit of motivation to lose that last 10-15 pounds with a goal in mind. I'd like to lose that weight over the next 9 months and be able to completely zip the dress by my 50th birthday.
All this had me thinking. We are always so critical of ourselves. Even when we achieve a milestone, I think we don't tend to celebrate it. We just keep finding something else wrong. I encourage you all to take a moment and reflect on your accomplishments and let yourself feel that pride, joy and sense of accomplishment. Do you find yourself in a similar boat? Meaning do you find yourself not reflecting and celebrating your accomplishments as much as you should?
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