The best part of this weight loss process is that my success has been an inspiration for my mom to start caring for herself as much as I care about her 🥺

SW: 348; CW: 258; GW: 180 (?)

TL;DR: My mom texted me this morning that she was inspired by my progress and looks to me as an example when she wants to deviate from her plan. This made me realize the intensely positive impact that my weight loss has had not just on myself and my life but those around me.

Hey guys! I wanted to share something really powerful that happened this morning with you all to demonstrate the impact and importance of everyone’s weight loss journey.

I finally moved out into my own apartment back in November, and since then I would go over to my mothers house pretty frequently - especially around the holidays. My mom is now very aware that I am tracking calories (CICO) and also intermittent fasting so she would always make comments about the food that was available in the house. She would mention “Oh, this is the diet version”, and “I got this specific pasta sauce because it was low calorie”, etc. I hadn’t thought much of it when she would mention that because I know she’s been doing what she can to support me and the goals I set for myself because she’s awesome.

Recently, it’s almost as though she’s been giving me a status update every time I would go over. She likes to drink Coke pretty frequently (she claims it helps her not lose her mind with my 5 younger siblings that still live with her) and she has been telling me how she’s been drinking more and more water in leu of the Coke. I thought this was awesome, and mentioned that she’d likely lose a bit of weight just with that swap.

At some point last week, my mom and I went out for lunch. When I hopped in her car I saw that she had gotten a new Fitbit. I asked her about the Fitbit and she seemed almost embarrassed and said she just had some Kohls cash to burn. We had a conversation about it and I mentioned that I think the model she got was one I was going to save up for because it had the heart rate monitoring. The next time I saw her she had purchased me the exact same Fitbit and asked me to help her set hers up with the app. She was so excited when she scored some “zone minutes” and was super interested in the sleep info.

Which brings us to this morning. What my mother didn’t realize was that this morning I had hit the 90 lbs lost mark and I was super excited. (At 100 lbs lost, I’m getting my hair done, so these last 10 lbs can’t come fast enough!). After stagnating a bit over the holidays finally losing some more weight was comforting. I was back on track. I asked my mom if she wanted to go to lunch as I knew she had been having a bad week. She said she would love that and that she had been having a bad week but that she has lost 6 lbs!

I was so excited to hear that and went to type my congratulations when she hit me with a follow up text that said:

“But you are truly a powerful inspiration and should know that I often look to your amazing example when I want to deviate❤️❤️”

That had me full stop right there at my desk. I had no idea just how much my mom was influenced by my lifestyle changes and weight loss. Absolutely no idea that the positive changes I was seeing in myself and my circumstances were also affecting those closest to me. I straight up shed a couple tears right then reading this text. It made me realize that when you have the motivation and drive to make a change in your life - it’s contagious. You attract the energy that you put out. The thought that my mom was inspired enough by the changes I’ve made made me truly understand that all the effort, the stress, the overthinking, the mistakes, the missed workouts, the lessons in self care, and everything else that have brought me to this point in my journey were all 100% worth that feeling.

Everyone’s weight loss journey is intensely personal and should be done to care for yourself. But also, maybe think about how your lifestyle changes can be contagious. You may become naturally a bit more confident, self-assured, and even more carefree subconsciously which will affect the way that you maintain and develop your relationships with others. In some cases, your success can be someone’s inspiration to start changing their life.

I see this every day when I open Reddit! Everyone who shares on this subreddit and others is providing the same contagious energy. Don’t give up! Surround yourself with people and resources that will help you get there. When you make a change in your life for the better, others notice. You truly do glow up :)

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