Wow, I can't believe it has been an entire Month since the last time I was here...It has a little busy..
To update you, I am continuing my journey with the Take Shape For Life Program using Medifast and continuing to love how easily it has been to fit this program to my life. I was never the person to succeed at losing weight, but this time I know the sky is the limit...Never has something been so obtainable to me. I really see this. I think it we be the first thing I have done in a long time start to finish. That is huge for me.
I have for the most part loved all the food options and I am contining to gain ground on my goals to lose 100 pounds at which time I will re-evaluate to see if I want to go further. To date, I have lost 72 pounds. I am excited to report that there will be even more options in the coming week. New products are heading to stores as we speak...Ice Cream! and Pancakes! How cool is that!
My next weigh-in is Monday and I am hoping to see the scale move after 2 weeks of the scale not moving..It is a little frustrating, but I try to remind myself that it didn't come on overnight. I am not the first to reach a plateau, and I know I won't be the last. I continue to eat and drink as the outline says...keeping focus on my next mini goal of 75 pounds lost.
I have taken on another venture..I have been given an opportunity to share my story of success with others by becoming a Health Coach. I am so passionate about this program. It has saved my life in many way..Last time I posted, I was just getting started...It has been such a rewarding thing. To see these folks reach goals and know that I may have inspired someone is surreal. I hope to touch as many people as I can. The other day, I had a guy at work walk up to be and tell me he started a weight loss program because of me..I didn't really know the guy..but he was keeping an eye on progess and was so impress he decide to do something..Wild to think, someone wanted what I had..up until recently I wanted to be like everyone else..slim and trim.
I just have one thing I want to share...I know how someone who hasn't started might be feeling or someone who is looking at a huge mountain to climb and has just started the journey..I know EXACTLY how you feel. I know it feels like just another diet that you will fail at..You look in the mirror and can't stand what you see..I thought that myself. I was scared, I was depressed, I was angry at myself to getting to the point I was at, especially after watching my Mom battle with weight-related issues...all the above. Take a deep breath, take the first step, and get ready for your life to change...I promise, I will never sugar coat things...I am honest and sometimes honesty hurts...It is both a blessing and a curse. People want the truth if the truth be told...but others really don't want to face it. It takes YOU being in the game to do this..to do any weight loss program..If you are doing this for someone else, that is fine..but it must also include doing it for you...You have to want this and be at a place where you are really ready to be honest..It isn't always gonna be easy..We don't live in a perfect world. You may fumble as you learn this in the beginning..It's ok..The important thing is that we keep trying till we get it right...I had mishaps in the beginning..not because I tried to cheat, but because I hadn't understood it all and was still learning..As you continue, it gets easier and you start to make it second nature. Soon there is no other option..your new life is the only way to go.
I look at the world differently now...I see so many overweight people, and yet I remain humble...I want to help them..I know I can help them...
There are such highs with this program. I have lost more sizes off my clothing..I have been running 2 miles on the bridge weekly...AND I am schedule to run a 5K in the coming weeks..I never thought 6 months ago that I would be here...lighter, happier, and wanting more of what a healthier life can bring me. You can do this too....Take the step...Step one is the hardest step..but the remaining steps are the most rewarding steps you will take....
I hope to have reached my goal by the next time we talk...say a little prayer!
Thanks for reading.
Pattie
http://www.GetSlim4Good.com.
Hi Pattie. I am a fellow Medifaster too! Yay on becoming a coach.. that is exciting. I am thinking that one day I may too. I have lost 74 pounds but I still have more than that to lose too. It's is wonderful and life changing and anyone can do this, you just have to want it bad enough and be ready to take that leap. Good for you!!!
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