A locally sponsored blog...

I've been reading a weight loss blog sponsored by our local paper, The Charlotte Observer. You can read it here. It was actually part of the reason I started blogging on my weight loss journey instead of day to day activites or stories. The blog profiles 3 wanna be healthy people and they each blog twice a week. One of the bloggers is having a really tough time keeping her promises to herself, exercising and just being healthy in general. Her readers comments are constantly full of ridicule and judgement. I typically root for the underdog, but I don't think this blogger gets it. She dines out at places such as Chima (Brazilian steakhouse), has ice cream and then boasts about gorging herself at Easter dinner and how amazing it was.

 I can't root for her anymore, I can't leave her encouraging comments. I think of all that I have done and am doing to achieve my goal of a forever healthy lifestyle and she just makes me angry. She still says she is trying but is obviously not. I don't know why I'm so mad at someone I don't know or why her lack of willpower bothers me. I really want to see her succeed like the other two bloggers. I really wanted her to get on track and do it. Now I just don't know if she can or if she even wanted to in the first place. She's cut her blogging down to once per week and I don't want to read her excuses anymore. However, I really hope she surprises all of the readers for the sake of her health and emotional well-being.

I also feel sorry for her, I think of my amazing support system and how my family has changed things for me so that I am able to still sit down and enjoy a meal with them. I know I could do it without them, but it's much easier with them. I think of my husband, who was used to getting pizza at least 3 times a month and hasn't had any since I started on my journey. He was also used to other fun foods that no longer exist in our home, I know myself and if I get tempted by one thing it will lead to another (I do make dinner for him nightly, he gets sides that I don't, steamed carrots, potatoes, whole grain pasta, etc...). Some people will say that my family shouldn't have to change because of me. To those people, I say try to overcome something without full support and see where you go.

Getting closer to 30 lbs gone and its worth every green gunk drink in the world.
Nothing can taste as good as skinny and healthy is going to feel.
And I have my family to thank in helping me get there.