We are all on a journey, and our journeys are many faceted. I am starting this blog with the intent to document a very specific journey I began on May 13, 2013.
Two summers ago I was visiting a friend who is just 10 years younger than I am and she commented that she was attempting to be "Fit and Fabulous" by 40. I thought, well, I can be "Fit and Fabulous" by 50. I pondered this long and hard but all I did was ponder. 50 is now right around the corner.
January 2012 began a year of being a vegetarian, but that is an entry for another day, but being a vegetarian saw me drop 16 pounds which I did not regain. So, my weight loss journey was already off to a rockin' start.
In September 2011 I made a new friend and she and I had many dinners out and lots of alcohol and in the 20 months of our friendship she gained 18 pounds. We kept talking about going to Weight Watchers together, but it was just talk. In May she went to a conference that was based on wellness and she was sparked. I was sparked to at least start this journey before my 50th birthday. May 12, 2013 was Mother's Day and Kevin and I cooked a magnificent meal and lots of alcohol was consumed. The next day started the journey.
So Monday evening my friend and I ventured out to our first Weight Watchers meeting together. Hesitantly I weighed in. I knew it would not be pretty, but at least I had those 16 vegetarian pounds gone from my body. And so the Journey began. Yesterday I read a quote, "Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's more like a Cha-Cha." And so my "Cha-Cha" has begun. With that visual in my head I am more determined than ever to not let a poor weight loss week allow me to loose my motivation.
For 12 weeks I have been steadfast on this journey. I have Cha-Cha'd along the way, but I keep going, a bit like the energizer bunny. I may not be "Fit and Fabulous by 50" but I am on my way. Hopefully I will have lost "50 by 50" ~ that is a goal that is with in reach and then my journey will continue. I'm glad to have a friend with me on this journey to Cha-Cha with, to encourage each other when we venture off the path, and to share our successes however big or small.
This has been a lifelong journey for me, this battle with food and the scale. So for today I have a vision and a goal for where I am going on this journey. I have a vision and a goal for where I want to end and spend time. I pray for grace to get there, and to have the strength that once I get there not to leave.
