Someone asked me yesterday what motivates me after 10 months to keep going. They said they talked with someone who lost weight doing HCG and gained it all right back. My response, "I wanna live." I know that sounds simple, but desperation - sometimes - is not such a bad motive. The added benefits to sustaining my weight loss are new clothes, healthy blood, greater enjoyment of life. But make no mistake about it - the bottom level motivating factor is "I wanna live." It's the picture of seeing myself swallow pills each morning just to obtain some "quality of life," and the picture of looking in the mirror when I got out of the tub and my eyes filling with tears, and the picture of having no energy and sneaking through the drive thru window and telling myself I would start again tomorrow. That, for me, is death. I choose life. Is it easy - NO! Is it worth it - YES! A million times YES is what I scream.
I know that there are many routes to health running around - my real prayer is that no matter what each of you do, you CHOOSE life and never make excuses nor lie to yourself about your health again. This is not a fad to me - it can't be or I will stumble. Some have said to me, "you'll eventually stop this - no one can live life without starch or sugar." I hate that! BUT........these people have seen me try and fail more times than I care to tell you. So I have to move past everyone's watchful, doubting eyes and get up each day and find new recipes, follow the plan, drink my water, fill my plate with whole, colorful foods, watch my portions, weigh daily and ENJOY a life I've never had. Is that worth the effort? YES!!!!
Choose life and eat to live,
PK
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