The Journey
I found this picture today, which I think accurately depicts my journey with health/weight loss. In fact, I think a lot of people who've maintained weight loss for years would tend to agree with this. I have made it pretty transparent to those that are closest to me that I had let my health journey and weight loss and maintenance journey slide in the last year or so. I let other factors affect my journey, and I left stress allow myself to put myself down on the list of 'most important things in life.' I'm blessed to say though that my threshold of reaching out for help is lower, seeing as how I'm not 218 pounds like I have been previously. I've still maintained a 40-45 pound weight loss for going on 7 years. Which is absolutely something to rejoice for, while also seeking to do better. I am back mentally to the place where I have to do this for my health, for my children, and being around to see them grow and live, because a family history of everything (se...