Holidays are hard! Here's a lil motivation.

I know the holidays are so stressful for a lot of us. I know how hard it is to diet when all the delicious treats are around. I know how tempting it is to stress eat when you're worried about how you can pull off christmas gifts for the kids this year or you're sad cause its your first Christmas without a loved one. I know how hard it is to exercise when it's cold outside and you just want to get under a warm blanket and sip hot chocolate. We all know. You are human! Don't forget that this holiday season. But u can do this!

I talked a while back about how last year I had been dieting since January and I took a maintenance break in Nov and Dec. I kept going to the gym but ate at maintenance and went back hard core in January and ended up losing the rest of my weight. I said how this isn't a race it's your life. Thats an option but also remember this. Every diet I ever failed was because of my all or nothing attitude. I'd mess up and think well thats the end of that I'll start fresh Monday. I wasted so many week ends binging cause diet starts Monday. You have to lose that attitude. So you ate a little Debbie Christmas tree cake and it took you over your calories...just keep going. The beauty is you don't have to be perfect. Eventually you will have more good days. Treating each day as a day to try is how you win this war. You've totally got this! You can do hard things! And remember we get one Christmas a year. This could be any of ours last. Enjoy the day. One day will NOT make or break you.

Also cause I know people will be curious I'm 42. Im 5'3 and a half to 5'4. Started in Jan of 2023 at 40 and pushing 250. I started by hiking and counting calories. Added the gym in April of 2023. Today I'm 124 pounds. I was a 2x/probably 18/20 (had no jeans that fit) I'm now a xs/s size 2. I had been obese my entire life since I was literally a baby. Came from a family of addiction and mine was food. After my mom died from alcoholism I decided my kids wouldn't watch me die knowing I could have prevented it. That was the worst pain and I wanted to save them from it and I haven't stopped trying since. Now I just want to motivate others. I know first hand how your weight can affect your entire life and how much life you can gain by getting it under control.

I know the holidays are so stressful for a lot of us. I know how hard it is to diet when all the delicious treats are around. I know how tempting it is to stress eat when you're worried about how you can pull off christmas gifts for the kids this year or you're sad cause its your first Christmas without a loved one. I know how hard it is to exercise when it's cold outside and you just want to get under a warm blanket and sip hot chocolate. We all know. You are human! Don't forget that this holiday season. But u can do this!

I talked a while back about how last year I had been dieting since January and I took a maintenance break in Nov and Dec. I kept going to the gym but ate at maintenance and went back hard core in January and ended up losing the rest of my weight. I said how this isn't a race it's your life. Thats an option but also remember this. Every diet I ever failed was because of my all or nothing attitude. I'd mess up and think well thats the end of that I'll start fresh Monday. I wasted so many week ends binging cause diet starts Monday. You have to lose that attitude. So you ate a little Debbie Christmas tree cake and it took you over your calories...just keep going. The beauty is you don't have to be perfect. Eventually you will have more good days. Treating each day as a day to try is how you win this war. You've totally got this! You can do hard things! And remember we get one Christmas a year. This could be any of ours last. Enjoy the day. One day will NOT make or break you.

Also cause I know people will be curious I'm 42. Im 5'3 and a half to 5'4. Started in Jan of 2023 at 40 and pushing 250. I started by hiking and counting calories. Added the gym in April of 2023. Today I'm 124 pounds. I was a 2x/probably 18/20 (had no jeans that fit) I'm now a xs/s size 2. I had been obese my entire life since I was literally a baby. Came from a family of addiction and mine was food. After my mom died from alcoholism I decided my kids wouldn't watch me die knowing I could have prevented it. That was the worst pain and I wanted to save them from it and I haven't stopped trying since. Now I just want to motivate others. I know first hand how your weight can affect your entire life and how much life you can gain by getting it under control.