Endless Summer Creations

Sometimes the question is not "Why do I want to accomplish this goal"?  Sometimes it's more like "Why shouldn't I just do whatever I feel like doing? Why do I want to bother myself with goals when I could just be relaxing instead?" You might then ask yourself, if I forget the goal what do I miss out on?  Am I ok with that?  Will I have regrets one day?  Which will cause me more stress - abandoning the goal or following through on it? What will my life look like next week, next month, next year if I do/don't accomplish the goal?  Sometimes when it's the desire for accomplishment that falters, it's the fear of loss that keeps you going. 

Last year I read an article by the New York Times  about former Biggest Loser contestants who gained back most, if not all of the weight they had lost on the popular show.  The article paints a pretty dismal picture for those of us who want to lose weight and keep it off.  To me, the upshot of the article is that overweight people will always gain it back on account of their defective metabolisms. That conclusion is unacceptable to me, however.  And I have my work cut out for me as a result.  At my heaviest I ballooned to 212 pounds.  I had gone through some very traumatic times and I dealt with it by eating.  I didn't think I deserved the good things I used to have.  Not even running.  I didn't even think I deserved to run another marathon. It wasn't until I began the process of truly forgiving myself that I was able to believe I deserved those good things again, and in turn begin to lose weight.  Losing weight was ...