Still Here
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Yes, I’m still here. No, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth…or off the wagon. No, I did not realized it had been so long since I’d posted.
I’m just still maintaining and that gets boring to write about. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled that I have maintained my weight loss — just a little frustrated because I wasn’t quite ready to move into maintenance mode yet. I know, of course, that I could get out of maintenance mode and back into weight loss mode if I a) got back to working out more (I’m still walking on the treadmill most days of the week) or b) cut out a few more calories.
Knowing it and doing it can be two different things, of course.
I’m in kind of a bad place right now: I’m not quite where I want to be, weight-loss-wise, but I am so much happier than where I was. I’m at a very comfortable place. I could be perfectly content here — well, maybe not perfectly content. I am wearing normal-size clothes, I have a waist again, I am no longer completely and totally ashamed of my appearance. It’s actually a really good place to be.
Do I want to stay here? No. I’d like to lose at least 25 more pounds, which would put me about 7 lbs. above my original goal, but at a very reasonable weight for my height, body build and age.
And, I’m going to do it. I haven’t given up. I just need to get my drive to work out back up. For now, I’m just resting here, though. It’s a really comfortable place for resting.
Is that a cop-out? Nope. You can hold me to it. I’ll get into the swing of things again, soon. I won’t try; I’ll do it. Do or do not. There is no try.
Kris Bales is a newly-retired homeschool mom and the quirky, Christ-following, painfully honest founder (and former owner) of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. She has a pretty serious addiction to sweet tea and Words with Friends. Kris and her husband of over 30 years are parents to three amazing homeschool grads. They share their home with three dogs, two cats, a ball python, a bearded dragon, and seven birds.