Well, I have decide that I am trying of being fat. I weigh 32 pounds more than before and nearly 60 pounds more than I did when I went to grad school. I loved what I weighed when I went to grad school and I felt that that was my "happy weight". My body maintained it and I didn't have to kill myself with exercise and calorie watching.
So I follow a lot of facebook pages about body image, fitness, eating clean, etc. What I have found to be the most important thing in this journey is that it is just with yourself. You are not anyone else - not the person who loses 5 lbs a week, not the person who only has 15 lbs to lose, you are you. My journey and challenges will hopefully follow the "typical" weight loss pattern, but I have vowed not to compare myself to anyone else. And I hope for those who reading this (anyone? bueller? bueller?), just be you. Love you. Don't beat yourself up for "getting to this point". You didn't gain it all in a day - you can't lose it all in a day.
Every journey starts with one step. Now go out there and lose that ass :)
