This has been a hard year for me with many ups and downs in not just my weight loss but in life in general.  My family has been through A LOT.  Luckily we have not had to deal with death or sickness but more relational things.

 I try to keep all of that OFF my blog for personal reasons but just know, stress affects weight loss and there has been quite a bit of it for me lately.

I saw this quote on Instagram the other day and it was just perfect for me.

I don’t know about you but this quote is perfect for me.

It-is-so-true!

If we quit, you know we will eventually end up weighing what we weighed before if not more!  Back then, I would have given anything to weigh 200 pounds.

Moral of the quote – Don’t quit.

But…I am going to take it a step further – Be Where You Are.

Last summer, I was working out, eating right, I did an Isagenix cleanse, and I was looking good!

You know what I said back then, “If only I could lose these last 15 pounds!”  Even then, when I was looking great and feeling great, I wasn’t satisfied.  Now, I would LOVE to look like I did last summer.

Is it ever good enough?  Is where we are ever good enough?  Will I ever get to a point where I am satisfied in my weight loss journey?  Regardless, I feel like I need to just be where I am.  I need to accept that right now, July 2014, I weigh around 205 pounds.  I need to accept the fact that I have gained some weight.  Oh well…  I need to accept the fact that life is more difficult right now than it has been in the past.

 I need to accept the fact that life has been better.

I need to accept the fact that I am going to be stronger than ever when I am done going through what I am going through!

I have a choice to make.  I can either live in the past and say “Oh..I used to be thinner!”  Or, “I looked so good starting the school year last year!”

OR

I can say, “You know what, I am where I am and I am ok.  I am still alive, I am still healthy and this too shall pass.”

Stop living in the past.

Stop beating yourself up over what you have done lately.

Be Where You Are because you know what…it sure beats where you WERE.

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