This is Hard Work!

Forget it! The diet fairy godmother isn't coming! If only she would come and wave her weight loss wand, this would be so much easier. The truth is, there's no easy way to do this. It requires a lot of hard work and effort. I'm finding that to be true with everything worthwhile in life. We can dream about what it would be like to be thin. We can talk about it. We can walk through the store and imagine what it would feel like to wear sizes in the misses and juniors section rather than the plus size department, but that won't get us very far. There really is no secret to success. It's work and it's hard.

Each time a Weight Watchers member reaches goal weight at our meeting, we want to know how they got there. Usually someone will ask the familiar question, "How did you do it?" While each person's weight loss journey is different, they almost always talk about how hard it was to reach their goal. But, they also say it was worth every bit of effort it took to get there. I never heard anyone say they had regrets about enduring the blood, sweat, and tears it took to reach their destination.

I'm blessed by the testimonies of those who stood strong until the end.  Their excitement gives me the strength to keep going. I need to be reminded that this process of loosing weight is not easy. At times I want to quit, but their success gives me hope. I know all this hard work will be worth it one day, therefore, I will press on towards the goal!