~ I can be very stubborn.
~ My body didn't lose like I always wanted.
~ Sweating after cardio makes me feel sexy, however sweating doing nothing turns me into a bitch.
~ I have a new found respect for myself.
~ Seeing my collar bone for the first time since I was a kid was better than waking up on Christmas morning!
~ You can not out exercise a bad diet
~ Get hold of what you eat first.
~ Writing down my emotions after I ate something to self soothe helped me get a grip on it (....for the most part)
~ Food pushers & haters suck ....not letting them win is priceless!
~ Start small & work your way up.
~ Finding ways to make my favorite meals in a healthy way feels like I should get a merit badge.
~ Eyeballing portions is not something I excel at lol
~ Friendships change when you lose weight....sometimes it hurt my feelings but other times I was glad to get the negative out of my life.
~ Positivity breeds positivity
~ It can be more complicated than "Eat less, move more".
~ Loving & accepting myself before starting my journey made it a little easier to want to change.
~ Being able to not take numbers seriously when the scale comes into play was a must for me.
~ Last on this list (but not really last on what I have learned lol) is to educate yourself. If you see something in a magazine or someone tells you something, research if it's something you can do or is a bunch of BS.
