Weight Loss is the easy part

ts the keeping it off that is hard.

I have seen a lot of threads today 

"how can I still have this..."

"I HAVE to have "

And I just wanted to say, I was at lifetime. I was at 118 lbs. Check my stats. I am not there now. DO you know why? Because I did what it took to lose the weight, but I never bothered to understand why I gained it to begin with. I didn't change my attitude about food. 

And guess what. The weight came back. No, not all at once. But over time. And guess what else?? I struggled to keep it off. It was like torment. Why? Because I wanted to eat all of the old junk that I used to eat.

I finally realized that in order to KEEP IT OFF, I needed to change the mindset. It wasn't enough to just follow the plan. That's the easy part. Following the plan will get you to lose the weight. 

So, now, I don't HAVE to have anything. It's food, not life support. Do I still have sweets? Yes. Do I still drink? Yes, because I want to. I plan for it. Which means I don't do it every day. Because to quote Kate, this is going to be the last week that I weigh 145. 

But what do I know, I am just a meanie.

So the above was a post I wrote on the Weight Watchers board. And I got a lot of positive responses. But someone had another thought, she was rambling but she really had a good point about it not being fair. And my response is so what. Yea it's not but then neither is life. And someone else said that they agree, that they hear the "I can't live without X food" and she said you know what I can't do, I can't go back to being overweight, etc.  And I couldn't agree more, I can't go back to being so completely miserable. I am so vain, that I can guarantee you that I won't be *that* person ever again.

Evah.