My annual
survey for the National Weight Control Registry has been completed.
After joining the NWCR after the encouragement of my WW Leader (now called WW Coach) many years ago, there was a span of four years where I didn’t want to answer the
questions. I was ashamed of my weight gain and I didn’t want to deal with it.
I finally
decided to bite the bullet and answer the questions. It isn’t about the same of weight gain but
gathering stats that help assist others in losing, maintaining, and gaining
weight. I really like the true/false
section about behaviors. Sometimes, it
can be an ah-ah moment. This one always
makes me laugh.
Uh yea…my
weight has been all over the place within the last ten years. I’m hoping it will stabilize at some point
where I can stop answering that question false.
We had an
interesting conversation pre-WW workshop two weeks ago. A fellow member asked me how I was doing and
if I’d had a loss. I had not, and told
her that is was okay. I shared about my
weight loss journey since my highest re-gain in July of 2016 and I was still
down 30 pounds. I heard another member
lean over and say, “I wish I could lose 30 pounds.” Boy does that put your struggles into
perspective.
While I feel
as though I have so much to lose after re-gaining 80 pounds, that can feel just
as difficult as it is for somebody that wants to lose 30 pounds. We can often get really wrapped up in what we
have going on we forget to be a cheerleader for somebody else. I’ll remember that moving forward when I’m
upset about a gain. I feel like I’m a
pretty good cheerleader for others and I’ll continue to do so.
It’s nice to
know we are all in the same boat together.
It may just be a little harder to row for some than others.
No comments:
Post a Comment