RkTkFx's Journal, 28 January 2016

Advisor: Why are you dieting?
Me: I want to lose weight.
Advisor: What's important about losing weight for you?
Me: I want to feel better.
Advisor: What's important about feeling better?
Me: It makes me feel young again.
Advisor: What's important about feeling young?
Me: It makes me feel like I'm alive, thriving, overcoming, fully living.
Advisor: Why are you dieting?
Me: I want to lose weight?
Advisor: No, you are dieting so you can live the life you've only dreamed about.

This is a fun exercise to get to the core of why are all here on FS. Is it to live? To be accepted? To be loved? To find balance?

Why are you dieting? It's not about the weight.

Diet Calendar Entry for 28 January 2016:
2282 kcal Activities & Exercise: Running - 6/mph - 45 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 15 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...

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So I can fit into my kiteboarding board shorts. Thank you for this. It helped me re-purpose why I'm on here. 
28 Jan 16 by member: TxDesert
So I can fit into my kiteboarding board shorts. Thank you for this. It helped me re-purpose why I'm on here. 
28 Jan 16 by member: TxDesert
So I can fit into my kiteboarding board shorts. Thank you for this. It helped me re-purpose why I'm on here. 
28 Jan 16 by member: TxDesert
So I can keep up with my grandkids! 
28 Jan 16 by member: rhontique
bc i dont want to be morbidly obese any more .. lol 
28 Jan 16 by member: redgirl1974
So that I can do the things that I want/hope to do. 
28 Jan 16 by member: skwhite
to become fit and never feel vulnerable ever again.  
28 Jan 16 by member: 8hunter6
Long term health, fitness, quality of life. Not going down the type II diabetis path. 
29 Jan 16 by member: Steven Lloyd
To show my kids what a healthy life style is and to be able to see them grow up. I do everything in life with my kids in mind.  
29 Jan 16 by member: mattdeleo
my mother and brother have type II diabetes and watching them suffering and trying to find balance in their blood sugar every single minute of the day is scary. So yes, I am dieting to live the life i dreamed about which is free of constant medications and doctor visits 
29 Jan 16 by member: kls_toujour
SO that I can keep doing the things that I've always done! 
29 Jan 16 by member: aggie95
Agreed. I still have stuff to do. 
29 Jan 16 by member: northernmusician
You really got everyone talking and thinking. Good job. 
29 Jan 16 by member: diehard3
Wow I totally identify with this. Feeling very old and sorry for myself lately that so much of my life was wasted. 46 and single and starting all over and with a 9 year old. It really sucks. The alternative is worse of course being in a bad situation. But fifteen years of my life was spent that way. So I think part of me feels like if I get in shape I will somehow recapture that happiness of being young and single etc and free. I guess we'll see. In any case I'll be healthier and that is most important of all. :) 
29 Jan 16 by member: lotusblossom2112
So I can quit hiding. 
29 Jan 16 by member: Scalewatcher3
Because I grew up as an overweight child and teenager. Now I want to look in the mirror and be able to say I've come a long way. Plus it feels good to eat healthy. :) 
29 Jan 16 by member: pamsluv
For my health, to fit in my clothes, to prove to myself I can do it, and because I know I will feel better all over. 
29 Jan 16 by member: Addie Aline
so I can feel comfortable in my own skin 
29 Jan 16 by member: EDC1972
So I can have a healthy next pregnancy and try for a VBAC instead of surgery again. I feel the better shape my body and mind are in, the more likely it will be successful and less painful and strenuous on both. 
29 Jan 16 by member: Lady_REM
For me, it came down to wanting to ensure that the person on the outside matched the person on the inside - emotionally, physically, mentally. The closer I get, the more self-sustaining this process becomes, the more determined I feel, and the more passionate I am about shouting to the world that there is nothing more important, and nothing LESS selfish - than taking care of yourself.  
29 Jan 16 by member: real_gone_girl

     
 

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