Two Years + Four Months I know I haven't updated here in a very long time but life has been busy, as evidenced by the above photo. Actually, that's bullshit. Life has been busy but I haven't been busy losing weight. Losing weight and getting fit is something, after you've done it for awhile, made a commitment, made it a part of your daily routine, that happens in the background, at least for me. It was a hundred small choices ("I should moved more today, I haven't had enough water today, I can replace these fries with baby carrots") that flit in and out of your day in the same way that "I should vacuum the floor, I need to buy cat food, such and such is on tv tonight" do. I've tried to lose weight before, both casually and so gung-ho I was obsessed and those things never worked for me, but fitting it into my life, keeping it present but in the background, that DID work. Sometimes I ate the french fries instead of the carrots. Some days I stayed on the couch binge watching Parks & Rec. Overall, though, I stayed aware of what I was doing and what I wanted and I've succeeded, I've hit my goal weight. I'm not done, though, because I've cultivated these habits and learned so much about food and my place with it in the world that I can continue to be aware of what I'm doing for my body (and what it's doing for me) and improve. I want to tone up. I want to see how far I can push myself athletically. I'm still working on loving what I see when I look in the mirror (I'm close but not there quite yet) but today I will celebrate the learning and change that have occurred for me, both physically and mentally, in the last two years and four months. 20, 40, 60, 80, 100. <3 P.S. I'll post a couple side-by-side body shots soon, too! P.P.S. I know it sounds cliche to say but if I can do this, ANYONE can do this. Really. You CAN.
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