More Than Just the Numbersa

9 Months ago I started a daily blog - The Year of the Shrinking Mommy. The idea was to chronicle my weight loss journey and to motivate me. The inherent problem was that this blog centered around my weight loss so what happened if I didn't lose weight.

Well 20lbs lost and again found I stopped writing and I miss it. The problem was that when I wasn't successful in my weight loss I didn't want to share it with the world, but the template for my writing left me with little where else to go.

The Solution, a forum where I can write about weight loss, but also about life and other challenges that I face day to day. I am 31 years old and have struggled with my weight for about 20 of those years. I expect that this is something that will challenge me for the rest of my life. That does mean that I give up, but it does mean that I am going to stop putting my life on hold waiting for the time when I lose weight.


That's what More than Just the Numbers mean. I resolve to no longer be ruled by the scale. Do I want to lose weight - yes. Why? I want to be healthy and hell I want to look better, but withholding other positive things in life like: nice clothing, or a beach vacation because it will be better when I am thin really just contributes to the problem. By depriving myself of these things I further compound the problem and further lower my self esteem. Then I eat. This cycle continues often unconsciously.

I still have goals and I do vow to return to the gym, but I am also going to live my life and to start I am going to love me too.


So this is me at my current weight with a plan to take one day at time and to enjoy them all.