Last year, I embarked on a weight loss journey, after deciding that it was time to shed the pounds that had been slowly but steadily creeping up on me over the years. The revelation that I now had a body shape that I did not like, hit me with startling reality in a changing room one afternoon. Nothing I tried on looked even remotely okay.
I had never been on a diet before, but the time had come to take action. And so I did. I lost 28 pounds, and the effects (how I felt on the inside and looked on the outside) were tremendous. The success I experienced left me wondering what I should focus on next.
It seems to me that every journey truly does begin, as they say, with a single step. And to quote another well-used phrase, it is all about the journey, not the destination. What better journey than a year of many tiny changes that would add up to a big difference at the end?
And so I have settled on a year of transformation... a year of small improvements that will bring me closer to enhanced health, fitness and well-being. Modest changes that will also affect my diet, appearance and personal growth. In other words, improvements both inside and out. If there's one thing I learned after tackling a year of gradual weight loss, it's that it is possible to turn back the clock, to bring about healthy changes, to make myself over in a slow and balanced way.
My journey continues... and I would like to share it with you as I take one small step at a time, transforming myself change by change.
Please note: If any of these ideas that I share can inspire you to make healthy changes in your own life, I am pleased. But remember, whatever I write in these blog entries is based on what I've read in various sources and is what I am doing for myself. If my posts provide ideas that you may want to try, I hope that you will do so only after you have done your own research to determine what is right for you.
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