Don't Give Up

I was looking at pictures from last Easter vs now. I was-wait for it-nearly 50 lbs lighter and almost 5 dress sizes smaller. I had more energy. I felt better about myself over all.
Somehow I wound up consuming a whopping 175,000 extra calories. That breaks down to approximately 3300 extra calories a week for the past year. 480 calories a day. That means even if I ate the same and did nothing else just drinking 3 cans of coke would do that.
I had a wake up call when my son asked if there was a brother or sister in my stomach. No honey, mommy is just fat.
There are a wide variety of reasons why I added a steady diet of soda and no exercise. The bottom line is the lack of self respect. I know what I need to do to be healthy-eat whole foods, drink water, get enough sleep, pray/meditate, move-and love myself enough to do it.
3 cans of soda daily. Was it worth it?
Not working out. Was it worth it?
Lying to myself. Was it worth it?
Luckily, I do get another chance to start over tomorrow. And if I need to, the next day, and the next and the next.
You get the picture.
Don't give up.

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