BlossomingVilma: September 2016

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

My blog turns 1 year old!

As I explained in "Why a blog?" I decided to heed my trainer's advice and write a blog in the hopes that my experience may help someone else lose weight, too. Perhaps someone can learn from my mistakes and save themselves some grief, I thought, or perhaps someone can apply something I learned along the way that will help them succeed, too.

Introduction to my blog

In late 2012, I was 52 years old, still weighed 300 lbs., and I was miserable both physically and spiritually. I half-heartedly started yet another weight-loss journey that I didn't really expect would be any more successful than any of my previous million attempts over the last 30 years.

I didn't know it then, but my life was going to improve exponentially.

I don't have any special gimmicks, tricks, or quick fixes. I started with Weight Watchers, but once that failed me, I had to find another way. How did I lose the weight? By completely changing my lifestyle: learning what to eat and becoming active after decades of being sedentary were the key, but - and this is a HUGE "but" - there's been so much more to it than that! It's been a journey of self awareness, learning how to deal with my food addiction, listening and applying the information that had been in front of me all along, completely re-wiring my brain regarding my relationship with food, trial and error, learning how to deal with setbacks, plateaus, frustration, stress, binging episodes, toxic people, self doubt, and sabotaging (whether from myself or others) until I finally found the road to success.

I wish I could share the exuberance I feel with those battling weight issues so they can be reminded what life can be, what it should be. How I feel today is absolutely intoxicating - and motivating!

BlossomingVilma

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

My blog turns 1 year old!

Thursday, September 1, 2016

"Shopping for clothes must be so much fun now!"