Itty Bitty Hooves

Is it Worth it?

People occassionally ask me why I’m working so hard to lose weight. As if the obvious wasn’t enough, to look better. Another reason is simply to feel better. After losing 70 pounds I can honestly say that I definately feel better, although I still have a way to go, I no longer get out of breath just walking from one end of the barn to the other doing chores. I don’t get out of breath just walking up the stairs in my house. Those reasons just tip the iceberg. They’re big, but not nearly as important as having seen members of my husband’s family suffer the severe complications of being overweight. Diabetes, heart disease, and more make their lives more difficult than I can even completely comprehend. It makes everything normal nearly impossible, and things we often take for granted like health insurance a luxury. Thankfully their are ways to get high risk life insurance so they don’t have to be without the necessary coverage, but those are things most people don’t even think about.

There are so many more handicaps involved in being over weight that go beyond the simple looks factor. Sometimes I ask if the injuries I’ve had lately are worth it, but they are. They really are. I’d do it all again, even though I may have gone too hard I think that’s better than the alternative of not hard enough, or quitting. There’s no quitting.

I don’t even think of it as dieting. It’s just the way life is from now on. When I think of how I’m going to eat, or what I’m going to eat, I don’t think of it as a way to lose a pound, I think of it as a way to be healthy, and my new lifestyle. It isn’t something that will ever ‘end’. It’s okay though. It’s not even about ‘deprevation’. It’s about decisions. Is this piece of cheese worth the calories… sometimes yes, sometimes no, but it’s a ‘conscious’ decision. That’s what has been missing often in my life. No thought about it, just pile it on. That’s a thing of the past, and I feel great!

Is it worth it? YES!