I'm Overweight, Wellness-Focused, and Not Going on a Diet

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I hate thinking about weight loss. I hate thinking about my body in defining terms, for that matter. It's become such a sensitive subject. It's laced with negativity, no matter what. The reason is that I never think of my weight in terms of what it is. I think about it in terms of what it should be. That sucks.



How Much I Weigh

Let's just put this right out there. I weigh 177 pounds as of 5 minutes before I started writing this post. I'm very aware of the fact that my weight isn't what it should be for my ideal health. I'm also aware that as a woman who is 5'6", my weight places me in a category that isn't ideal if I don't want to be judged by others, too. 

Still, I'm not planning to start dieting. I'm not ready to start counting calories. I'll probably get there, but my journey to wellbeing is a gradual one. I'm setting up a lifestyle of wellbeing. I'm working on my nutrition, exercise, sleep, and a lot of other habits, I'm going to give myself a few weeks to figure out what impact those have on my weight loss. 

Healthy Lifestyle for Weight Control

If I'm lucky, improving my wellbeing lifestyle will naturally give me better weight control. I've been on diets. I hate them. I feel like I've been dieting for years. My weight goes up and down, and I always go back to the same frozen dinners, take-out for lunch, and Toaster Strudels for breakfast. 

Instead of dieting just to go back to the way I was, I'm rewriting my life, a little bit at a time. This might mean that I'm not going to see the pounds coming off too fast, but I'm hoping it will mean that they'll come off gradually and stay off. 

Living for Wellbeing

My next post (I think) is going to be about my wellbeing journey and the major steps I'm going to be taking. I'm defining the areas of my life where I'll be making improvements over time. Within each area, I'm setting goals for myself. I hope you'll join me along the way.

Check me out on social media, too. I'm on Twitter and Facebook. I'll probably add Instagram as I get the hang of posting regularly, too. 

 

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