AMI
Ami posted the following on the Low Carb Friends forum and I thought it was so inspiring that it should also be posted here. - Linda
One Year Ago I Made A Plan...To Make A Change
One year ago today I sat here...looking at this forum for 6 hours in a row. Reading the stories and viewing the transformations of so many people. Mesmerized by the possibilities.
I could do this.
I could try.
I would make a plan and give it two weeks. Just two weeks. I can do anything for two weeks right?
I never expected that coming here, meeting you, learning from you, sharing with you.....would change my life.
But it did.
I am a new person. Different from the old in so many ways, some of which I am still discovering. A new challenge or adventure seems to arrive daily, just because the new me handles things differently. Fat old Ami rarely left the house. Fat old Ami wore men's clothes, hoping not to be noticed. Fat old Ami was timid and afraid all the time. I was so unhappy, uncomfortable and sad at the thought that this is all there was for me.
I was wrong.
Searching deep within yourself for the truth isn't easy. For me each pound seemed to solidify the stories I told myself.
I am comfortable with my weight...I used to say.
It doesn't bother me.
One more piece of pizza won't hurt.
Yes I'd like to Supersize that.
I am big boned.
I have a really hard time losing weight.
I'll never give up my carbs...no way...besides that so unhealthy.
Stories when told over and over again get so ingrained that the pounds start to insulate you. That the truth...until presented in such a way will bounce off of you.
Until the day that the truth cuts through you instead.
That day, one year ago... as I sat here at LCF these thoughts kept screaming in my head...These are REAL people...they REALLY lost weight. These are not the slim fast girls on tv whose pictures have probably been altered. These are real people who really did this....this really works...look at the proof.
Proof.
If they did it so can you.
So what are you waiting for?.....
I started right then...that day. I was scared by the possibilities, but figured I'd give up before the two weeks were done. So planning to fail...I set out o my Low Carb Journey...a year ago today.
Never ever imagining that I just might make it. That it would change my life. That I'd have my photos here. Hoping to make a difference for just one person. See me...read my words...YOU CAN DO THIS! You really can, make a plan, that you can live with forever and give it a shot. Do it today. Don't wait. Life is too short to waste time.
Thank you all for so much. For making me see the truth. For helping me to understand that I am worth the effort required to make it happen.