Enjoying life in the mean time

Something I’ve been really struggling with is enjoying my life while trying to become a healthier version of myself. I have a lot of insecurities because I gained my weight pretty rapidly. I haven’t been able to lose any yet. I wanted to do it right, so first thing first is getting my very neglected mental state in order. I’ve been going to therapy weekly for the past 4 months and finally feel like I can move onto the next steps of exercise and diet. I realize now that I’m probably not going to be one of those people on this app or YouTube that you see “lost 15 pounds this month”. Not that I’m hating on them (if anything I’m jealous) I’m just saying it’ll properly take months for me to reach x amount of lose because I am trying not to crash diet or start going to the gym for 5 days a week and then abruptly stop2 months in because I burnt myself out. Ive done that many times in the past. So what I’m trying to get at here is that I have a long time to go until I reach my goals and in the mean time I want to still feel confident and be happy and stop comparing myself to my beautiful friends. I want to wear the dress that shows my arms without having to cover them with a jacket. So tonight I’m meeting up with friends, my arms will be out and I’m setting the intention to enjoy myself and not fixate on my weight the whole night. Even though my long term goal is to lose the weight I’m still going to appreciate my body with it. Hopefully this reaches some people who felt like they rather stay hidden until they reached their goal weight because up until recently that was me. We will reach our goals but let’s enjoy our lives in the meantime

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