Does anyone else know the Billy Joel song ‘Honesty’? Anyway…
I was wandering around Hanlie’s blog (I do that a lot, lately) and she mentioned in this post about having a gain over the holidays and posting it on her weight stats page. It got me thinking…
I hate reporting a gain. I’ll do it – I’ll be honest, but I really hate reporting a gain.
I feel like I have ‘failed’ everyone who reads my blog somehow. Therein lies the double-edged sword of keeping yourself accountable by long. It’s a great motivation to keep you going, but when you gain, you feel guilty.
Not to mention that my weight loss (or lack thereof ) goes beyond ‘I need to shape up my eating and then I’ll lose weight’. I’ve shaped up my eating (I used to be a soda, chocolate, fast food, and pretzels girl – all processed all the way), been exercising more than I ever have and I’ve been sticking at the same weight range. Yay for hormones (or whatever is going on).
I would still rather have the risk of guilt than no blog – I love the support! And supporting others – but it’s always tough to report a gain. But then again, maybe it’s just all in my head and I have weird guilt issues when it comes to gaining weight. That’s always possible.
Does anyone else run into this? Do you have any feelings of guilt (or anything else) when you report a gain? Or do you have no trouble posting gains? Do you use it as further motivation?
I’m absolutely flattered that you read my blog so diligently!
I hate admitting that I’ve fallen off the wagon, never got started with with challenge, hadn’t exercised in months, etc. But I find that people are really understanding. We’ve ALL been there!
It’s better to be honest about something unpleasant than to not mention it or, worse, lie about it. Not because of the reader, who are obviously not that invested in your life, but because when you do, you feed the negative thoughts about yourself. We can only be our own super-heroes when we start acting with integrity. That doesn’t mean that we don’t make mistakes, but that we own up to them.
Good heavens, you must think that I’m preaching to you, but I’m actually talking to myself more than anything here. Anyway, you get my drift…
No, you’re not preaching at all. Though your journey is not done, I take a lot of inspiration from you because you are where I would like to be. I see our paths as quite similar, so I like to read about your thoughts.