I think you're sauceome.

Ah I was all let’s eat healthier today and sure, I got my greens, but of course I ended up having three beers. I roll my eyes at myself.

Anyway. Where were we? Oh yes. IT IS WEIRD. I was thinking about this the other day, how odd is it that I’m this comfortable with myself, maybe the most comfortable with myself I have ever been, when the scale says what it says? The lesson to take from this is that there is no reason to wait until you have lost X or Y number of pounds to start feeling nice about yourself. DO IT NOW.

And the counterintuitive thing is, feeling this charitable about myself hasn’t made me lazy or complacent. It hasn’t lessened my motivation to eat healthier or exercise more or (hey, if we’re lucky) maybe even lose a few more pounds. If anything, it’s strengthening my resolve, because I feel like I deserve to treat my body well, and fill it with good things. It makes it easier to make healthier choices when I’m out at a restaurant or shopping at the grocery store. It also makes me less likely to get down on myself when I do happen to eat too much, or have too many french-fry-filled meals in a row. It makes me less likely to throw up my hands and give up and say “why even bother?” and more likely to pick myself up and say, let’s just do better tomorrow.

In the process of this whole project, I have found myself perusing a bunch of Health At Every Size blogs. Have I linked to Ragen Chastain before? You should go check out her blog, she is fiercely awesome and inspirational.