Thread: Making maintaining/losing weight a secondary goal

Even after having that 5 lb wt gain from probably high sodium foods over the past week and wanting to get rid of it, I decided just to not even worry about it and instead focus on other goals...I can now see where sometimes some of us might sabotage ourselves...we get so close to goal and it's been our focus and in the forefront of our minds for so long that we wonder what will happen after we've met our goal...we think, what's next? what do I do now? I've met my goal...now what? I think that's probably one of the full, real reasons I never made it below 119 lbs...not being sure of what would come next...it seemed to reason that getting down to the goal would be the end of the journey...but I now know better than that...it's just the beginning of more journeys to come...more fruitful, wonderful journeys...

But instead of putting losing those extra 5 lbs and then maintaining my weight in the forefront of my mind, I decided to write down other goals that will take priority over that: getting into the Word of God more, really delving into finally getting all the finishing touches of my book done and getting some of my poetry published, cherishing even more the life I have wtih my husband, enjoying spending time with my family more, promoting the new CD that my pastor and his wife just released and basically - just enjoying life, my new woe and the new me!

Sheyla