Are you still with me? I hope so, as I would love for you to experience what I am experiencing with my weight loss and the support I receive from a great team.
Let’s go back to my fears—and believe me, there are more than four. These are just the first ones that constantly pop back into my mind and hinder me.
1) Afraid It Would Not Work for Me
This is a real fear, or some might say a hesitation.
Having tried other avenues, and getting discouraged, derailed, or just not seeing results to keep me motivated—and failing.
Different ways to lose weight work for different people. I had to decide that maybe this was the avenue that was going to work for me, and I needed to stop comparing my avenues and letting failures discourage me.
This is just like everything: it may not work for you, but chances are if you have tried other avenues… it just might.
2) Afraid My Family and Friends Would Think I Took the “Easy Way Out”
Honestly, like I said before, there is no magic wand. All weight loss avenues come with some work—some less work than others—but there are things that will change, adjust, evolve.
If they think I took the “easy way out,” then I needed to let them think this. I was not going to change their minds, and leaving this decision to what others think was just another excuse I was allowing to help rationalize my hesitation to start.
Mind you, this is a decision to improve my health that did not hurt anyone.
3) Afraid to Know Where I Really Was on the Weight Scale
Ultimately, I needed to know so I could come to terms with it and make a solid decision to join—or keep going the way I was going.
How bad was it really? How bad would it be if I didn’t start something soon?
I don’t know about you, but I remember thinking I was “overweight” in high school and in my twenties. I never used the word “fat” when I was younger—I don’t really know why. Was I? No, but I wasn’t as thin as most people around me, but I was by no means “fat.”
I needed to really sit down and think where I would be in 8–10 years’ time if I continued the way I was going.
Reality check time.
I had to start talking about it, no matter how uncomfortable. It would help me face my fears.
4) Afraid That I Would Not Have the Money to Try It
This was something that was a reality check for me.
How could I always find a way to buy something that was just an object or hobby or other things (we all know the “little things” we pick up that nickel and dime us), but I wasn’t willing to do something that would probably allow me to enjoy the things I do have, and improve my health and well-being?
It was time I looked at those nickel and dime things and really took responsibility for my finances that could actually be affecting my health.
The Truth Hurts—but It Also Heals
A couple of reality checks were the most difficult:
- Really looking at the scale
- Really looking at my finances, and how often I thought, “It’s only $##”—and realizing how many times I say that
The “do it anyway” without my family and friends’ support or knowledge of it was easy. I just said I was focusing on my “health” and then led the conversation elsewhere.
There is always one friend you can confide in. Make your choice wisely.
I Took the First Step
I was cleared for the medication, talked through the program, and made my plan.
I was on my way to a healthier me.
👉 Want to see what happened next? Stay tuned for more of my journey, the ups and downs, and how Get Trim is helping me stay committed.