In yesterday’s weekly update I told you I gained 2 pounds. And I did. That isn’t why I’m here confessing.
I’m here confessing because I almost didn’t report the truth. I felt bad about eating and drinking too much on Saturday and I was really disappointed when I stepped on the scale on Sunday morning, despite what I wrote in my poker analogy about not being results oriented. I just installed a graph of my weight in my sidebar and now it was going to be going up instead of down. I just entered a weight loss contest and now my weight was going the wrong way.
All of this was on my mind as I looked at the numbers on my scale, 293 pounds (up from 291 last week). My first thought was that I could report at 291 which would at least not show a gain, then I would work extra hard this week to make sure I had a loss next week. Then I thought, well maybe I’ll say I gained 1 pound, that’s better than 2, right?
Then I remembered the words that show on every page on this blog:
John is in fact, fat. I am hoping that by being honest with myself, and with you, that I can finally get on the road from fat to fit.
“Honest with myself, and with you…” - the importance of those words took hold and I resolved that I would report my weight gain, no matter how much I thought it would disappoint people or look bad.
I’m confessing because it’s important that I remain honest. It concerns me that I came close to not being honest, so early on in my journey from fat to fit. I’ll continue to make mistakes and Lord knows there will be weeks when my weight goes up again. But no matter what happens I’ll continue to be honest with myself and with you.
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