Did Snack Girl Lose 10 Pounds?
Three months has gone by since I wrote this post: Snack Girl Challenge. How did I do? Well, I bought a house, moved, and my aunt died on Monday of cancer. At the same time, I worked, cleaned, parented, and cried. I lost 3 pounds and 3 inches around my waist. These are the measures that I chose at the beginning of the challenge (weight and inches). So by those measures I failed. When you fail, you always learn something about yourself. Some things I learned: • The scale doesn’t matter. Many advised me to toss the scale and I have begun to believe they are right. There are better measures of success. • Measure other parts of your body than your waist. Some other parts of me that I won’t mention here (my butt) got smaller and I hadn’t measured their luxurious dimensions. • Choose one thing that you want to change and try it for a month. Three months and many bad habits to change is TOO tough to focus on. • Feeling better will lead you to repeat your new behavior. My new healthy habit is e
