Losing weight, firming up, plastic surgery for a younger look… It’s easy to grasp at straws when a spouse starts looking for the exit. In a successful relationship, you’ll be loved for the person you are, not the dress size you are able to wear. <\/p>\n
There will always be someone who is younger, prettier, thinner, firmer. There will never be another one of you!<\/p>\n
Since I got married I’ve gained 15 pounds. It’s not a lot of added weight, but there are quite a few clothes in my closet that don’t fit the way they should and, frankly, I’d like to dump those extra pounds. So far, they’re holding tight. A husband who likes to eat, and who encourages me to go for seconds and thirds, isn’t helping.<\/p>\n
To get a good perspective on exactly what type of bulk 15 pounds represents, the next time you’re in the supermarket, pick up a ten pound sack of potatoes then add on a five pound bag of onions. I do this periodically in, thus far, futile attempts to motive myself into developing a successful diet plan.<\/p>\n
It is an unfortunate fact that metabolism changes as we age can add weight that wouldn’t have stuck around when we were younger. Becoming comfortable with our mature selves is important.<\/p>\n
Divorce is a real weight-dropper but I don’t recommend it as a diet plan. Exercise, proper diet, and determination all go together in any plan for weight loss (or weight gain). Discipline is the fourth ingredient. I hope to put all of these pieces together to tackle my stubborn 15 extra pounds.<\/p>\n
Perhaps it’s part of the maturing process, or maybe it’s because I believed strangers when they said I was ugly and wasted so many years feeling inferior, that now I take exception to those who strive for physical perfection. I’ve grown up, and I know that physical beauty fades while inner beauty continues to shine. And perhaps it’s rebellion, a desire not to follow the pack, that prevents me from sticking to a diet plan. If I am to be judged merely by the way I look, I wish not to be in the contest.<\/p>\n
But, like most of you, I still do care what others think more than I should.<\/p>\n
Take care of yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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