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I\u2019ll start after my birthday. Once the weekend is over I\u2019m finally going to do it. After our vacation next month, we can finally buckle down and get healthy…<\/em> These are just a few examples of my past plans to embark on a healthier lifestyle\u2014all of which never quite worked out like I thought. There have been countless times in my life where I knew I couldn\u2019t continue on the path I was on, and yet, I also wasn\u2019t psychologically prepared to change. I reassured myself I would start as soon as the next (arbitrary) date on my calendar passed, until I was left with only regret after regret. Why didn\u2019t I start sooner?<\/p>\n One of my more popular posts was about not waiting to lose weight to start living. https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/ill-do-it-as-soon-as-i-lose-weight\/ I wholeheartedly believe that you shouldn\u2019t avoid putting yourself out there, enjoying life, or pursuing goals just because you happen to be overweight right now\u2014think of all that you\u2019d miss! But if you do want to get on a healthier path, you can live your life and<\/strong><\/em> pursue a healthier one simultaneously. You can love your body while working on it.<\/p>\n Change is a terrifying thing. Giving up your one source of comfort can be torture. But living a life you know is wrong, a life you know will lead to more and more pain, is unsustainable. You can keep reassuring yourself that it\u2019s going to be easier after this or that imaginary event or date passes, but a small part of you will always know the truth: it\u2019s not. It\u2019s hard, and it\u2019s getting harder every day. Any more time you wait to correct course will make it harder and harder to find your way back. If you can\u2019t jump in with both feet, at least dip your toes in the water. Start by making small changes\u2014cut out soda, smoke half the pack, go for a walk after dinner with your family. Whatever you do, start your journey now, not after memorial day, or your birthday, or the weekend. Now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ll start after my birthday. Once the weekend is over I\u2019m finally going to do it. After our vacation next …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[998],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15895","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}