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Why You Don't Need To Lose The Extra 10 Pounds

You deserve the happiness without the stress.

Kendra Ciezki
Nov 14, 2016
The University of Alabama
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Why You Don't Need To Lose The Extra 10 Pounds

An overwhelming number of people in today’s western society believe if they just “lost those extra 10 pounds" they would be happy. But why not be happy now? Life is happening now. Life is not happening when you lose those ten pounds. Being obsessed with losing that extra weight is making you miss out on what is happening right in front of you.

Wake up and let the day happen. Let it happen without saying “no” because of the weight you believe you need to lose to be happy.

Those extra ten pounds come from not turning down the dinner dates with your friends, they come from not turning down the ice cream trips right after. They come from the chocolate cake celebrating your best friend’s birthday.

Those extra ten pounds are what give you the energy to go on adventures and go hiking and to see the beauty of the world because you're not exhausted from only eating 1000 calories a day. The extra ten pounds are what give you the energy to, and pure bliss from, running around on a sunny day.

Those extra ten pounds are also the cold days when you have movie nights all snuggled up, drinking hot chocolate and eating popcorn, not giving a damn about the extra calories because you feel happy. They're the laughs shared between you and your loved ones during all of this.

They're the well-rested feeling you feel from getting an adequate night's sleep because you weren't up running at 5 a.m. obsessing over burning the calories you are about to have for breakfast. They're the memories you make because you decided, "You know what? It IS okay to turn down one of your five workouts that week."

They're the treat of a reward you give yourself after a long week, or when you work really hard at something and it finally pays off.

So stop counting everything. Stop worrying if you eat an extra slice of pizza, or drink something other than water. You are human. Your body is a beautiful work of art, just by being.

Those extra ten pounds? Those are memories. They are the good stuff in life. Those are what you're going to remember when you look back.

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