What's your secret???

Hello!  I had more thoughts at the end of the last post but, I thought they deserved their own post.  I have two questions that I get ALL THE TIME.  Not that I really mind when people will say "Wow, you are looking like you lost some weight." It is very nice.  It's one question and the response I give to the other question that confuse/frustrate me.

The first thing that people ask me is; "What's your secret?"  Now, I have worked at a local grocery store as a part-time cashier for close to 4 years.  So many of the customers who have been coming there realize I have lost a lot of weight and that I am healthy now.  They ask me my secret, and my standard reply is that "I have finally done what my doctor has told me to do for 20 years, watch my diet and exercise.  It really works."  This is the frustrating part for me. They say something along the lines of they have tried or something to the effect and as I am ringing out their groceries it's ALL junk food.  I try not to judge, it's hard to think your are trying real hard when the junk that you are buying is going to be in your house tempting you.  My wife and I stopped buying the junk so it wouldn't tempt us.  We both have stronger will power now, so it's not a big deal to have some cake in the house.  I have my cheat days, the other night the ice cream truck rolled by it could be one of the last times we see him so I treated my son and I to a treat.  It was awesome, but it was my cheat day and I have been good since. Plus, I had a cheat week when I was in Florida, the food was awesome. What's a former/recovering fat kid to do? :)

The other part of that question is when people seem disappointed that I don't tell them about a magic pill.  Hard work pays off. I am never going to be in a body building show, but I am not afraid of taking my shirt off.  I can still hide behind the fact that I am fair skinned and in some intense sun it would be safer, but it's not because I am ashamed of how I look anymore.

Now the other question, I guess it means that people care about me, but the second most common question is if I lost the weight cause I am sick.  I really struggle with that question, again, I am glad that people care, but I sometimes feel as if they thought that being sick would be the only way I could lose weight.  I know that I am probably reading to much into the question.


I hope that you are doing well in your journey to whatever goal  you have.


Mike
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