Doing Life

I turn 30 in less than 7 weeks. I have lost approximately 10 lbs. In order to reach my goal I would need to lose 2.86 lbs a week. I have come to terms with the fact that I'm most likely not going to reach my goal. I feel embarrassed, ashamed, like a failure. I put my weight loss goals out there for all to read. People were following me, encouraging me, rooting me on and now I feel like I have not only let myself down, but the ones who were following me as well.

When I first decided that I was going to attempt to lose 30 by 30, my friend introduced me to Ben from Ben Does Life. He is probably the most inspirational person (blogger) I have come across in my few years in the blog world. He managed to lose 120 lbs as well with gain some weight back. Though he has lost a tremendous amount of weight, he doesn't sugar coat the reality of his struggles. I read his most recent post this morning and it hit me, hard. Particularly this part:

“Don’t talk about the things you’re going to do; just do them.”


Wow, powerful.


I may not achieve my goal of 30 lbs gone by the time I turn 30, but I have every intention of achieving this goal at some point. In the mean time, I'm going to "Do Life" as Ben as so cleverly catch phrased. I'm going to continue to be me, choosing happiness, making better choices and just living life. Well I make mistakes? Of course. Will I fall down? Absolutely. But I will pick myself back up and keep moving forward, one step at a time. One pound at a time. I'll get there, eventually. I'm going to focus on Doing Jess and Doing life. That's all I really can do.

I leave you with a little video that Ben has on his website. I watch it whenever I need a little encouragement, or motivation or both. I can relate to him on so many levels and from the looks of it, people around the world do too.