When I encounter people I haven't seen since before my diet began, before I lost the weight, they always seem to ask me 'what changed?', 'what was your aha moment when you realised you wanted to change?', or 'something must have clicked, something always has to click, what was it?'. The internet is littered with people talking about their personal moments and the things which hit home for them - that didn't happen to me. I did not have an 'aha' moment.
I was unhappy with myself and my body as much as tried to hide it. Clothes never fit me, I would wear the same jeans day after day because nothing else fit - even if I'd had the inner thighs mended 2/3 times that wouldn't deter me. When I was told one pair could not be fixed again I attempted to patch them up myself. I would yell at my family, have screaming matches every other day saying that if they loved me they would accept for who I was and what I looked like instead of constantly forcing me to try and diet. With all this occurring I knew I was overweight but never acknowledged it or felt the need to really do anything about it. I never had a 'my life must change now' revelation.
Pronokal is actually something that my mum discovered - she pushed and nagged for about three months before I finally agreed to give it a try and I'm so grateful that it worked for me. As I said, there was no moment when I looked at myself/felt particularly bad/had any type of trigger and said 'yes, now I'm ready to change my life' and just went on a life changing diet. No I didn't want to be fat but that was not a revelation, I simply saw that pronokal was working and I found it easy to follow therefore I continued.
What I hope you can take away from this story is: don't wait for an 'aha' or 'life changing' moment. Don't make waiting for that moment an excuse. Don't make every moment 'the' moment that you turn your life around. It's unnecessary. You don't need some huge revelation - just a plan that you think is good and the rest will follow.
Good luck
Ellie
