Question....

Is it considered "Not Humble" when you're proud of your weight loss? I think there's a difference between being Proud of your weight loss and throwing it in people's faces. I consider myself proud of my weight loss. I don't think I've ever thrown it in any body's face and been conceited about it. I often wonder if people see me as prideful with my weight loss. I remember darn well just how hard it was to lose this weight. I will never for get it, and I don't want to. It was hard work to lose the weight and to get healthy. I'm glad that I did the work that it took, and that I was able to lose the weight. I've got friends and acquaintances that have tried to lose weight but couldn't because of medical conditions that made it harder to lose the weight, and some that couldn't lose the weight no matter how hard they tried. When I talk about weight loss with those people, I'm not too sure what to say to make them feel better about their situation, but I do know that it's important to stay positive. I think that even if it would be terrible frustrating to have a condition that prevented me from losing weight, it still wouldn't give me a green light to go ahead and eat junk food. In fact I think it would be even more important to eat healthily and to still get exercise.
So, I have been struggling with that question for a really long time now. I don't know about anyone else out there, but I have different illnesses and risk factors that run in both sides of my family. On one side I've got cancer and heart disease. On the other side I've got Obesity and Diabetes. Which side is better? Neither side is. At one point in my life, I realized that there are certain illnesses that I can't do anything about. Then there are some illnesses that I can really try to avoid if I do my part. I've chosen to not be in denial about life and about the risk factors that affect me and my family. If that means that people will view me as not being humble about my weight loss, then I guess that's just the way it's going to be. I'm just glad that I took the veil off of my head and that I started getting real!