I did it!

I set a goal last year (feels like eons ago) to walk the total distance of a marathon, 26.2 miles, in a one week time period.  I set this goal right after going through major lupus treatments last Spring. I wrote this goal when I was just returning to my normal routine, which felt like an insurmountable goal in and of itself.  But.....that was then and this is now. This week I FINALLY did it! Not only did I make the marathon distance, I walked a grand total of 43.5 miles!  Some were on the elliptical, 12.5 of them to be exact, and the others were tracked with a pedometer. I am so doing the happy dance right now!
This goal was, and still is, part of my overall journey of achieving weight loss and adopting a healthier lifestyle.  Boy, what a journey that has been and continues to be. I've lost a whopping 27.2 pounds and it has taken me forever.  I'm not one of those lose a couple of pounds or more a week kind of girl, I'm a lose it all in small increments kind of a girl.  A good week is a pound or so, but mostly it comes off in tenths of a pound.....a little -.8 here and another -.2 there.
I was reminded recently that our goals, whatever they may be, don't occur in a smooth straight line.  Weight loss isn't a downward escalator ride to your goal weight anymore than one reaches heaven by pushing an elevator button.  The process is hard.  It's frustrating and overwhelming.  It's hard not to compare your personal journey to someone else's path.  The trick is to remember there are peaks and valleys, highs and lows, and opposition in all things. If you can keep yourself pointed in the right direction, work hard, and never quit, you will eventually reach your destination!

Act as though and it shall be.
The seed you sow today will not produce crop till tomorrow. For this reason, your identity does not lie in your current results. This is not who you are.
Your current results are who you were.
– James A. Ray