Landmark

Today is an amazing historic day. If you're thinking that I'm referring to making it into the 60's, well, you'd be wrong. I did not make it into the 60s last night. I weighed in at 170.8lbs. I was a little disappointed but when I thought back to where I started how can I really be disappointed with that? Its coming soon and when it does it will be its own historic day.

I'm referring to the Supreme Court making it legal for any American couple to get married. I don't intend for this blog to spiral into a political blog but this is something that really means something to me and I felt compelled to mark the day because this blog is somewhat of a journal as well as a weight loss tool. I can't help but be elated when love wins. I'm a hopeless romantic and it brings tears to my eyes that love prevailed in the face of fierce opposition.

So many people have fought for so long for the right to marry the person they love and today they can celebrate. This is not to say that there won't be struggles in the future but for today, this is a landmark. It reminds me that you have to have faith that hard work will pay off and that is something I can apply to my weight loss efforts. Weight loss is hard and there is no doubt about that but it is a cakewalk (pun totally intended) compared to how hard it is to change public opinion enough to get marriage legalized in 34 states and then defend it all the way to the Supreme Court. That is hard but with enough focus and a little luck on your side, it can be done.

I don't mean to over simplify this momentous occasion in any way but it seems like these days everything comes back to my weight loss plan because it is a big part of my life right now and I think it is important to draw inspiration and motivation from anywhere you can.

<3 Katie
170.8lbs
Y2D16
Feeling so proud to be an American <3

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