Finally, Some Progress

It's been more than a month since I decided to lose some weights, and I think it's safe to say that I am on the right track.

_{photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya}

I remember when I first started, I would always ask my friends if they could notice any difference in my body because I was very eager for them and myself to see some difference, and every time they told me no, it made me feel like I was doing enough, especially after my first week of trying to eat healthy and avoiding certain meals.

After I while, I completely took my mind off it and stopped asking them about it, because I told myself that when the change comes, they will tell me themselves without me asking, and that was what happened.

Yesterday, on our way back from the field, one of my neighbours who went with us to play football had travelled for about two months and only came back fee days ago. He, too, was a bit overweight.

He had approached me on our way back home and had asked me what I did to lose weight, that was all I needed to hear to know that the change I had been expecting was finally here. All of a sudden I turned into a fitness instructor, telling them the things I did, the food I ate and those I avoided, the fasting and the fruits, the no alcohol and all that.

When I was done talking, and he said he wouldn't be able to do some of those things, it made me even more proud of myself because it showed how strong and determined I was to actually do all of that for more than a month without skipping a day.

And although I'm not where I want to be physically, that conversation with that guy has given me a new set of boost for me to keep on going. If I can go a month, then I can go two months, or even six months if I dare dream big.

Hopefully I get to achieve my goal and be a lot healthier than I currently am.