Learning patience and persistence

(This is a negative~nancy post, I apologize in advance...)

I'm feeling a little envious today of everyone that is losing or has lost so much weight. It's like every where I turn - my friends, my family, on tv, in the blog world - people everywhere have lost all this weight and look amazing. And here I am STILL struggling to lose anything.

What is wrong with ME?! Why can I not get this weight off?!

It is so frustrating. I feel like I am doing all the right things and yet I don't reap any of the benefits. I know it's still early and I'm only beginning to become consistent with a healthy lifestyle, so I really need to learn how to be patient. It's just hard seeing everyone else around me make it look so easy. Like they went to the gym for a month and BAM! lost 100 pounds. (I know this is not how it actually happens...)

I need to stay POSITIVE
I need to be CONSISTENT
I need to continue to WORK HARD

I know it's worth it in the end. And I know people have it much worse than me. I'm just having one of the days, I guess. And usually that would mean that I go home and eat 5 huge bowls of ice cream while sitting on my butt watching tv. But I know that's not what I need to be doing. Instead...

I'm off to my lunchtime gym date...

XOXO,
Crystal