Some of you may remember Put Down The Donut. It was one of my very favorite weight-loss/health Web sites. Alas, it is no more.

But today, thanks to the magic of Flickr contacts, I find this fantastic picture post from Joelle.

I read somewhere recently - or heard, I can't remember - that in order to be successful with weight loss or fitness goals of any kind, you need to start by being truly appreciative and loving of the body you're in right now. I agree with that 100 percent, even though it's something of which I have to remind myself on a near-daily basis. I am grateful that my body works without much help from me. I don't suffer from any chronic pain, and I can run, lift, bike, swim ... hell, I can still even turn a cartwheel if the spirit moves me.

I know people often wonder why I don't update the Progress Pictures anymore. A lot of my reasons are obvious, but mostly I stopped doing them because even after losing 60 pounds from my highest weight of all time, I had a hard time looking at even my most recent pictures and not finding serious, mind-bending, gut-wrenching fault. As I figured it, if I was still kicking myself at 139 pounds, I needed to step back and reassess the situation.

While I've been without my camera for a couple of months, via my Flickr page you can get a good idea of what I look like. This picture here is probably the most recent. I think I'm in a few others in that group. Once I get my camera back, I'm going to take more pictures. Not necessarily Progress Pictures, but more pictures that include snaps of myself, certainly.

There's no sense in hiding something that has no business being hidden.

Posted by Erin at 09:20 AM | filed under: Inspiration

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