Perception is reality
The Weight You See vs. The Story You Don’t
I’ve said it before. I’ve written about it before – it holds me down, back, sideways, and everyway in between.
It’s been my battle for as long as I can remember.
Because the truth is—people look at me, and they think they know.
They see my weight.
They see my size.
I get it ALL THE TIME.
They make assumptions about my discipline, my habits, my lifestyle.
And I get it… because I’ve done it too.
We’ve been conditioned to believe that what we see tells the whole story.
But it doesn’t.
I’ve done a lot of things.
I’ve tracked my food. Religiously.
I’ve moved my body. Consistently.
I’ve lost weight—70 pounds at one point.
And then…life.
Not because I stopped trying.
Not because I didn’t care.
And unless you’ve lived inside a body that doesn’t follow the “rules,”
it’s really easy to assume the person just isn’t trying hard enough.
And now…as I’m fully re-committing myself to this journey, people assume I’ve always been here. Assume that I haven’t accomplished hard things. Assume that I’m lazy. Assume that I have never cared.
I’ve been fully aware on this journey.
Your perception of me, is your reality – but I can assure you, I’ve done hard things. But I’m not here to prove anything to anyone else, but myself. This part was one of the hardest things to accept in my journey. But this is all for me.,
Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome has forced me to question everything I thought I knew about weight loss. It’s not an excuse, but a speedbump. I know I’ll get to where I need to go.
Life.
It’s not linear.
It’s not predictable.
And it’s definitely not as simple as “eat less, move more.”
There are hormones.
There’s resistance.
There’s frustration that builds when your effort doesn’t match your outcome.
And that’s the part people don’t see. They know me today, not fifty pounds ago.
What they see is the outside.
And based on that… they create a reality.
“She must not be consistent.”
“She probably doesn’t take care of herself.”
“She just needs more discipline.”
But here’s the thing—
Their perception might feel real to them…
but it’s not my reality.
My reality is showing up even when I’m frustrated.
My reality is continuing to track my meals in MyFitnessPal when I feel like it’s not working.
My reality is choosing to move my body when it would be easier not to.
My reality is navigating something that isn’t always visible—but is always there.
And recently, I made a decision.
Not to give up.
Not to blame my body.
But to support it differently.
I started using a tool to help me break through a plateau that I couldn’t push past on my own. I’ve partnered with Weight Care to help me break through this plateau that I’ve been navigating for the last year.
Not as a shortcut.
Not as a fix.
But as support.
Because sometimes strength isn’t doing more.
Sometimes it’s allowing yourself to do things differently.
This is the part where perception can shift.
Because from the outside, someone might look at that decision and think:
“Oh… now she’s taking the easy way out.”
But what they don’t understand is—
there was nothing easy about getting here.
Perception is powerful.
But it’s also incomplete.
And if there’s anything I’ve learned through this journey, it’s this:
You can’t build your identity around what other people think they see.
You have to build it around what you know is true.
So if you’re in a place where you feel stuck…
or judged…
or misunderstood in your own body—
I see you.
Because I am you.
And this isn’t the end of the story.
XO,
Laura
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