Healthy choices vs. weight loss

A crucial shift in my thinking happened on February 3:

This is going to be really hard. For the first time, I'm beginning to see these changes as health concerns, not weight concerns. I need to NOT FOCUS on the weight loss aspect. It's like, if I do, that makes it too much to deal with, puts too much pressure on me not to screw up, so I should just put it out of my head and focus on making lifestyle changes so that I can maintain my health. The weight loss will happen, naturally & gradually, as a result of my healthful choices, and I'll just handle it when I need to.