mom4's Journal

  WELL, I HAVE NOW LOST 26 PDS!!!!!!!!!!!

 I GOT MY 25 POUND LITTLE MEDAL AT MY MEETING LAST NIGHT. I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHAT I HAVE LOST AND I AM FINALLY STARTING TO SEE IT.

  THE FACE IS SLIMMER, THE LEGS, THE BELLY FLATTER, CLOTHES ARE GETTING LOOSER, UNDIES BAGGY, BRA'S BIG(UNDERWIRES I DONT THINK BELONG IN YOUR ARM PIT DO THEY??)lol

 WHEN I REACH MY 30 POUND GOAL, I AM GOING TO BUY ALL NEW UNDIES AND BRA'S.

 THAT IS GOING TO BE MY REWARD, THEN I WILL SET A NEW GOAL AND GO FROM THERE.

  LAST NIGHT AFTER MY MEETING AND WATER AEROBICS, I WENT HOME AND I HAVE A PAIR OF PANTS I BOUGHT ABOUT 4 YRS AGO. THEY WERE ON THE CLEARANCE RACK AT TARGET, THEY HAVE NEVER FIT ME.

  I THOUGHT, I AM GOING TO TRY THOSE ON AND SEE HOW MUCH FARTHER I HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY FIT. I TOOK THEM OUT, TAGS STILL ON THEM, PULLED THEM UP AND BUTTONED AND ZIPPED THEM!!! I BURST INTO TEARS, IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD A  WEIGHT PROBLEM YOU CAN PROBABLY RELATE TO HOW THIS MAY MAKE ONE CRY. IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO FIT INTO THOSE PANTS. A DEFINING MOMENT YOU MAY SAY............

 IT HAS ALSO RENEWED MY MOTIVATION TO KEEP GOING!!!

 I FEEL SOMETIMES LIKE 26 PONDS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I AM ACTUALLY DOING IT. THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. FOR MYSELF AS WELL AS MY FAMILY. I NEED TO BE HERE FOR MY KIDS. AND I PLAN ON BEING HERE A LONG TIME, GOD WILLING!!!

  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.