One Way



Memorial Day 2012

It doesn't matter where you have been.  It only matters where you are going.   
This is me two weeks before I started my weight loss journey.  I was out of shape, my blood pressure was high, and I was miserable from carrying around so much extra weight. 

I was a happy person for the most part, but I was tired of being what I called a "Chunky Monkey". 

I look at this picture now, and I have so many mixed emotions.  One, I am thrilled to be down 62 pounds thus far.  Two, I am ashamed that it took me so long to say yes, I can do this.  Three, I am thankful to have found a program that works for me and the motivation to keep going. 



Halloween 2012


The journey has been interesting, the journey has been fun, the journey has been difficult, BUT the journey has been worth it.  I went to a Halloween dance party, and I did not feel like the Blob from Outer Space that I felt like the year before.  I felt good.  I was about 40 pounds down at that point.  I had so much more energy, my smile was larger, and I was ready for fun.  I am still amazed when I see myself in this picture.  It gives me more determination and motivation.  I can see the difference in myself from Memorial Day to Halloween, and it is not all just a physical difference.  Isn't it amazing what can happen in 4 months!

January 25, 2013

I am now one size away from my goal size.  One size!  I feel amazing!  Each day is a choice to keep going.  Each day, I wake up saying I am going to do this.  It is not always easy, but it is so worth the end result. 

It doesn't matter if you need to lose 5 pounds, 20 pounds, or even 100 pounds.  What does matter is saying yes to you being able to do something good for yourself.  It doesn't matter where you are starting.  The journey always starts the same way.  It starts by saying yes.  I am not going to walk backwards, I am not going to fall back into that former body of myself.  I have decided to make my journey a one way trip.