Just some thoughts

So far, so good..  I'm down 17.5 lbs now.  In the grand scope of things, that's about 10% of what I needed to lose to be at what Doctors say is my ideal weight.  To reach my goal, I started needing to lose 95 lbs.  So, I've lost 18.5% of my weight.  I've gotten so many compliments.  People are noticing the weight loss!  I'm so proud of what I've done so far.  I'm by no means done with my journey.  I'm just beginning.  I'm so excited too.

I'm starting a new program soon.  It's called Advocare.  I'll be taking a Metabolism booster called Thermo and a energy drink called Spark.  One of my good friends lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks from that with out even trying!  She ate anything she wanted.  Now, I'll still continue to eat as healthy as possible, however I can't do Atkins and Advocare at the same time.  Spark has 10 carbs in it, but it's not sugar.  I'm not sure what the carbs are though.  I'll have to research that.  They have a 24 day challenge that I'll start when I get back from Vegas.  I want to start it on October 30 or 31.  Because that will mean I finish it just before Thanksgiving.  :)  so far, my friend has lost 6.5 lbs on the challenge.  That means she's lost 20 lbs so far!  I KNOW I can do as good!  :)

I'm so happy.  Im so blessed.  I sat down and talked to a lady at work last night.  She's been through some serious things in her life.  Her son killed himself.  Her husband beat her.  She moved away from her entire family.  She's had it rough!  We talked about where I came from.  I think that sometimes I don't really realize where that was.  I told her about my Husband.  About what I went through.  About my Gastric Bypass.  Now, I don't really tell everyone I had gastric bypass because then people look at me and think well that didn't work.  That's frustrating for me.  I have to tell people that I used to be 420 lbs.  People don't believe that.  You might not even believe that.  I'll show you a picture to prove it.  I told her about the divorce.  About dating Doug.  About the drinking and the scary destructive path I was on.  And then about the blessing I've received.  About Elvis.  About what his love, patience, understanding and caring has done for me.  What I've been able to accomplish with that kind of support.  How that has changed my life.  How that has changed my outlook.  I wouldn't have been able to do any of this on my own.  The support that I've gotten is incredible.  He's stood behind me while I've quit smoking.  He's stood behind me while I've quit drinking sodas.  He's stood behind me while I've stopped drinking.  Now he's standing by me while I'm losing weight.  Thank you God, for giving me such an incredible man.  Thank you for blessing me with him.  You know exactly what I need.  I also know that if I hadn't have been through ALL of that other stuff, I wouldn't be at the place I am RIGHT NOW.  And that as HORRIBLE as things were, I wouldn't trade ANY of it.  Because this is the best I've ever felt.

Here is the promised picture...

Me at 420 lbs in Jamaica