ON THE RIGHT TRACK!!!

HI EVERYONE!!!

I have good news. I am doing SO MUCH BETTER!!! It was a long time coming, but I truly believe that before going on a weight loss journey, your brain has to "click" - the tough part is finally getting that to happen.

IT FINALLY HAPPENED!!!

I believe that it was a combination of all of your support and wonderful comments, and simply knowing that I might have to wear a size bigger any second if I continued where I was headed!

Comments from other people truly help me see/realize things I simply didn't see before. It is not easy for me to see the positive through the negative. In fact, it is probably the toughest thing for me to do. I appreciate you all - probably a lot more than you think.

Thirteen days ago, I was teaching some choreography at Showtime. As you know, dance studios have humongous mirrors for walls. As much as I love Showtime, I dreaded it every week for this reason alone. Anyway, so there I was teaching, and there Gayla was beside me, who recently lost 15 pounds with Weight Watchers and looks FABULOUS. During that hour and a half, so many feelings and emotions were coming back to me. I felt that rock bottom feeling - the heaviness, the "I'm done!" feeling - the I don't want to be like this anymore feeling. I was also remembering how awesome it felt when I didn't dread mirrors. I was thinking of Spring that was right around the corner, and asking myself if I wanted to enjoy the Summer with my kids. I knew that I couldn't enjoy it the way I was right that very minute. Finally, my brain clicked.

I vented a little to Gayla and said to her, "Okay, I've got to do something. I'm DONE!!!!!"

In the mean time, I called my sister Beth and told her the same thing. Turns out she needed that phone call herself. We both agreed to start by changing just one thing. We both got some high fiber cereal to eat every morning. That little change motivated me to do other things. I stopped eating seconds, and stopped eating after dinner. I was feeling better.

A couple days later, Gayla called me and told me she was coming over with a plan. She was going to give me all of her information that she learned with Weight Watchers, and encourage me to start. I have always been very reluctant to "plans" such as this. Mostly because I am SO bad at succeeding with them!! But I listened and learned. The next morning, I saw all the paperwork, and the little book to track my "points" in on the counter, and said, "Why not?" Wow, I never realized how much extra eating I was doing - incredible!

What's the bottom line? The bottom line is since that day at Showtime when my brain "clicked" - thirteen days ago, I have lost 5 pounds simply by changing the way I eat. Nothing else. I feel amazing already. I am motivated and excited. Unfortunately, I had gotten up to 168 before the "click." - So now I am at 163, and going down.

How can I thank you all? I don't know. Just know that I love you all and couldn't do it without you.

Life is full of ups and downs.

I am on the right track.

I am feeling happy about life right now, the way it should be!!