Down "50" Pounds!

I am so excited to be down "50" pounds!! It has taken me since about the middle of August to reach this mark. I am still working on the next 73 pounds, but I know with persistence and the encouragement of my family and friends....I will most definately persavier!!! This has been an amazing journey and one that I am glad to finally be on! I feel that being overweight all of these years that I have lost alot of "good' years. I can't take back all the years of sitting on the couch and not playing with my kids the way that they deserved to have their mom interact and play with them. But ~ I can make up for all those years now. I am so excited to be that mom again! My kids "deserve" to have that mom back and I am soooo excited to be that mom for them! Also~I am excited to be the wife that I want to be and once was! I am more comfortable to give myself and not hold back anymore. I have learned through this journey, that I have held myself back for years in "every" aspect of my life. Well~NO MORE!! I am going to start enjoying my life and living like there is no tomorrow! I am thrilled to be the wife and mom that I once was!! Life is a beautiful journey and I will not take advantage of it anymore! God has blessed me!

My Weight Loss Journey...

So I started Weight Watchers on September 4, 2009. I committed to finally do something for myself to make myself healthier and in general, a happier person. I have done far better with this than I ever imagined! I knew I would succeed at losing the weight, but wasn't sure if I would "stay" in the right frame of mind to keep on track. I guess I keep surprising myself! As of today I have lost a total of 47 pounds!! I am so proud of myself for doing this! I still have a ways to go. I would like to lose a total of 123 pounds. I know that with the help of weight watchers and the encouragement from my family and friends I can achieve this! I have had a loss every week since I started, and am so excited about that! Yes, there have been a few weeks here and there that I really wanted a piece of chocolate cake, but I am learning to make better choices, and have NOT had that peice of cake! LOL! When I started this journey, I was a miserable, fat person. I hated the way I looked! It amazes me how weight can affect you, as a person. I was grumpy alot, not very friendly, didn't want to do anything, I was boring. All that is changing. I am more friendly, out going, and more confident for sure! I want to wear clothes that are more form fitting instead of wearing bagy hoodies and stretchy pants. I gave away ALL of my stretchy pants, most of my hoodies, and in all......I have gotten rid of 4 HUGE black garbage bags full of clothes that are "too big"!!

Life is definately better for me as a person. I love who I am and I love who I am becoming. It's like I am finding a brand new person inside me that I forgot was there! I want to be an active parent, a loving wife and a devoted friend. By next winter I want to teach my kids how to snow ski! I have not been in ski's since I was 18 and I think it's time to pull them out again and let my kids experience the joy of going down those slopes!

I'm not gonna waite around anymore for life. I am going to grab life and go with it! I want this so bad, that nothing is going to stop me from achieving my goal. I want this with all that I am.......

All in all, I am so happy with life right now! I am doing what "I" need to do to make my life better and me better!!