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Yes-before you send the messages–I did delete all of my old posts.  Like so many other things in my life, they were sad and negative and just had to go.

I have kept in touch with several of my buddies and  have been updating my weigh in.  I took a few detours, bumps, extra helpings but seem to be past that now.

In deleting all of my old posts, I found humor in some of the things I had written and most of all found sadness in the fact that my goals had been tossed aside–forgotten.  The goals seemed so complex at the time but in reading them now, they seem so basic-simple.  Much like other things in my life—complex at one point and now almost childlike and easy. 

While reading these old goals, it occured to me that the only person not allowing these goals to become reality is me.  I have kept up with several blogs, read some new ones and yes–even seen a familiar face.  That’s okay.  This is a place for weight loss support,  keeping our butts in gear and supporting one another.  We should be there to support one another during the good and the bad. 

There are people in my life that have recently lost a lot of weight and they look fabulous and seem to feel fabulous as well.  I am veryproud of those people, just as I am proud of myself.  I have lost weigh, gained weight, lost weight and you guessed it–put it all back on.  As some of you know, I made the dedicated decision on my birthday (09/12/08)  when I weighed my heaviest—207 lbs–that I could no longer live at that weight.  I could no longer just talk about losing the weight but I had to actually follow through with the weight loss and even the exercise.  I think I have found the formula now.  the weight is coming off easier and easier.

My life has taken a lot of turns over the summer and my latest goal is this; I want to start the new year off at 165 lbs.  It is an attainable goal.  I have also made the decision that 2009 is going to be my year—I plan to continue on the path that I have started, physically and emotionally, and to continue putting the positive out front and no longer letting the negative people and their actions take over!