Who's that Girl?!

Yesterday, I had to meet a bride and groom at Driftwood Shores to go over their vows. After an hour long meeting, I ran to the restroom before heading back to the shop. On my way past the big mirror I glanced over....and stopped dead in my tracks! Who is THAT girl?! Wow, she looks almost slender from the side! I admit that I took another 5 minutes or so just to look at this new body of mine from every angle. I don't have a big mirror anywhere in my house, so I hadn't had the opportunity to really LOOK at myself. I was totally amazed. Even though I know that I've lost almost 50 lbs and my fat clothes are way too big, I still have no concept of how much my body has changed. I had Ken take a 'during' picture of me for some flyers I was making and was shocked again when I pulled that photo and my 'before' photo up and had them side by side in photoshop. Wow. What a change!

It was a huge step for me to actually print out the flyers with my awful picture and post them in town where people know me. Then it occured to me; they all knew I looked like that. They saw me every day! I was the only one that didn't really know how bad I looked!

It's really my hope that making my journey public and sharing my struggles with the weight thing can inspire others to decide to get busy and get healthy. We all have the power to change our situation, but at times we look at how far we have to go and get overwhelmed. When I get to looking at how far I have to go and not how far I've come, and I think that I just can't go another day without an oreo or a candy bar or fries, I reapeat this to myself; "Just for today..." that's it. I just have to stay on plan for today and then tomorrow I can have all I want. Then the next morning I start all over again with the "Just for today..." till I get past the head hungry that's making me want to binge. I'm really very satisfied with my Medifast meals and it's not true hunger, but the head hunger from stress and emotions. This program has helped me to see that.