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One of my buddies said we are suppose to do something nice for ourselves to celebrate our new healthy life-style. Let’s see….. Should I get new running shoes, a new exercise tape, a new hat???? Heck no I’m going to LAS VEGAS baby and hang out at the spa, and get a herbal body wrap, and loss some money, and get a hot rock massage, and loss some money, and get a mud pack facial , and loss some money.

See you in a week

At first I was disappointed with myself. All that hard work and I only lost one #%@! pound !!! Why do I torture my self for one doggone pound? Shoot! I could have pigged out on pizza and beer and sat my fluffy butt on my comfy couch instead of getting all sweaty on the treadmill. But you know me, I got a grip and said I gotta look at this half empty glass again, maybe it is half full. As Sandy says I’m My Own Best Forever Friend. So here is what I would tell my friend who only lost one pound after trying so hard all week:

Look at the size of a pound of butter, its the size of a brick. You just threw away a brick of unhealthy living that was trying to make you eat bad and feel bad and look bad, but you got rid of it so you are eating good, looking good and feeling good!!!

Imagine a stack of 4 quarter pounder greasy cheeseburgers. That what’s not in your body anymore. You gave them away to some poor skinny person who is desperately trying to gain a pound.

Imagine the doctor told you you could choose to die tomorrow or live an extra year by eating healthier and getting more exercise. What you have chosen to do is LIVE. Good choice! Now stop whining and celebrate your weight lose! Hooray for the one pound losers, like me!!!!!!!

Well okay maybe not but that’s what it felt like. Most of you are too young to remember this but in the good ol days when you were past due, and your baby seems happy to stay in your beach ball belly, the grandmas and great aunts always had good advise for you. They would bring you a tall cool glass of lemonade and say stop worrying that only makes it worse. You just need to get busy so your baby knows you mean business. They would tell you that you just needed to clean house really good or wash a big load of cloths. And sure enough before you could complete your big project your water would break, and the wise ones would smile and say told you so!

Its the same thing with my weight loss. I just could not get that baby to move. Two weeks of trying so hard, and nothing was happening, not even a 1/2 a pound would come off. I was getting panicky am I gonna start gaining it all back! Will I never be thin!? Then my buddies said stop worrying. Weighing yourself every day is just making you stress out, that’s not helping you. Other buddies said drink more water, change up your exercise routine. Others said write down what you want to help you get remotivated. So I took every ones advice. I stopped weighing every few hours, and drank more water. I tried a new workout routine - One day cardio; next day treadmill; next day weights.

I wrote down and read aloud to myself what I want. I want to look good in normal cloths sizes not the XXXXXL kind. I want to be able to run if only a block or 2. I want my husband to look at me and be proud of what he sees. I want to live long enough and be healthy enough to dance at my grandbaby’s wedding, she is 3 yrs old now.  I want to eat because I’m hungry not because I’m _________ ( all the other excuses I find for overeating).

And it worked! I got on the scales today and at last I am no longer stuck at 180! My water broke! Now all my wise buddies you can say told you so. And I can say thanks for the good advise you were right!

I knew it!  Every time I get down to 180 lbs I get stuck. I tell myself its not fair!!!! I haven’t eaten any of the things I love like big macs and french fries and chocolate donuts all week and not even a single pound? Come on now how can that be fair! And I’m getting more exercise and drinking my water, and not even one tiny pound not even a half of pound. What to do now??????? Well I’m going to take one of my buddies good advise and go back and read all my old post, I have come toooo far to give up now. What had me so motivated a month ago when I lost 15 lbs ? I cant remember, but I’m going back down memory lane and find that stronger me who was shouting I WANT TO BE HEALTHY. Today I’m just whimpering iwannadonut.

What made me think my old fat butt could do Taebo just like Angie? Thank you Angie !!! You made it sound so easy and so fun, I couldn’t wait to try for myself. Now I am standing up and typing this post because the second time I kicked my leg out to the side like I knew what I was doing, I got a cramp in my fluffy BUTT! I have never had a cramp in my butt before. I know this means I need to be doing a whole lot more than just sitting on it like I have been doing. So since I cant sit down I guess I’ll limp over to the frig and get some ice cream I mean ice water !!!!!!!