As I was updating my ticker today, I noticed that it said 94 pounds lost, 94 pounds to go.  I’m half way there!  I am working hard at telling myself that the second half is not going to go as fast as the first half… I know that it won’t, but that won’t keep me from working harder and harder as I go forward.  

            You know how when you have been on a diet before and you finally manage to lose 5 pounds in one week (probably all water in the first or second week) and then your brain just starts going “I lost 5 pounds this week, if I can just lose 5 pounds each week then I can have all the excess weight gone by Arbor Day and I can wear my new Arbor Day outfit.”  Yeah – I’ve been having that mental discussion with myself for years and years.  I’m trying to avoid it now because I know that I’m probably going to hit another period of body readjustment, and that as I weigh less and less each day, one pound is a larger and larger percentage of my excess body weight. 

            After my last visit with Dr. Walton, I’ve been following his direction and exercising at least 5 days a week.  It seems to be working!  Imagine that – the Dr. actually does know what he’s talking about.  Too bad it took me so many years to listen.

            Another thing that came along this week – I am merely obese!  Not morbidly obese or super morbidly obese, but merely obese!  What an exciting moment to realize that this week.  Now I’m shooting for overweight – I have no idea how many years it has been since I would have been classified as overweight and not obese, but I remember my last high school football physical as a sophomore, the Dr. wrote obese on my paperwork.  That’s been a lot of years ago.  That Dr. is gone now, but I’m still anxious to move back to overweight and head for normal (as far as BMI is concerned anyway!)  I feel great every day lately and I’m pushing forward with this new journey!