New Outlook....

Dec 26, 2009

I made it through family Christmas unscathed! I am so excited people noticed that I have lost weight and there were no comments that I hadn't lost enough or whatever. Thank goodness! I almost didn't go to the family Christmas party because I was afraid of what they would say. I am so glad I went!!!

I don't think I was mentally ready when I got the surgery. I really wanted to see how far I could push my pouch, I wanted to be the wonder girl who got this amazing surgery and now I can eat and not exercise and the pounds would just fall off. But it isn't like that anymore. I am taking this much more seriously now. I don't know where my head was at first!!! It is so important for me to use this as a second chance to change all my bad habits and make new good ones. I want to make better choices, eat the right foods and exercise more.

 I made the mistake of watching someone else and thinking it was ok to do what she was doing because she has been successful and is 2 yrs out. But I KNOW the things she eats are not right and it is not going to help me to follow her example. I have broken that tie, not ended the friendship, just changed the way I look to her for support and such. That's what I have OH for!

I am taking responsibility for ME now. This is my time to get me where I need to be in order to be healthy. I feel a little selfish focusing on me, but I am trying to include my family too. I am buying us a family gym membership so we can go as a family ( I just wish we could take the dog! He gets a raw deal with us being gone at the gym.).

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