ITS 2011!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
         OK so we are already a week into the New Year and I am just now blogging!! At least I am only a few days in between posts!!
          I had an awesome holiday and have gotten down to business with my New Year's resolutions!! I have worked out 3 days this week so far and have been sticking pretty close to my diet. I did break down and have some chocolate this week but I figure one time in one week isn't going to kill me!!
          My weigh in was today and I went there expecting the worse!! Right before Christmas I had gained .5, which in 5 months is the first time I hadn't lost or maintained at a weigh in. But my Doctor wasn't worried and said I could try and focus on losing it over the 2 weeks or just not worry and we would start a new. So, even with all my traveling and the wonderful Holiday meals, I lost the .5!!! I was so excited to see 203 on that scale!!!
          Losing this weight has been easy in some regards and a struggle in others. When I first started this program I had to deal with the critics about me "not eating a meal" and just having a protein shake. I had to calmly educate people about my program. And at one point, I think I did slip up and ask one critic if they had been to medical school and just never told me that they were licensed to give medical advice on how to lose weight.
            I have had to deal with the "stalling" weeks, where I didn't lose a single pound. I had to learn to appreciate that I could maintain my weight and not gain something. I love my doctor. She is such an encouragement and I think its awesome that she is from my hometown (which I didn't know until after our 2nd meeting).
              This journey of "dropping my baggage" which is about me losing my weight mainly but also the emotional baggage of being overweight. I have realized that what I see in the mirror isn't what others see at all. Now lately I have been looking at pictures of me over the last year, and I realize that I had really gotten out of control. When I look back I think back over what was going on in my life, why was I choosing food as my comfort. I still do that, and I know this will be a struggle for the rest of my life. But I have strength knowing that God will walk me through this and He can and will help me overcome this obstacle as long as I allow Him too.
             Anyways this has turned into one long blog. Gotta go! More to come, Hopefully I will have some time to upload pics of how I have been changing!!
Love you all!!!