Hi girls!

Boston, I too think it is wonderful that you are doing the 12 week challenge, I think challenging ourselves shows us that we can do things we set our minds to and if we have a bad day here in there we just pick ourselves up dust ourselves off and begin again! Erik does that too once he wants to talk boy he can talk up a storm but lately he's not home enought to talk, he's been spending ALL his time with Crystal, I remember Patrick being the same way and he came back so I will just have to be patient!

Cheryl, Thank you for your nice compliment Cheryl, I think my attitude is the attitude of just wanting to take care of myself the way I deserve to be taken care of. Something I noticed this past week, and Pat noticed too, was I hug him all the time, when I gain the weight I start feeling crappy with myself and I tend to pull away more, the more I lose the  better I feel and the more I can give to the people I love, when I'm happy with myself it shows for everyone! In my heart I think God showed me the outcome of what is going to happen to me if I didn't get a grip on my eating, He showed me through my brother's, I guess it was exactly the scare I needed, it did something to me Cheryl, even hearing that mean dr. talk about the high risk surgery, even though he did it in a mean way, I truly think I needed to hear that, it did something to the pit of my being. I don't want to be high risk any more, its that simple for me, I know I just want to be healthy and work on being the healthiest person I can be, one of the benefits of healthy eating will be weight loss, I am going to be 48 in August, I do not want to take an unhealthy lifestyle into my 50's, it would be great living the next phase in my life at my goal weight. Cheryl, I have the faith that we ALL can do this, if we give ourselves enough love and put ourselves on that front burner I know we can ALL succeed at this!  Keep up the great work Cheryl, you too are doing an awesome job, and I'm so happy that you found your way back here!

Tiffany gave Sara a cookie in a jar recipe, the recipe was soooooooooo good, I think it was called candy orange slice cookies, all that Sara had to add was the butter and the vanilla, I ended up eating a half of a small cookie only, she wanted me just to taste them, when I took a taste, I took it slow and really left it in my mouth a long time, it seriously was enough to satisfy me. Now Sara is looking for a really good cookie jar recipe to send back for her, I think that is nice!

Well, cya all in the am! Sleep well!

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