Summer learning

I can't begin to thank you all enough for you love and support and acceptance when I bared all to you earlier. That is the first time I have told anyone other than close family. So...it was nerve wracking.

Just wanted to tell you all a few things I have learned this summer. I came out here to get a jump start on the weight loss, so I could continue it at home. I have gotten better physically. I can walk and stand longer than I could for the past year. I have also cut my portions way way down. I used to eat a big breakfast then sorta munch almost all morning till lunch, then have a big lunch and a snack in the afternoon and a big dinner. Now I can feel totally full on a small bowl (with fat free milk) of cereal, or a half of a bagel with sugar free peanut butter and sugar free jelly. I don't eat until lunch. I then can get buy on one small sandwich, or a lunchable (I had one of those today, cuz it was easy) and if I need a snack I get some fat free ritz crackers with the peanut butter and sometimes jelly on them. I'm usually good till dinner. I have cut my portions back by more than half for dinner. And sometimes when I would usually get more food, I stop and wait for 15 minutes to a half hour. If I'm not "hungry" then I don't get any more. Yes and sometimes we indulge. We have a donut, or go out for taco's every once in a great while. I also drink around 75 to 90 oz of water a day. That does not include my coffee or the juice or a diet soda I may drink. That is just water alone. Sometimes I feel like I'm floating, but I know it's way way good to have my body hydrated.

I have also learned what kinds of stuff to buy, that I hadn't been buying already. And with some help from different people, I have learned some good vegetable alternatives, and fruits I can enjoy.

I'm on my way ladies. It's gonna be a LONG hard road, but I am determined to take it one step at a time. Sometimes I think about the big goal, and I feel so overwhelmed. So...I don't think that way anymore. Last I weighed I was 385, my goal is to be 350. Once there my goal will be to be 325, then 300. So on and so forth, and as I lose, I know I will feel better and be able to move more. I am so excited.

God Bless all of you ladies for stepping up and realizing what you need to do and doing it. I clap and hug and praise you all.

Happy Wednesday everyone.