Determined To Succeed

My friends, good morning. I am just showered from a wonderful forty-minute workout in the gym and I’m sitting at my computer ready to begin today.

What is cool to me is how many of you guys out there have said “hello” to me on my new Facebook page, sent me a note to my e-mail address, etc. That is awesome, and also a powerful motivator for me and I thank you all so very much.

Losing weight is sometimes the easy part. Keeping it off is a struggle It is a constant thing we are doing, this weight loss journey. The part about losing and the part about keeping it off.

What continues to motivate me are my friends and loved ones and the new friends I am meet through the column and through this blog. You are all inspirations to me to continue the Battle of (what is now) the three-and-a-half. Yes, my battle to finally lose my grief weight is going very well thanks to my re-commitment to working out and eating better (i.e. laying off my personal crack of fried rice. Ice-cold Cokes are a slightly different story though).

It is the process that I will be doing for the rest of my life. It is the show that never ends. But the rewards are wonderful. Pants that always zip up. Clothes that fit better. Better health all the way around. A new outlook on life.

If that is a never ending show, it truly is the greatest show on earth.

Good news from the front on the Battle of the final five! With better eating (steamed chicken and veggies instead of fried; no soda; more water) and exercise (7AM comes awfully fast) I am now down to four pounds above my ultimate goal. Again, my recommitment to my goal and myself have gotten me feeling healthier and stronger to fight this Battle of the Bulge.

But while I will be eating healthier again tonight, too (more steamed chicken and veggies), I am sitting at my desk fighting off the Attack of the Munchies. You know what I am talking about ladies and gentlemen: that point in the day where you just need a snack (something crunchy, salty, chocolaty, cakey) to tide you over until lunch or din din. Argh! And just when the munchies abound is when there seems to be an abundance of food stuffs.

I am just going to stay focused and remember that I am fighting to lose this extra few pounds before my birthday (December 12).  We will see how close I get but not for anything or anyone else but me.

Until then, we will help each other fight off the little elf and his magical cookies, those really tasty (you guessed it) cakes and the biggest temptation of all. The ice-cold, refreshing Coca-Cola. As a treat, all are OK but not until I get back to my goal weight and feel better about myself in doing it.