I have a very inspiring group of friends. A group of Catholic women who mostly only know each other online, but support each other regarding weight loss. One of these friends, Karen, lost almost 100 pounds JUST by counting calories and being careful to stay in her daily allotment. WOW! What an inspiration.
I started trying to try harder- I want to be a success at this. February 2009 I was still 171. Over the months my weight just bounced around up and down up and down up and down- 171, 173, 178, 180, 176, 173, 172, 171, 169 in September- once. Then in October, I hit 168, once; still doing the bounce around. Then in November, I hit 167- once. In December- my sister's annulment had come through and she & Mike were getting married on Dec. 26. I finally had some motivation- real motivation to lose weight!!
I started December at 167 and on her wedding day I was 160! I was overjoyed!! I still had not really gotten back into exercise, but I was counting calories for the first time in my life- and it was helping. The dress I bought for her wedding- a size 8- and I felt awesome. I was so happy with how far I had come. Even though in that year I ended at 163- and I started at 171- so I had only lost like 8 pounds- 8 pounds I had lost before, I still did it and it gave me the confidence that yes- i really can do this.
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