I DID IT!! I DID IT! I DID IT! OMG...I DID IT!

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OH
MY
GOD!

So...I go to my first WI / meeting tonight in a month...since before I left town...I'm praying for at least a little loss...I mean, hey I WAS okay OP on my vacation & have easily slid right back into my everyday WW life since I've been back this past week, so I figured it would be a stretch if I had a gain...but what the heck, this is my life & I just go on from here...right??

Well...I stepped on the scale prayed for 241, 241, 241...& saw 234.8!!! 8 lbs! I lost EIGHT POUNDS!

BUT...not only did I lose 8 lbs... but I also got my 25lb magnet AND I hit my 10%!!!

I have to admit...I was pretty girly tonight... I just about balled right then & there...I know that I jumped up & down when I realized before my leader had it figured out that I had passed my 10%! She is so cute...she says "aren't you pleased?" & I said "OH YEAH!" I had a huge smile on my face from that point on...had a really really hard time keeping myself together through the meeting!

When she got to awards @ the end of the meeting, she called my name & asked me to share w/ the group how much I had lost & then gave me my 25lb magnet & asked me what am I doing differently than before WW & I usually say "everything!!" but I told myself that I wasn't going to go blank this time...so I said...

"It took me about 10 years to get to the point that I was ready to start WW again...I knew that I needed to get myself together mentally, because I knew that I wasn't about to DIET again...that this was going to be for life...that I was going to be journaling for the rest of my life." & she turned to the group & she said "do you guys get that? this is huge!" And then I continued on (what a surprise!!) "this isn't a race for me... there is no start & no finish to this...no matter how long it takes, I'm there...I am in this for life!"

Then my leader hands me my 10% keychain & I start to well up & she asks if I had anything else to share & all I could do was shake my head...she looked @ me & said "This is huge, huh?" & I just nodded & let the tears come! Yikes...I'm sure the whole group thought I was losing it...but you gotta realize...I have NEVER...in all my years of dieting...NEVER made it this far on my own...knowing that I am going succeed @ this just takes me over the edge! This IS huge!! :o)

Anyways...so many people came up to me afterwards & congratulated me and gave me hugs & I chatted w/ a new lady about getting over the fear of beginning this process, then I walked out to my car & called my husband & told him my news!! He is really proud of me! :o) The next thing I wanted to do was to celebrate w/ my GoaD family... but there was no computer access in sight! LOL!! So...I went shopping instead!! :o)

I walked through the door & there is Brayden standing @ the top of the stairs (in his underwear, no less!) & he says "Mommy...congratulations on losing the weight!!" gives me a huge & then walks back to the computer to finish his Freddie Fish game! LOL!!

So...I gave Brad a kiss & said..."I have to go tell my friends...Brayden, get off my computer!!"

So...here I sit...laughing @ myself for how excited I am...knowing that I'm well on my way to my new healthy sassy self! :o)

Thanks to all of you for playing such a huge part in this success of mine...I love you guys!!! As I say in many posts...I think I would've been okay if I hadn't found GoaD, but I know that I'm THRIVING because of all of you!!