Another Weekend POOF!

So, I have to say I did really well this week. Pulled some things out of the closet and actually found some items that zipped that didn't a month ago...........Not ready to parade around in crop tops.........bawahahaha..........but some progress nonetheless and this is what we are aiming for!

I have mentioned her before, but she is really really inspirational, Valerie Bertinelli. Apparently she has written 2 books now..........Losing It and Finding It...........I need to check them out. She is on the cover of the November Ladies Home Journal looking all adorable! Some snippets from her article are:

"I'll eat foods that in the past I labeled "bad". But there are no bad foods. There's just bad food behavior. The hardest thing to learn is to stop eating once you're full."

"When I wake up the first thing I do is choose to be happy. Food is no longer my emotional comfort."

"Put a sign on your refrigeration that says, 'Are you really that hungry?' Do what you need to do to help yourself live in the moment"

It appears that Jenny Craig has taught her well and she seems like she is really living her new life well. It certainly looks good on her anyway and the thing I really like about her is that she looks so "real" not like a plastic surgeon's vision of what she should look like.

OK, before I get myself the stalker label, I need to stop talking about Valerie, just let it be known, I am a fan.........and she is one of the many factors helping me down this path.

So now that I seem to have made some progress and am feeling confident about my path.......I am starting to get a bit excited about attending my daughter's grad school graduation next May in NYC at Radio City Music Hall!! That along with next year's vacation and a couple of nice weddings to attend! Hopefully I will be doing all that in a better place, mentally and physically.

I remember when I quit smoking how I put myself in situations where I could easily avoid smoking.......I intentionally did that and it really helped. However, I understand we have to eat at some point.......so it is a bit more difficult to avoid certain situations. But I am really trying to think about my options more and that my friends is the beginning of a major change for ME.......

Thankfully, Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite eating holidays........but Christmas will be a true test.............there will be eating opportunities EVERYWHERE..........perhaps this is when I will need to test drive a straight jacket and look into a pink muzzle...........Hopefully in a couple of more weeks, I will have an even stronger determination about myself.

More closet work to do today..........Tomorrow is Monday. Hope everyone has a good one!