I made my 50 lb. mark! (Photos below)

I am posting to declare that I made my 50 lb. mark this week! It is a big accomplishment and I am proud of myself and I am so, so thankful to all of you for your amazing support of me. I am a new woman and I am looking forward as a child looks forward to visiting Disneyland for the first time, of reaching my goal weight. I hope to reach it by the new year.

I am newly inspired by an Oprah show I saw this week. She is doing some things that I am not, but that I could easily incorporate into my world.

#1 Have a cut off time 2-3 hours before bed. My cut off time for eating is 8PM. I have done it the last 2 days and it is hard! Several nights a week, my husband gets home at about 9:45. I like to have a snack with him. No more. I am going to do this one. Bob Green (Oprah's trainer) says that this is the MOST important rule. Wow.

#2 No more alcoholic beverages for me. I have about 4 diet cokes and rums a week. They aren't that many calories, but they mess with my metabolism. This is a sad one for me. I enjoy them....maybe too much. Sigh.

#3 Work out 5 mornings a week and add two late afternoon workouts as well. This will be my most challenging. Not because I don't belong to a gym (I do, the YMCA) and not because I can't find the time....it will be the most challenging because it takes the most effort and I will have to overcome my self image of myself. I do not see myself, fully, as an active person. In Weight Watchers, they called this acquiring an AI and Active Identity. My mom never had this AI and so I never had it either(or rarely). I went through spurts of it in High School. I ran, rode a stationary bike, and was on a softball team, but in between doing those things, I just vegged and did not see myself as an "exerciser".

Pray for me. I am trying to stir up the pot a little here. I am proud of where I am now and how far I have come, but I have more to go. I know the last 42 lbs are not going to come off just by wishing it.

Jules