I'm Still Here...bet you thought I'd jumped ship!

But, I didn't. I'm still here, and still plugging along. I can't say that I've been completely FAITHFUL, but I'm still working on it!

I guess I've been getting bored. Nonetheless, it's time to get BUSY. Time to stop letting GRASS grow! TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. Time to STOP having a little cheat, from time to time. TIME TO DO THIS!

Poor hubby, he meant well, he really did. He brought home a box of "sugar free ice cream." He thought I could have it, since it was fat free, and sugar free. One thing you have to watch, I've noticed a LOT of things that say "fat free," are FULL of CARBS!! 1/2 cup of this stuff had 19 CARBS, and 80 calories! I guess that's better than the alternative stuff, but MY GOSH.

Yes, I did have some. BIG mistake! The next day I was REELING with cravings, for carb laden foods! Just my luck. So, instead of FIGHTING off temptation, I gave in.
BUT, I'm back on the wagon now, strapped in, and hanging on for dear life.

My cousin called yesterday. (the one that had the lap band surgery) She's had it for almost 6 months now, and hasn't dropped an ounce. She went back to get tightened last week, and NOW she says she can FINALLY TELL that she had the surgery. She's FINALLY feeling a little bit full, and has actually lost a few pounds this week. So, I guess she's on her way to slimdom now!

She said, "Well, my surgery worked for YOU!" It was a bit ironic. Considering I lost 24 pounds, and she's the one who had the surgery. I guess I did kinda go into panic mode when she had the surgery. I didn't want to be the last FAT GIRL in the family, so if SHE was going to lose weight, then BY GEORGE, I was too! So, yes...her surgery DID help me!

My husbands Grandma will be here in 10 days. She's a skinny woman, and I can tell that she thinks.."My, my haven't you let yourself go?" In fact I KNOW she thinks that, because she was telling me about her daughter-in-law who has gained about 80 pounds, and she said, "She has really gained a lot of weight." "She's just let herself go!" Well, I KNOW she's not blind, so obviously she thinks that I not only "let myself go", but apparently CHASED MYSELF AWAY!

So, I'd be really happy if I could drop another 10 pounds before she get's here. She will be here for 2 weeks. Maybe I could even lose another 8-10 pounds while she's here. Then she might think I was "bringing myself back!"

I know you've got people around you that have made you feel like that. It's a classic scenario. There will always be people around us that think, we are just fat, and lazy slobs who just don't CARE. Little do they know that if we had a metabolism like an EL train, we could be just as skinny as them, and achieve it just as effortlessly.

However, their theory of us being lazy, is quite the opposite. In fact we have to work 5 times as hard as they do, to HAVE the figure we long for. So, in the long run, if we are doing something about our weight, WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM. WE ARE STRONGER THAN THEM, and THEY are the lazy slobs! Don't let ANYONE look down their nose at you, no MATTER WHAT YOU WEIGH. They have no idea what your circumstances are.