True confessions of a diet slacker: Part 1

Fact: I have been on a diet for 5 years. Watching what I eat everyday can be tedious.

Fact: I am tired of going to bed hungry.

Fact: I am tired of going to the bathroom a million times a day because of all the water I drink.

Fact: I miss tasting chocolate everyday.

Fact: I have been letting the stress of the economy and my diminishing workplace get to me. Worst yet, I have been falling into old habits of consoling myself with food.

Fact: I took up Joy’s challenge to lose my last 24 pounds using her new LIFE diet. For the first time in my weight loss journey I was going to have to be accountable for my actions. Frankly, it was what I needed to get over the last hurdle.

Thank goodness for my coach, Johanna. She has watched me struggle the last few weeks like a marathon runner who gets weak in the knees at mile 25. She stuck with me and I can hear her cheering me on and it is what I need right now. I can see the finish line and I want to cross it for me and for her. Only 8 more pounds and I will be at the goal I set for myself 5 years ago. Losing 200 pounds has been the hardest thing I have ever done but it has taught me that I can do anything that I set me mind to. Thanks Joy and Johanna for being there for me and believing that I can cross the finish line.

Fact: I love my new active life and I will never go back to weighing 340 pounds.

Fact: I can’t wait to start the New Year being the person I always dreamed I could be.