I have another one... after counting up the $ I have spent in MRC I want to spend it on something else... when I hit maintance I will start Kung Fu. I have wanted to do this for several years but not had 'the money'. I am spending enough at MRC to pay for lessons so there it is!

This post is just what I needed today – to remember why I'm doing this. My motivations are to:

*be on the cruise my husband's whole family is going on in Sept - I want to be able to be on the boat or beach in shorts and a swimsuit and feel confident.

*be able to buy clothes because I like them, not because I find something that fits.

*turn 50 this year grateful that I’m healthy. I want to stay that way - to ward off all the ills my father suffered from, like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, kidney problems.

*be intimate with my husband without wondering if he'd rather not look at me - he swears he doesn't feel that way, but it's hard not to wonder.

*be able to catch site of myself in a window or picture or mirror and think - WOW instead of UGH.

I feel the exact same way about the clothes, intimacy and mirrors! By September both of us will be completely new women! :woohoo:

kung fu.... how fun.. GOOD LUCK