50 miles!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is some kind of hiking!!! way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I completed a 45:21 min 5K Turkey Trot. I have wanted to do one of these for the past 5 years.

Signing up for the Jiggle Bell Run next month.

Getting my wedding ring resized. Way too big!

Y'all's hiking stories reminded me of our vacation to the White Mountains in NH. We thought we would take a short 3 mile hike before dinner, only to find out it was 3 miles straight up! It took hours, had a fantastic view from the top, but by golly we did it!

what an awesome accomplishment!!!!! and you never gave up!!!

4Mom - Congrats! The 5K's can be a lot of fun. Keep us posted on your time for the Jingle Bell Run - I know you will improve on your Turkey Trot time. Before you know it, you'll be addicted. Hey, it will be a GOOD addiction though, right? Jen

I've been so happy to see my bones/tendons in my hands starting to emerge! I may or may not occasionally wiggle my fingers just to check it out. They're not all "back to normal" yet, but getting closer and closer!

I had a less than stellar day yesterday and really needed a good cry and some exercise... so after I tucked the kids into bed, I did both. As I cried, I completed Week 5 Day 3 of the C25K program, which is a 5 min warm up, followed by a 20 min run. If someone had told me two months ago that I'd be running at all, much less for 20 min straight, I'd have called him/her insane. Turns out I can do WHATEVER I set my mind to do!

Just wanted to say Hello! cheekbones, clavical, wrist and waist. I have not seen you guys for quite awhile.
I also want to say Goodbye, muffintop! Won't miss you at all.
I feel so good today!!!

I took my pants off without unbuttoning them...

After looking at the smaller sizes others were wearing for comparable heights & weights and after looking at Thanksgiving week pictures and realizing how baggy my jeans were (I thought they still fit), I went out and bought new jeans today. Size 12. Haven't worn that size since about 1987. Didn't find any dress pants for work, so I'll need to do more shopping.

LOVE IT!!!

What wonderful NSVs!!!

You know those moments, when
yes, you know how much you have to be grateful for,
and yes, you know many folks have it much worse than you,
and yes, you know that attitude is everything,
and you hit one of those periods in life that suddenly important things go really wrong all at once,
you take what honestly feels to be hit after hit being the positive force in your family showing that we can handle anything,
while starting a diet which has you feeling unusually sad and moody, but you still have your generally positive outlook,
and then you get that last really unexpected thing happen, which is perhaps the most heartbreaking,
and all you want to do is eat something you have been craving, just one cheat for lunch, just one time, just do it,
just make up for it later,
just forget all this effort and rebel and go do it,
just take control of something and eat a darned carb or two, or 100 just because,
just because you can,
and you realize it is really just self harming,
and you don't!
That feels like a major NSV!
Then you really feel like you took control of something!
And kicked it in the @$$!
Well, I stayed 100% OP. -And I feel proud. -And that is something to feel good about in the midst of feeling like crying.
So, I am going to keep doing my mom thing, keep working on the house, and not cry, but focus on that victory!
Other things will heal, whether I break my diet or not.
But I won't physically,
if I do.
Revelation: I deserve to heal.
Don't we all?

yaelbelle - Beautifully stated. I'm gonna have to mull this over for awhile and see if it can change some deep rooted beliefs/though processes in my ol' brain.
Thank You. Jen

Attended a Christmas party saw old dear friends and not 1 person brought up my weight loss.
How wonderful to be able to not field inquiries about my dramatic weight loss in front of a crowd of people.
We spent hours catching up and they ate and I drank black coffee and a good time was had my all.
MY NSV is I am more than just my weight and I am blessed to have friends and family that respect if I don't bring it up it's not a topic of conversation. Roo2