Good morning,
The scale gods smiled on me. I lost 2 lbs! I'm at 246.25 again. This is where I had trouble the last time...but not this time ladies, I'm going to be down again next week. I feel so much better about myself. I don't know why I feel better about myself. Maybe because I am an intelligent person, and I'm contoling my emotions and not letting them control me. (part of the TOPS pledge..I've been saying this line to myself alot!)
Everyone is asking me how I got going again and I can only say that I've decided to be happy in all things and not stress about those things I can't control. It all came to me when I was thinking about Oprah (my idol). She didn't loose weight and then get happy. She got happy and then lost weight.
I know this is all about what is in our minds. It's there that we defeat ourselfs. Granted, you have to take in less calories than you can burn in order to see a loss at the scales. We all know that, and we all know which foods we should eat. But knowing that is not enough. I'm reading, "The TOPS way to Weight Loss" and this is what I read last night. Tell me what you think about this.
"Weight loss isn't about the food. Getting people to lose weight bt providing nutrition information is like treating drug addicts by teaching them the chemical structure of narcotics. The information is very interesting, but in the absence of other very important variables-such as motivation, commitment, hope and belief-it's powerless to change anything."
Ladies, I challenge each of us for today to have hope and belief and put that behind what we know to do...it will change our lives.
Just being on this board shows that we have the hope...belive in it!
Have a great day ladies. Oh, my challenge today will to not overeat at The Olive Garden tonight. I'm reporting this in to you all tomorrow. Keep me accountable.
Susie
Congrats on the 2lbs. Sounds like you have a great attitude. Keep up the good work. And eat sensibly at the Olive Garden. 
