DAY 27

Still pressing on. We had a seminar last night entitled "Mind, Body & Spirit"... I was somewhat cynical going into it because it was taking away from my exercise time. But it turns out it was a good time. Our speaker spoke on discouragement. I am sure that it will come at some point and time; so I took good notes. I'm still going strong at this point - but I know that hardship will come.

I have a male friend that I work with who is very health and exercise conscious. He has encouraged me since I've known him to eat well and exercise. I go through these phases of eating well and then getting tired of it and going back to my old ways. One time when this happened, he mentioned that he could see a difference in me when I was eating well; I had more energy, my personality was brighter, I didn't seem as tired... I didn't take all this too seriously, but found it odd that someone who didn't know me all that well could notice such a difference in me related to my eating habits.

I am now convinced that it is true. The coworker that I am closest with, who I sit beside for 8 hours each day and has seen my mood swings daily for the past year, has said the same thing. She stated the other day that the main thing that she has noticed in me recently is a change in my spirit. She said "you seem happy". Nothing has changed in me over the past 27 days other than this; other than eating well and working very hard. This is motivation folks. It feels good to feel good. Why would I choose junk food over this??? (Note to self: REMEMBER THIS!!!!!)

I want to be thinner and continue to be happy. I want to be able to fit in any seat, to not worry about asking for extensions for my seatbelt on an airplane, not worry if my rear end will run over into the next seat on a airplane and offend the person next to me, not worry that if I sit in a flimsy seat that it might break, to be able to shop in any store, to wear shorts and skirts and to be proud when I wear them, to be able to run, to complete that marathon, to wear a sleeveless shirt, to be able to have babies and be healthy in carrying them, to have kids and know that I can set an example for them in how to eat and how to exercise and in how to LIVE!!!

Continue to press forward, Trace... to continue to move upward - to look ahead and not back; it can only get better...