DAY 37

Still going strong! We had our 2nd group weigh in last Saturday and it went great. The Red Team won!!! I lost 9 pounds for a total of 17 pounds in 5 weeks. I stepped on my home scale this morning and was down another 4 which brings me down to 21! I am really hoping for a 50 pound loss in the 12 weeks. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to make it but I am feeling better about it now.

My new special friend is helping me so much. He is so encouraging and supportive. He has promised me different rewards at 50, 100 and 150 pounds down! They are wonderful gifts too! I find myself really wanting to make him proud of me. Of course this is not my only incentive, but I do love making him proud.

Have I mentioned my goals and my reasons for wanting to lose weight? I can't remember. But anyway my primary goals are:

• to be able to fit in any chair
• to be under 200 pounds
• to be able to shop in any store

I'd love to weigh about 150 pounds but I don't know how realistic that is. At 5'5" I think that 170 would be a healthy, realistic goal. I do not like thin girls and I do NOT want to be one. I want to be healthy . . .

Here are a few other goals:

• to be able to conceive children and have confidence that I can be healthy in carrying them
• to be a good example for my future children in how to eat and be fit and healthy
• to be able to play with my future children
• to be able to run!!! I want to run a full marathon one day! How cool would that be???
• to be an example for others. . . weight loss IS possible. . . We do not have to be enslaved to food and a fat body. You CAN do it without surgery or pills or gimmicks.
• to be toned and have defined muscles that can be seen!