Got a question, hope someone can answer... Which is better, the Atkins Diet or the Medifast Diet? Hoping for any answer. Another question... 2 years - The Real Transformation! ( from my blog).

2 years ago today, I sat right where you are and opened my first packet of food. I was scared. I was desparate. I was deteremined. Oh did I mention I was scared. What if this did not work? Where would that leave me?.

Today I sit here 100 pounds lighter and more importantly I have kept it off for the past year. THAT my friends is the real year of transformation ~ keeping it off!!!.

I learned much along the way, if you are going to be successful - you have to. This is life changing.

NOT.

Just losing the weight..

Some random points to share -.

While there is always a reason to go off plan - there is usually 10 times more reasons to stay on plan..

Keep it simple. If it is listed on the plan, eat it. If not don't..

Rediscover who you are long the way and know that will change as you go..

Gather a support team. Clubhouse, a coach, your family. There will be times you will need them all..

Be prepared to cry, get anger, laugh - it is all there. I know I had numbed myself so as I uncovered all the "stuff" ~ all the emotions also came with it. I cry daily. Sometimes happy tears. Sometimes healing tears. Sometimes sad tears..

Realize you can't change the past but you can accept it as a gift in making you who you are today..

Write, draw, dance, whatever speaks to your soul. Do it now..

Life does not begin at goal..

It is NOW!.

Where ever you are at and however you are feeling about yourself..

This past year has been amazing. I am now a dancer about to get certification ( so I feel real) in yogadance. I am a health coach so I can help others while helping myself. And I am working on starting a woman's retreat/support groups to help woman reclaim themselves!.

I have more energy and more ideas and more life in me than I know what to do with sometimes..

Am I special? No not really. I was and still am just a woman deteremined to get her life back. If I can do it. You can do it. Really. and if for any moment right now you do not believe that - believe that I believe in you ...



Thanks for being part of this journey ... because it does not stop once you reach goal ... it goes on and on and on ... I am excited... what will be next???..