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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Maybe the Power Does Work?

So I told you guys in the beginning, that the thing about changing my life was really mostly about changing my MIND. Yes, I know I have gone back and forth on my feelings about this several times, but alas, I strive for examples to not only prove myself right, but to make a way for myself by thinking positively.

Today's case in point. As you know (have read) I have struggled as of late. Well guess what? Those darn 3 pounds fell back off.

(pause a second, it gets better)

I have been writing notes on my mirror to myself this whole time. The general: You can do it!!! Keep it up!! Blah blah blah. At the same time I have been using tally marks just to the side of that, to keep track of the number of pounds I have lost.

Well, let me tell you. I leaped for tee-total freakin' joy when I hit that 10 pound mark! Then 11 came. Wahoo!!!

Then, well....silence.

For awhile.

Sucks like a vacuum, as a kid told me this evening.

So I wrote a different note. This one had meaning and determination, and well, ATTITUDE. All it said was " C'MON ____________ ".

It sat a few days. I wanted to spit at it, but then I'd have to clean it up so why the hell bother. So I just kept staring at it.

Then last night, my husband added to my notes:
"Keep it up! You look GREAT!" with a drawing of a face with a tongue hanging out.
Ok silly. But cute and funny. And apparently encouraging.

So I wake up this morning, (I SHIT YOU NOT) with the missing pounds, and breaking the sound-pound barrier that I have been stuck and trying to surpass For-ev-RRRRRRR.

Amen. Thank you dear darling.

Admittedly, I still dread getting on the scale in the morning. It could be a fluke, what if it's BACK? Even so, for one day, the scale was in the right category.

That'll keep me moving!