"If I quit now I will soon be back to where I started and when I started I was desperate to get to where I am now."
How true are those words......when I started I would have given my eye teeth to have lost as much as I have so far. The kind of support I get at my weekly meetings is priceless. The support from family and friends is invaluable. Getting texts and messages during the week keep me motivated.
OK back to the title of this entry.......
I now have what I think are normal looking hands and fingers (yes, they are worn and have wrinkles but they look like those of anyone my age.....actually they look a lot like my Mom's). My hands don't look fat or puffy or swollen.
My ankles and feet look normal. I have had to move the buckle on my sandals in a notch or two smaller. My ankles look like ankles should (which means smaller than my calves). My feet don't look puffy either. On a rare occasion they swell due to the heat or sitting too long. But other than that they look normal 95% of the time. This did not used to be the case.....it used to be hard to tell if they were swollen or fat.
I have collar bones....real honest to goodness collar bones.....like everyone else. They are defined and no longer hidden. I have a neck too....not just something on which my head sits. When I wear a necklace it actually hangs like it should and doesn't fit or look like a choker. My face is not as round as it was....there is more definition to it now.
My biggest problem areas......thighs, butt, stomach (basically my whole torso) have had some changes but not as much as the others I have mentioned. Eventually, they will change too but may always be somewhat out of proportion.
The physical changes are not the most important changes though......it is the changes that are taking place inside. My healthier lifestyle is front and center. Adding years to my life is what I have done for me. Overall improved health and feeling better on a daily basis is what matters most........
Who doesn't want to look good or buy off the rack in a "normal" store .......but now what really matters is time and the ability to enjoy that time doing things I want to do.....(I can't wait to zip line...LOL)
How much better a gift can a person give themselves than life........ a good life.......a chance to create memories....an opportunity for new adventures.......as one of the characters in one of my favorite movies "City Slickers" said.....you can have a do-over in life......I can't go back and fix the lost or wasted years but..........
Chapter Three.....is my do-over and it is going to be one hell of a journey.......
See you next week.........
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