Why yes, yes I will

Make this a great day! Not a lot on my mind this morning or really going on. This week, my birthday week has been excellent! So thankful that this year was WAY better then last year. Blessed by so many people and so many wonderful things this past week. I have so much to be thankful for, and I am!

My 93 year old Grandma sent me a birthday card and it was one of the best, I'd like to share it with you:

How to Live Well: Birthday advice for a wonderful granddaughter.

May you keep getting to know yourself better-and keep loving what you discover.
May you never stop learning, growing, dreaming.
May you travel to places you've always wanted to go-and find yourself right at home wherever you are.
May you take up something new-or something old that you put aside once upon a time.
May you take good care of yourself in every possible way- and let those who love you take care of you now and then, too.
May you remember all the happiness you've known and believe with all your heart that some of your best joys are yet to come.
May you live each day like you've only begun.
But most of all, may you never forget how deeply you are loved.

Priceless and will cherish this card!

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Total Weight loss: -127 pounds.

Where did the time go...

The day has gotten away from me for the moment...but the snow is falling and SO is my weight! Woo Hoo, glad to get up this morning and be down 2 more pounds. For the last 3 weeks I feel like I've been back and forth on things and finally it seems like I was able to break that cycle! Now I'm down 127 pounds and my final goal is so much closer then it's ever been in my life. Being 32 so far has been good to me! I hope it continues.

Make the rest of the day even better!

Weight loss: -2 pounds

Total Weight loss: -127 pounds.

Good things to come...

So 32…here I am, I’ll be interested to see what this year brings. I hope that it’s way better then last year and that I can look back when I’m 33 and say this was a great year. I hope that this year I continue to learn more about myself and really feel like I am going places. I want to make a difference, I want to have the chance to be able to give back in a way that I have never had the chance to do so. I continue to pray that I will stay focused with my weight loss and I continue to pray that my life, my family, my friends lives will be strengthened and blessed this year. I hope that I continue to do right in all that I do. This is a year that I want positive more then the negatives to be apart of our lives.

It was great to celebrate with one less person this year! I won't be inviting that person back...ever! Thankful for this change, for how I feel and where I'm headed.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


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32 years ago today...

A little girl arrived in this world....that's me! 32 years, sometimes doesn't seem possible that I am this age...it has already been a day full of blessings. Everything from getting emails, texts and phone calls wishing me a happy birthday, my life is blessed. A year ago things where not as good as they are now, I was heading in a direction that wasn't where I needed to be and I'm so thankful that I changed those ways, I'm thankful that I have basically been given a second at making things right and making life better. We get one shot at this and we need to make the most of all of it.

32 years, there is a lot to reflect on and then figure out where to head from here. But I sit here today thankful, pleased and blessed. I have a wonderful family, an amazing little girl, great friends, health, a job and most importantly my faith in Christ. I will continue to move forward with all that He has given me and know that no matter what is brought into my life, we'll make it through. I'm really looking forward to getting to my goal weight and seeing the final result of hard work and determination. I only have 38 more pounds to go and then I can "close" this chapter in my life and go onto a new goal. :)

Have a blessed day and enjoy it! You know I will be.

Weight loss: -1 pound

Total Weight loss: -125 pounds

364 days

Well today is my last day being 31 and I'm excited to get a new number. This past year has been full of new numbers for me. Everything from my job, to my pant size...all these numbers have been changing. I'm glad to put 31 behind me and look forward to seeing what 32 has to hold.

I have to admit that I haven't been focused on my weight in the last week. Not sure if it was the holidays or what but I ate like it was my job and this morning I felt guilty. I noticed that I let some old habits back in over the last few days and that's not acceptable for me. So I'm going to re focus myself and get back to what I know is right.

Many things where reflected over the last few days and I have to just say that I am so thankful, so blessed with my life. Sometimes it's overwhelming or holds a lot of unknowns, but that's ok because it helps to make me stronger...makes me realize what blessings I have.

Join with me today to celebrate a new 365 days tomorrow~

Weight loss: -1 pound

Total Weight loss: -124 pounds

How will you spend it?

Well another successful and full of love Thanksgiving is in the books. I was thankful that we had the chance to celebrate Thanksgiving with my older brother Chad, his wife Jen and their little girl Elle. We had a good time being together and for me it was another realization that simple is always the best. SO many things to be thankful for and I continue to pray that no matter what we will never forget.

We had great food yesterday and I have to say that I over did it a little. I was feeling it last night, but it was 1 day, not that we eat that way everyday...at lease I hope we don't. But when I got on the scales it didn't lie, it was honest and exactly how I felt about yesterday, thankful and full!

Have a blessed weekend enjoying your families, being blessed and getting ready for the next celebration! Only 24 more days till Christmas....makes you freak doesn't it! :)

Weight loss: +2

Total Weight loss: -124 pounds

Another year older....wiser...not so much.

Last night I took a moment to read through my journal. I don't do that often, mainly because it makes me sad. But last night I went back to a year ago and what I was dealing with. WOW, I can only say that there was so much pain and hurt in my life that I hadn't delt with and I was encouraged to look back over this past year and see how I was FINALLY able to deal with it and move on. I was pretty shocked when I came across and entry from May 2009...I went into detail about my weight and how unhappy I was and that I wish I'd just change it. I wanted a quick fix, something fast to get me to a size 8. Funny how even then I had no desire to change my life but I just wanted to complain about it. It took losing a dear friend and seeing that my life was headed in the same direction for me to finally make that change. I'm so thankful that I finally did! I'm not sure how many people keep a journal but I highly encourage it! I think it's a great way to get your thoughts out and keep your mind moving forward. It's good to reflect back and realize how far you've actually come. I'm thankful that I have my journal even though sometimes it's harder to read but glad to remember and move on.

It also hit me last night that it will be 3 years on my birthday that my grandma passed. How quickly time goes and how much I miss her. I miss my grandparents. But I have to share that when my birthday comes around I like to think that my Papa Johnson, Grandpa and Grandma Dutka are standing in Heaven singing Happy Birthday to me. They of course have the best celebration! I'm ready for another year, to keep moving forward and being thankful for all the blessings we have in our lives.

Give thanks in ALL we do!

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Total Weight Loss: -126 pounds