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Allow me to wax poetic about the past fourteen weeks, if I may. I've come a long way, baby. You start out with your hopes and aspirations, and you have to take it day by day. One tiny step at a time. After all, books aren't written overnight, and neither is weight lost overnight. Yeah, it sure would be cool to wake up one morning and find myself down 50 lbs (or more!), but the health repercussions would be immense. Same too with a book. I could wake up and BAM! that book would be all written out on my laptop. But, that book would be as sick as I was if I lost all that weight overnight. I'm looking back, feeling a bit nostaligic, now that I've been on Weight Watchers for 14 weeks. For me, that means 14 weeks without eating at McDonald's (when I used to go there every day). 14 weeks without getting a candy bar out of the vending machine (baked lays are my "treat" of choice now). 14 weeks of thinking about what I was eating, and why, and making positive changes in my life. And I can list all the changes that have happened so far. The scale has me down 31.2 lbs (at the official WW scale. At home this morning, I'm down 34.6 lbs). The jeans I couldn't fit into (I won't mention the size except it was one of the larger ones found at the "large size" store), I've now retired as being too darn big, and the next size smaller jeans (of which I had 10 pairs in my closet, thank goodness!), are fitting quite nicely, if not getting a bit baggy. My partner and I walk nealry every evening now, some "us" time that also means that today, when we went to the wildlife refuge and walked around, I did both the 2 mi and the 1/2 mi trails (4.5 activity points), and yes we paused a couple of times to catch our breath at the top of the hills, but I wasn't wheezing or feeling as if I was about to keel over. I can look at someone eating a sloppy hamburger (no make that a double cheeseburger) and fries, as I did while I sipped my Lo-Cal Diet Cherry Limeade at Sonic (10 cal. 0 points) and watched my other half eat (I had breakfast this morning about noon and he didn't.). And I don't want it. Did it smell good? Damn straight it did. But the thought of me putting that in my mouth, and I was like "eww. Do I want all that grease and fat in MY body? I don't think so!" And I realized that I don't feel deprived. Not at all. I enjoy my Weight Watchers or Blue Bunny Health Smart (or Schwann's Livesmart) ice cream bars (I have one a night -- my treat to myself, and I work it into my daily points), or a big bowl of fresh strawberries, and I feel so decadent. Even more so, because I know I'm making smart choices for me. It takes hard work and discipline to lose weight. I won't lie. Those first weeks I was constantly thinking about points and numbers on a scale. But you know what, it gets easier. The same goes for writing a book. That first book was like climbing Mt. Everest. I had to write HOW many words? Now, well, as my editor will tell you, I'm startingly prolific. Thank you for allowing me to wax poetic about my weight loss. My goal - to have to ask for money for Christmas/my birthday to buy new clothes for the simple fact that I shrunk out of everything I own. Here's to the incredible shrinking (and writing) woman!  
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