I was a "one day" kind of gal. One day I'll lose weight, but not today. One day I'll eat healthy, but not today. One day never came. That was until I started having severe pains and landed myself a week long stay in the hospital with complications because of my gallbladder. I ended up having my gallbladder removed and because of it can't digest fats the way that I could before. I changed the types of foods that I was eating simply because if I didn't, I got sick. It was mighty miserable. After a while though, I found that I wasn't eating healthy simply to avoid being sick, but because I was craving the healthier foods. I'm still having trouble now that my body has adjusted to the gallbladder free life and I can eat a few fattier foods and so now my mind knows I won't get sick. It's now a battle of the mind rather than of the body. I will win against this monster! I'm down 66 lbs and I still have another 54 to go until I get to my goal. I didn't have a grand moment of will-power like most of you to get me started, but I did have a week of a clear liquid diet to start me off and that's got to count for something!

My light bulb moment was when I started noticing swelling around my ankles because I was basically sitting all day long. Sitting at work, not working out and coming home to sit more to watch TV. It really scared me! I was living the true definition of a sedentary lifestyle 5 days a week and I hated that feeling. I was tired of not caring about my physical well-being and was scared enough to make the changes needed so that I wouldn't have a major health crisis later. The track I was on was headed that way. I couldn't take it anymore. So here I am now...32 lbs down since July and counting (and no issues with my ankles anymore, thankfully!). :-)