2 Weeks down and I feel like a new woman.

2 weeks ago I decided I had enough. Enough of being unhappy, enough of being tired, of hating the way I looked, of self loathing and never allowing pictures to be taken of myself because they made me sick to look at.

I ate crap - and I ate a lot of it. Sweets were my vice and I shoved them in my mouth several times a day.

Not even sure how I came upon MFP (call it fate?), I decided to give it a try. I had done WW in the past and was very successful, but gained it all back and then some. What could I have to lose, right? Well, I am 2 weeks in and I have to say, I feel like a completely different person. I have only lost 5 pounds, but what I have gained I am SOOO grateful for.

MFP makes keeping track of everything SO easy and I log every single thing that I put into my mouth with absolutely no hassle at all. I am so much happier, I am so much more awake, healthy feeling and feel so much better about myself. I am feeling accomplished and like I can really do this thing and make it stick. I was able to put down the tons of sweets and really make better choices about what I am putting in my mouth. I still allow myself a sweet a day (my current is a skinny cow salt, pretzel and carmel ice cream bar) and I am still able to stay well within my calorie limit.

My next step is to start working out on a regular basis and I am really looking forward to doing that. I have a treadmill and a weight set in my basement and so I have no excuses!

I hesitate to say that I feel like MFP has saved my life because it seems so over dramatic, but I really do feel that way. I was so miserable and it was starting to really make me a person that I did not like. I did not like going to any functions because I was ashamed of how I looked. I have an amazing and good looking husband and I always felt like people looked at me and wondered what he saw in me. What a terrible way to feel, right? But that is how I felt - all the time.

I wanted to post this for the people just starting out, like me. To be a cheerleader for you and say that YOU CAN do this and you will feel so much better when you do.

Thanks for reading my post and I hope to gain a ton of knowledge here from the people who have been able to lose the weight and keep it off! You are all so inspirational!

Kristine