I just want to encourage EVERYONE that might feel down

I know what it is like not to feel "hope" about anything. This adventurous journey we are all on here, on MFP, is really such a blessing. Most of all because we all found the site. Or, for me, it was an answer to prayer My weightloss has been fairly slow, but, it's been healthy for me. If you are like me you want what you want when you want it, like, yesterday:laugh: But I am finding that this new lifestyle of eating nutritional foods and just walking about 70 minutes a day(6 days a week)is changing "every" area of my life, spiritually, mentally, emotionally and............physically:drinker: :drinker: Every single one of my "shed" 8 lbs has been(seemed)like a lot of work but the benefits are just so awesome! I was telling a friend that if I lost it all at once, I would not appreciate it as much, nor would I probably be "able" to stay slim because it takes time to learn new, healthy, habits.

If you feel you are not getting anywhere fast enough, or, maybe at all? Check out your energy level, is it higher? Do you "feel" better even though you still "see" no change? How bout muscle tone(for me, in my legs because I walk). If youre drinking water now, enough, and you didn't use to, have you noticed a change in your skin? Mine was like the Mojave Desert and now, soft like a baby's butt!!

I just know that when we all reach our goal it is going to be priceless. Nothing money can buy will feel as good as looking in the mirror and seeing the real you. I am so excited, just over 1 lb but 1 lb is a lot and not easy to lose, not for me anyway:bigsmile: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

denise in Sams Valley OR