A woman in my office who lost a lot of weight last year saw me in the office kitchen this morning and asked, "Are you losing weight?"

I have to tell you how excited I was when she asked because it's been a slow start for me here on Calorie King. I have really stepped up my activity level and dramatically reduced my calorie intake, but haven't really seen a lot of movement on the scale.

My husband mentioned yesterday that he thought my thighs looked really toned and of course that was encouraging too... one can always just wash it away as "of course he has to say that, he's my husband."

But this particular coworker... knowing how hard she worked at losing the weight and how sensitive she must be to noticing these things... and for the fact that I haven't seen her since I started on CK... her comment really gave me a boost.

I can do this!