Just in the last few days (it may help that I have lost a couple pounds this week). I have realized that from my heavy weight of 215...never really got on the scale once I got over 200 so this is a guess...I have lost 48 lbs. I used to say "this time"...I am not going to say, "this time" anymore when I lose weight, I am going to go on as if the past times did not exist..."just for today" and the rest of my life! I have held on to the past for way too long. I decided to go back through my many photos...very few of me---and find one that better shows the change in my face. The double/triple chin that I thought would never move has partially left the planet...still has a little way to go, but real progress!

I am Vicki Fields and I am a food addict. It is my job to keep this addiction in check. I now have the tools and the community - thanks to all of you at CK to accomplish this for life!

The photo is a "Passion Flower"...I have several of these plants in my backyard...we get to watch the process of life through this simple plant. It is a vine that draws the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly each year and we see the butterfly lay eggs and then the tiny caterpillars eat and eat and then they make their tiny home that transforms them from a tiny little worm, to a beautiful butterfly. Each day this time of the year we have 3-4 butterflies just enjoying the sunshine and their freedom. I want to be like the butterfly! Free to do what God has planned for my life!