Good Morning! I'm in a great mood and feel fantastic!

The Grandbaby slept over Friday night and last night two of my three Grandpuppies slept over. My cats are pretty upset that the dogs took their spots in front of the wood stove. But later today I guarantee there will be three cats and two dogs laying all around the wood stove. My grandson was a blast yesterday. He is now 15 months old and what a personality he has! LOL. I am so thankful I have lost as much weight as I have and have been exercising or I know without a doubt that I wouldn't be able to do half of what I do with him now. I'm always down on the floor with him playing, lifting him. I hold him horizontally, lift him up and down while saying "I pick things up and I put them down" and he loves it! He waits for it...for me to either roll him up or roll him down. It's the perfect way to sneak in some bicep curls too. My husband and I are always on the floor playing with him...it keeps us young I guess.

I only started CK in June of last year but had lost some weight in the 6 months prior...Friday was a year since mom passed and I remember the morning of the viewing looking in the mirror asking myself "what happened to you?" I wrote down my weight and I have lost 73 lbs 8 oz since January 2014!

I definitely feel better, healthier, younger and more energetic. I know without a doubt I would not be able enjoy my grandson to the same degree I do now if I hadn't lost the weight; I was having trouble holding him, carrying him hurt my back and knees, he was under 20lbs! It was so bad I was constantly throwing my back out and would be sore the next day. I couldn't sit on the floor because I had trouble getting back up, the fat around my knees was so bad that I couldn't fold my legs because of the pressure, the tightness it causes around the knees, it was very painful. Hell, I used to get winded blow drying. My hair and my arms felt like dead weight. I can't believe I functioned like that for so long, in so much pain. I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. I was so sad I tried hard to wear a smile so others couldn't tell how unhappy I was and I doubt I was successful but I tried. I thought if everyone thought I was happy they wouldn't know how ashamed I was to look and feel the way I did. It wasn't so much the fat it was that I had gotten so big that I didn't even look like myself anymore and had trouble just walking from the living room to the bathroom...that's what made me so sad and shameful. The fact that I had neglected myself, hadn't loved myself enough to take care of me. I had been selfish and didn't think of my family either, how hard it had to be for them to see me in physical pain 24/7 and struggling just to get through the day. I recently found out that they used to constantly worry I was going to have a heart attack or stroke or wind up hospitalized because I was always getting sick.

Now I feel younger, I feel better, stronger, healthier, energetic, mentally focused, happier and most of all thankful. My good habits make leaving my bad habits behind easier and enrich my life where my old bad habits robbed me of truly living.

This quote spoke to me today...
"A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit." ~~ Erasmus.

Have a fantastic Sunday!