UPDATE

oh the joys and struggles of weight loss. I have realized that weight loss is not a destination you reach, it is a way of living, a life change. Its a constant decision you make each day to do the right thing. Its not like once you reach your goal, you're all done and don't have to worry about it anymore, that is when people fail and gain it all back. It truely is a lifestyle change. It seems to have been a long journey so far, 6 months, 31 lbs and 3 dress sizes. I am over half way to my goal of 145 lbs. I have lost 31 and have 21 more to lose. There isn't is a single store where I am bigger then a size 12, and in some I am a size 10. my goal is an 8. almost there I keep telling myself! I am a Medium in all tops and can even fit into juniors tops. This is my progress so far, I am hoping to be at my goal in 2 months, August 10th I want to be a size 8.

My advice for now- Stop telling yourself you CAN'T have certain foods. You know with children, when you tell them they can't have a popsicle, even if they didn't really want it before, all of a sudden they do now. When you keep saying to yourself,' Oh I can't have this and I can't have that" It will make you want it that much more. And be honest, you CAN have if you want, you choose for yourself, but realize how it will make you feel after, and hopefully that will make you realize that you don't really want it. It was a hard thing for me to learn that food was a completely temporary fix to feeling badly about myself, and a harmful one at that.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!! HAPPY SUMMER!