Friday Draft

Greetings Friends~

Yesterday was the final weigh in and I am extremely pleased to announce that my hard working sister Rebecca is our One Step at a Time winner. Over the course of her journey she managed to out shine us all and finished with a total loss of 71 pounds for a whopping 27.95% loss.

Congratulations Rebecca. You look great!

As far as myself, I have lost 70 pounds since I started last fall...give or take a Costco dog or two. I am pleased at my "new" energy level and greatly surprised by the changes that this has made for me mentally.

This will be my last post...at least until September. If I am able to get the rest of the weight off over the summer while working outside on the house, then I will be happy. If not, then I may start again in the fall. If I do, I'll let you all know.

I want to give a special thanks to Irish Girl who has continued to be supportive to all of us. Thank you for being so caring.

I also want to thank the other participants. Maybe we didn't achieve all that we wanted but, if nothing else, this may have at least stopped us a time or two from bingeing or making wrong choices.

Keep up the good works because we will be successful in many things if we do them One Step at a Time.
Happy Trails!

Week 20 Results

Greetings Friends~

Congrats to Rebecca for continuing what we started, and for being this weeks Biggest (and only) Loser.
She lost 1 pound for a .55% drop. Way to go!!

This is the last week for Part 2 and next Tuesday we will crown our winner.

As you can tell from my lack of postings, I haven't been very motivated with my weight loss, exercise program or this blog. I am the first to admit that this is pretty sad. Unfortunately, I have had several physical set backs. First my shoulder, and most recently, my back. I am not back to 100 % yet...physically or mentally.

But, that is all water under the bridge. I am looking on the bright side that I am down 70 pounds from last September and while I have a long ways to go, I am looking and feeling a lot better.

The best news is that I have a ton of energy which has resulted in me being able to accomplish a TON of things that last year I would not have believed possible. The farm is looking better, I have flats of tomatoes and peppers growing, a garden (or two) will be planted soon, the blue berries are pruned and fertilized for the first time in ages and the rest of the place is taking shape.

So, even if I don't win, I know that I have succeeded.

The journey is still in progress and I hope to keep reporting good results in the days, weeks and months to come.

Happy Trails!