First Big Goal!

  

I've been playing cat and mouse with the scale these past few days but this morning it finally happened--I achieved my first big goal!  I'm  trying to set lots of small goals as I go along to help me stay motivated and interested in this process.  I guess you could say I have a goal to set goals...maybe those should be called metagoals?

Anyway...drum roll please...as of this morning I've officially lost 50 pounds!  While I know I still have far to go, I truly feel good about this.  It feels like a milestone to me.  I keep thinking of those huge bags of dog food we buy at Sam's Club, you know the ones:



THAT is what I've been carrying around ALL the time!  No wonder I have more energy and feel better.  My body has been relieved of quite a heavy burden.

When I continue to make the right choices and keep myself motivated / on track, I know I'll feel even better.  My big, BIG overarching goal for this whole journey is to be able to put down the three additional extra bags of dog food I'm now toting around.  Well...I guess when that happens, I'll feel like I'm floating!  I have no doubts that getting there will require a lot of hard work and effort but I also know that by continually making good choices every time I eat, I can get there.