How GOD made me lose weight

So..... it once again has been a while since I have written. I will say right now that 2009 has been a tough year! I just had ANOTHER STINKIN' SURGERY! (If you can't make yourself lose weight, God can find a way to give you a push! ha ha ha)
For the last few months, I have been really sick and the doctor told me that I had a bleeding ulcer. In order to help this, I stopped drinking and it forced me to cut out just about everything that I really WANTED to eat! This helped to drop a few more pounds.
During the first week of July, Ben and I went back up to NYC and I got sick there again. When we returned home, I became sicker than I had ever been and we went back to the ER. It turns out that I never had an ulcer, but gallstones and a pretty bad case of Pancreatitis. I spent 8 days in the Baptist Hospital and over two weeks off of work! The good news is this.... (most importantly), the doc says that in a few weeks, I should be able to enjoy a nice glass of red wine! WHOO HOO!!!!! THEN.... here is the second best part.... are you ready?????? I AM FINALLY UNDER THE 200 LB mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never thought that I would be proud to weigh 198 pounds!!! I feel like I have reached a huge point that will keep me going! Yeah... I might not be so proud to announce that I am still a fatty and weigh 198 pounds, but hello.... let's revisit previous blog entries and remember HOW BIG I WAS! This is awesome!
Today is Thursday, August 13th, 2009 and I am wearing a DRESS to work that I have not been able to fit into for over a year. Also... I tried on the dress I wore to our rehearsal dinner for our wedding and I got the sucker zipped! I hope to be able to wear it with pride on New Years!
As I have said before, this weight loss thing is NOT easy... especially when you do it without any diet pills and try to make lifestyle changes. I am NOT perfect and I have NOT been working out the way I should be, but let me say this... changing the amount of food you eat and habits can be the hardest part of the journey- I am sure of it!
I hope everyone who writes to me is still on track! I would like to give a shout out to my sweet friend, Natasha in Hattiesburg, whom I still have not had the pleasure of meeting in person! She is doing a GREAT job with her joourney and is enjoying her afternoon walking with her daughter! She is already beautiful and I admire her so much for finding something that she can enjoy with her daughter! This should keep her motivated! WE WILL GET THERE!!!! GOALS... here we come!

Hope everyone is great and thanks again for all the emails and messages that support and encourage me. I will soon be breaking up with my fatt butt! Can't wait until it happens!