I went back to Minnesota for two weeks over Christmas and New Years and did good eating healthy at most meals, but why are there so many snacks! I had way too much sweets, snack foods, and alcohol, I fell of the wagon hard. I am a strong willed person though and snapped right back into VSG mode as soon as I got home Tuesday afternoon. I will say that I still used portion control and kept semi track of calories in my head and I did lose 5 lbs since leaving 2 weeks ago.

Now for the fun part! All my family and friends were blown away by my success and everyone was so proud of me! We went out dancing at some of the country bars and I brought my newly learned Texas two step skills and a lot of people wanted to dance with me. I never could get attention at bars before. My favorite part was when the band played Copper Head Road and 4 great looking girls started doing the line dance and while all the guys stood around watching them my new confidence had me right in between them rocking out (Thanks Texas for teaching me to dance lol)

The point of my message... Were all human, we make mistakes. I have worked very hard to get where I am today and for two weeks I let lose again and embrace my new self. It proved to me that all the hard work I have done is paying off. We just need to be strong enough to know when enough is enough and get back on plan.

I missed my goal of 100lbs by NYE because of the decisions I made, but the smile on my face and the happiness in my heart meant so much more than any number on a scale could ever mean!

My NYE Picture!

Congrats on all of your progress! I hear on ya on the holiday foods! I ate way too many little smokies!

You look great!

Me too! But I'm back on the wagon now!

Me too, but I'm back on track now.

Congrats on your newfound confidence and dancing abilities

Congrats on your newfound confidence and dancing abilities

Thanks! I'm still convinced that I look more like a fish out of Water when I dance, but at least while country dancing in MN I look like a coordinated fish out of the water!

Thanks! I'm still convinced that I look more like a fish out of Water when I dance' date=' but at least while country dancing in MN I look like a coordinated fish out of the water![/quote']

I'm sure you looked fine dancing...especially in MN. Lol

Glad you enjoyed your holidays and so happy that your family was excited for you. Doesn't it feel great?!! Dancing is the best exercise, you should do it more often and you'll end up a pro. Congrats!

Handsome cowboy!!!

I ate all kinds of things I shouldn't have over Christmas, but here I am back on the wagon. I just brought the last of all the candy, Cookies, sugared nuts and chips to work. We have a lunch room and if you leave stuff out, it disappears fast.

I too just missed the century mark I'm sitting at 99 pounds lost!!! Oh well :-)

Glad you enjoyed your holidays and so happy that your family was excited for you. Doesn't it feel great?!! Dancing is the best exercise, you should do it more often and you'll end up a pro. Congrats!

Yeppers! I used to ice my knees because I was carrying around too much weight.....

This last week I had to ice them thanks to Lil' Jon's song Get Low

Handsome cowboy!!!

I ate all kinds of things I shouldn't have over Christmas, but here I am back on the wagon. I just brought the last of all the candy, Cookies, sugared nuts and chips to work. We have a lunch room and if you leave stuff out, it disappears fast.

I too just missed the century mark I'm sitting at 99 pounds lost!!! Oh well :-)

I missed it by 5, shouldn't be a prob;em getting it by the end of the week! Every time I walked past the cookies in my parents house I threw them away.... Then the family got mad and I had to go buy more haha

Look at you!!!! You look amazing =) Glad you had a great holidays with your newfound confidence!!!

I ate "wrong" too over the holidays. I didn't gain but I didn't lose either - and I'm only 8 weeks post-op. Back to working on the goal!

You lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks? That's awesome! I'd be stoked. You obviously did more things right than wrong.

You look so good, no wonder your people were proud of you! Congrats, you're doing great!

I laughed when I saw the title of the post and had to open it. Your post was heartwarming, refreshing, and full of positivity. Love it! Thanks for sharing the good, the bad, and the funny