HOW MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAVE YOU HAD WITHOUT MAKING A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION?

How many of us have made New Years Resolutions and have failed? If you look at your past history also, I am sure this isn't the first time you have tried to lose weight, tried to quit smoking or tried to quit drinking, if not just slow down your alcohol consumption but because it was a New Years Resolution it failed. All our life we most probably made false promises to ourselves much less other people in our lives. So what should be the purpose of making a New Years Resolution? Don't be of the common anymore, as we are not........ We are individuals and we shouldn't do what everyone else does. Our only New Years Resolution is just be ourselves.

My accomplishments are......

1. Lapband Surgery Nov. 10, 2005 and I lost 109 lbs. and have maintained it since July 25, 2006. I went from a size 22 to a size 4 -6.

2. Because of the surgery I quit drinking because of the empty calories that I didn't want to take in. I don't miss it so it must not have been a loss to me.

3. I quit smoking Dec. 25, 2006 and I have been smoke free for over a year now and I feel as healthy as a horse.

4. I have become a lover of exercise. It makes me feel so good.

Honesty is the best policy so I just want to tell you two things.

1. I still have mental issues with how I look. I still see myself as being obese. I am still obsessed with what I put in my mouth. I will freak if I gain more than two pounds. It is a scary life long struggle.

2. I am still addicted to the smell of my addiction and that is fast food. If I open up a bottle of ketchup, I don't think of ketchup, I think of french fries. If I smell burgers God help me. I haven't eaten those things since 2005 either and I plan on never doing that. Not one drop of deep fried food has entered my mouth and I will never allow it to as long as I have the feelings that I do when I smell it. I don't even crave that food but I become crazed when I smell it.

I want to wish everyone all the best in 2008. I hope your new found lives bring you everything you desire.

Josephine

This is the very first New Years that I did not make a resolution to lose weight. whew!

No I just have to keep it off!

Josephine,

i too still have the mental issues... i went from a size 22 to a size 12-14 in one year and people tell me i look good and i do feel good, but when i look in the mirror i still see a size 20 or 22. i am hoping this is the year that my mind will catch up with my appearance and i will finally see what others see... it was the same thing when i was gaining wt... it took my mind years to see how heavy i really was!!

crazy minds!!

kym

This is probably the first year that I didn't swear I would lose weight this year one way or another. I still want to lose a little, but now at least I know it's possible.

I love bandland!