Seeing the difference....

This post is a bit revealing!  I wish that I had actually gotten ready for the day before I took the picture on the left side instead of just rolling out of bed and snapping away.  Little did I know that the picture would become so important to me.  The pic on the left (where I am displaying an amazing hairdo) was taken on the morning of 6/26/13, just 2 days in to the program.  The pic on the right is from 9/4/13.  I have lost 51 lbs!

I haven't felt too discouraged or "down" on this journey yet.  However, I fell in to a trap of comparing my weight loss to that of a friends and I felt bad.  I was so excited for her weight loss but her body transformation is MUCH more obvious than mine even though her weight loss number is much less than mine.  It made me feel horrible because I haven't been able to tell much of a visual difference other than my face slimming a bit.  I decided to look at my week 1 pictures and put them side by side with my pics from today...this is what I saw.  I could totally see a difference.  How awesome!  Like I told Joy in an email today... " I need to work hard, stay focused, give myself more credit for my effort, not get discouraged, stay teachable, and realize that I am doing a fantastic job of finally taking care of and loving myself."

She responded with the sweetest and most supportive email.  What an amazing woman!  I will cherish this experience and her words/notes forever!  So...here is to another 51 lbs...I better get moving!