HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hey everyone!!

I hope the Holiday has been good to you! Like Bea, I have a really good feeling about this year. I feel a real sense of renewel. I spent NYE in church and prayed for strength and determination to achieve the many goals I have set out for myself in the coming year. This fitness challenge represents so many different things for us all. It's not just about losing weight and I think that's why we're all so passionate about it. For me, embarking on this sort of journey is the culmination of many broken promises to myself, many setbacks, many short-lived resolutions. You all know how hard the diet is already, but doing something like this means many other sacrifices too.

Your social life takes a hit. It just doesn't make sense to go all the places you used to because you can't do all the things you used to. You dedicate money to this to make sure you are able to meet all the demands of the program. But that's less money for other things that never really benefitted you anyway. These "sacrifices" are right on time for me at a point in my life where I'm truly ready for a change.

I'm glad the holidays are over! I survived:-) I'm feeling strong and focused. Many people are supportive but comment how they could never do anything like this. Or they wouldn't be able to not eat their favorite food over the holidays...or they admire my will power but don't see how I do it. I'm telling you. YOU can do this! Any fitness goal you have, you can achieve. It's a one meal at a time deal. One day at a time. One pound. One inch. And when you slip, don't turn it into a slide. Just get back on track! It takes a special type of person to join D3! You're already here and we're all in this together! We have each other and together, we're a force so let's go!!!!! This is our time. It just IS!