First of ... you look fabulous my dear!! What is my goal this year ... loosing an addional 25lbs, keeping it off and having PS as soon as I can afford it. Other than that the goal is to keep my happiness and self esteem level up there, and never going back to the miserable and depressed person I was last year. I have a food monster in the evening ... some days are good, other's bad, but I'm good, as long as I can maintain and try to keep it in control ... life will go on!!

Thanks Katie-- Yes, the snacking monster is a bad thing isn't it. Stay happy and healthy.

keep the weight off. And not be sick any more............ I have come to the point in my life that not much matters to me any more. Except my kids. I have such bad luck. And yes I believe in luck. And that is one thing I don't have. I can't even have sex with out bad luck...........I work at the health department and had to come to work yesterday and get a condom fished out. It got lost in space...................LOL that is the truth..... sex hurts so bad now. Does that loose too????????? oh well need a full moon and a good spell for good luck..................... have a good day all amy

Hiya chickadee! Eat chocolate, of course - one Hershey kiss once a week is not gonna be a problem. Moderate the hell out of cravings. I monitor my hunger and weight loss and for me, it's always going crazy around the monthly time. S'ok though.... I have learned to change habits then. Do you know they say it takes only 7 days of doing something over and over again to create a habit in your brain? Hmm. Interesting. In this next year, I really want my business to be successful at the launch in 2007. I believe it will. But even more than that, I really would like to get into a fitness regime and make some friends around here in my rural county. (Everyone here has lived here forever and there are cliques galore so breaking into that is tough.) I just would really really like some close girlfriends who live nearby - so I guess that's my second goal for myself - to make that happen. The fitness regime - well, trust me I have tried. I joined Curves, went to the Y, bought skates - yeah you guys remember that! - and tried to ride a bike again today. Problem is: my obesity caused severe neuropathy in my left foot and I can't raise it properly, so it just cancels out a WHOLE buncha stuff I can do. I am not depressed about it though. I WILL do something and find something that works. It's just a matter of looking and trying. Right now, I am excited about attending a conference in Ontario, CA in the last week of September about the podcasting industry. It'll be a great break - one I really REALLY need right now. You look beautiful! Nan

My goal is to keep this weight off and hopefully still lose 11 more. Have been staying the same for about a month. I really want to weight 150lbs, that was my goal, my doctors was 160lbs. 1 more lb to make him happy. Still need to eat more protein. I need to stop this snacking though, really hard but must get a handle on it. Of coarse all the holidays coming up won't help. Hope everyone is happy and in good health! Katie