Give yourself credit!!

At the ball last week I saw my surgeon, and he hadn't seen me in a while.  Nice guy that he is, he told me I looked great.  I gave him a big hug and told him, "This is thanks to you, you know!!"  


He said, "I know."  Rather smugly...

That's when it hit me.  Yes, he is a wonderful surgeon, but he did a TWO HOUR procedure on my guts.  I AM THE ONE THAT IS PUTTING IN ALL THE WORK.    It's up to me to make the right food choices, to exercise, and to seek support when I need it. I truly appreciate that he's given me the physical ability to finally lose the weight so my outside can match my inside, but I didn't realize until that night that I need to give myself credit for what I'm doing.

I'm not just doing this for myself.  I'm doing this for my husband and my kids.  But I AM THE ONE THAT'S DOING IT. 


Remember to respect yourself enough to appreciate what YOU are doing for YOU. 

Yes, girl, YOU certainly are. You are the one doing the exercising and YOU are the one watching what you put in your mouth. What he did was just the surgery. Sometimes, I do admit I don't like the smugness. We have the same surgeon.

You are looking smokin' hot girlfriend!!

You are so right Meg!
Well said!

You most certainly are doing the work...he merely put in the tool!!!  You are doing an AWESOME job!!!