where is everyone?

How is everyone doing? where has everyone gone? does anyone need support or encouragment? want to share any struggles or triumphs?? whats new?? as for me I am preparing to go on a short 3 night trip to Florida in April, my husband won this trip from his employer and the whole thing flight, stay, meals and activitiy are being paid for! what a surpise and a blessing! I would like to be able to lose some more weight before then (time is ticking) and feel confident in some pretty spring outfits, BUT I need to make sure my goals and focus are in the right place and that I have a proper heart attitude, I have seen far too many times in this weight loss journey that when I make it all about the scale and I start to put pressure on myself it backfires and I get into unhealthy thinking patterns.... So I am prayerfully considering how to prepare my body, mind and heart for this trip! how about you all? anything you are looking forward to this spring?

I need support and encouragement more than I like to admit.  I am fairly new to the site and have been documenting my journey using the blog resource.  I understand what you mean about making sure your goals are right. 

I am going to see the surgeon on Wednesday but not sure that surgery will be my final choice.  I have done the medifast diet before but have a feeling that I may be doing it again.  I consider myself a naturalist - so the idea of unnecessary surgery would not be easy for me - I want to be sure I can't do this some other way.  I feel like I was here about 6-7 years ago and now I am back but I guess if it doesn't work then I can be sure I tried everything I could before resorting to surgery.

I am looking forward to spring and have even started some spring cleaning... I love spring because it is not too hot yet to enjoy being outdoors.  I live in Texas and summer is brutal here! 

Enjoy Florida!

3 years ago I was pursuing surgery, I had Dr. appt's and referrals and was on a waiting list, but like you I wanted to make sure I had tried everything and thats when I started to explore more natural and healthy alternatives, I did a lot of research and study and really found a love for natural and clean eating, also cleansing and detoxing, I lost a magority of my weight using a program called isagenix, and to this day I still use the products, I am looking into going back to school to become a certified holistic health coach, my heart is to help people become healthy in all area's and nutrition is a huge area that I have learned a lot in and am still learning! Good luck to you on what ever path you choose to take!