THANK YOU!!! to responses on my advice poll post

Hi Everyone, I just can't thank everyone enough for taking the time to reply to me. I am just settled in my temporary housing (staying with my cousins for the next 6 weeks while the house is being built). It is a lot of fun, and also a lot of chaos (my husband, myself, and 2 kids, 6 and 3 1/2, are living with my cousin, his wife, and their THREE kids, who are 7, 5, and 4). Needless to say, my days are filled (I stay at home with them), and the complete upheaval in my routine is actually fantastic to sticking to a better program. I joined LA Fitness (a gym), which is 2 seconds from my cousin's house and there is another one 10 minutes from where my new house will be. So far, I have gone 2 for 2 (days here/days to the gym). The best news of all, I have been approved for abdomiplasty! Which is even more motivation for getting off the last 40 pounds so I am at my best possible weight before I go under the knife. Basically, all is going well, and the support I get from this board is something I cannot put into words, how good it makes me feel. Sorry for such a long post, and thanks again for all the advice, I couldn't wait to get back on a computer to see what everyone wrote!! Best Wishes to All, Josie

WOW what a house full!!! I hope you all stay sane. Congrats on the approval for the abdomiplasty!! That sure would be a motivator for me too!! Tracy A.