Well, hello there! :o) It’s been almost 3 years…really? Oh my…how things have changed! Funny…this blog started as Can Things Be Changed, then evolved into Change in Progress. Guess I…evolved, too :o) I’ve decided to blow the dust off this old blog, exorcise some ghosts of the past, and continue forward with the changes. Wanna join me ? Buckle your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride! (I know, I know…one of the most misquoted quotes of all time…bumpy night, gotcha!)
When I was here before, I was dealing with the aftermath of infidelity, trying to reconcile a marriage that was ready to be buried and dealing with feelings that I was too scared to share in the ‘real world’. I made two terrific friends…one a husband who had cheated on his wife and was working at reconciliation…. the other, an ‘other woman’ dealing with her feelings about her married man returning to his wife. We were an interesting group of blog friends, and I believe we learned much from one another. They, like me, seem to have moved on… past the gut-wrenching emotions, the never-ending (though they did!) questions, the fear of the future. I say to you, Misfit Mistress and TVExplorer, wherever you may be….kudos to all of us, and I hope and pray that 2012 finds you blessed, happy, and at peace.
Another topic of much discussion was getting motivated to lose weight. Well… I’ve done that, too. Yay me! I lost…65 lbs in 2010. Much more than that if we go back to the highest number I ever saw on the scale… but let’s not, and say we did, eh? Still have about 20 to go…but honestly, if I never lose another pound…I’m thrilled and proud of what I’ve done. Everyone who sees me now says ‘OMG, what did you do?’… and they look at me expectantly, hoping I’ve discovered a ‘miracle’. But no…there are no miracles, or shortcuts, to permanent, sustained weight loss. And when I tell them my ‘secret’…logging every bite of food that went into my mouth until I could tell you exactly how many calories were in XYZ, weighing and measuring the food, counting calories obsessively…their eyes glaze over, they mumble ‘oh, yeah…that….whatever’ Nothing worth having is easy, folks. Truth.
So…that was then, and this is now. I’m still a Change in Progress, and hope I am until the day I leave this planet. Let’s do this thing called 2012…Bring it!
Change in Progress! 