what do I say ????......

I checked into the HYC last night....it is so good to see all the people working so hard on being healthy. I have not given up, I have just been extremely busy. I thought I would have more time to post after the holidays and being sick but I guess I was wrong. I miss being on here....blogging has helped to keep me accountable and to give me inspiration and motivation. I have been lacking in both of these since I have not been on here as much.

In the last week I have had 4 people notice that I have lost some weight. This is always a hard subject for me because I have tried to not let people know that I am trying to eat healthy. This was purely a personal decision based on my past with family and friends trying to tell me what I should and shouldn't eat and with people telling me what I can and can't eat instead of just leaving it up to me. I have had much better success doing it this way because if I want to have a piece of cake or some pizza I can choose to have it and not have others telling me "you can't eat that....you're on a diet!!" (like I didn't know). Now those people are starting to notice that I have lost some weight and I'm not prepared with what to say to them. Most of the time I have been able to just put them off and say things like "oh, no I don't know what you are talking about but thank you anyway" when they ask if I've been loosing weight. I don't want to lie but I need to have the power to make my own choices. It is getting harder because people are no longer asking but plain out noticing and saying things like "you have lost alot of weight...you look good" well, how do I respond?? I told someone this week "you just haven't seen me in a while".......I am at a loss for words.....I know I can't keep it a secret as I continue to lose but what do I say???

I haven't been as motivated lately. I have not been making as good of choices this week and I have not been exercising this week either. I worked all week for our church garage sale unpacking and organizing things for about 5 hours a day. I don't have a job outside of my home so this was quite different for me and it really opened my eyes to how you have to be prepared with your food so you can have healthy things around you. It gave me a new respect for those of you that are at work all day. I said I didn't exercise but I was moving all day while I was unpacking and organizing items for the sale, and cleaning up. Oh, and I guess I did go to class once last week on Wednesday.....I forgot about that.

All the compliments that I have gotten this week really make me want to work harder. I hope I can make use of this new motivation!!