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I have been trying the last couple of weeks to take note of where my physical fitness has improved over the last year. I decided to take measurements again...which I ironically had done exactly a year prior. I was a little disappointed to crunch numbers and realize I only lost 20 pounds. What? Really? It seemed like more to me....but that is what the numbers told me. However, after I took measurements, I realized that I had lost and ADDITIONAL 15 INCHES , including 3 inches of my waist and 3 of my hips. Suddenly it felt like the last year had been worth it. It really is working...slowly and surely! And then I began to think that I had also lost that 20 pounds and 16 inches while transitioning through a divorce, returning to work, taking on the role of single mom (and all it entails), and trying to forge a new life for my son and I. Not too bad I guess! I must dig deep and keep moving forward until I reach that goal!

"Sometimes you will feel a struggle between your old self and the new, healthy Self you have decided to become. Today, which version of you is winning? I signed up for these free texts from Bill Phillips - if you don't know who he is, check out his website at Transformation.com This one came at a most appropriate time for me. I am learning how to deal with stress in my new healthy lifestyle, and more often than not the old self wants to emerge and cope with stress using old habits and negative thought processes. The key is for me to recognize that and let the new self deal with it in more appropriate ways. Can I tell you how seriously hard that is? On the days when I am exhausted, over-hungry, emotionally spent, stressed to the hilt, or just plain lonely that old self wins begins to take the lead. It is a constant struggle to keep the new self in the lead. I look forward to the day when the old self no longer even exists.