New Year.....wow....

Time totally flies.....it is January 2011!!!!

So let's recap the year.....

Last year on New Year's Eve, I was sitting in the hot tub with my husband, I was totally down, was sick of my job, sick of being fat, and knew it was time to make a change.....as we sat there with a glass of wine, crying about my life.....I made a statement....

....IN 2010 I AM GOING TO CHANGE!!! IT WILL BE THE YEAR OF CHANGE, AND THE YEAR OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES!.....

So at the end of January I quit my job, and began job search....I know, I know...probably the wrong order to do things, but when things need to change...they just have to....so there I was....February, looking for a job, changing my resume and deciding to start changing my body...this time seriously......

So I started going to the gym twice a day, started a healthy diet, started cutting down on alcohol consumption, had myself tested for food sensitivities, and metabolic typing....all that was great, but I was still gaining weight...

I felt so out of control, now I had no job, and my body was just out of control...on a total gaining spiral....I weighed in at 310 at some point (even though I try to block that out)....

In May I was so down...I started researching surgical options, thought about what to do, and then in June I decided, I was getting a sleeve....scheduled and was ready to go....then I discovered the gastric plication procedure...and never looked back....I changed surgeons, and re-scheduled and had surgery in July!

Phew! what a year!!!!!

Since July:

• I have lost 59lbs (ugh I was so mad that I didn't make 60 by year end....but it'll happen).....
• I have a new awesome job
• I am moving cross country (from California to Florida) this week to start my new job
• My husband is down 40 lbs! His business is starting to kick butt.....

So I guess.....in the words of Oprah! "the universe gave me what I asked for"...what's the name of that whole creed.....the one about putting things out into the world and having positive thoughts and mantras....it worked....

This New Year's Eve I sat in the same hot tub, with a glass of champagne...and said:

....2010 WAS THE YEAR OF CHANGE, 2011 WILL BE THE YEAR OF GREATNESS!.........

Happy New Year everyone!