The End of 2009

At the beginning of 2009 I made a New Years resolution to lose weight. Much like I have every year for the past 10 years. Unlike the past ten years, this year I was finally sucessful. I've lost a total of about seventy pounds this year, and fifty of those have been since my lap band operation in October. Looking back at all the years I made resolutions to lose weight and failed miserably, I wonder what took me so long. I made the decision to have a lap band nearly five years ago but put it off because of fear. The fear of an operation, the fear of having to change my life, the fear of admitting that I was unable to lose weight on my own. Those fears held me back five years from becoming the thin girl I always wanted to be. I wish that I would have made this decision sooner, then I would have had five years of not failed weight-loss resolutions.

This year I will once again make the resolution to lose weight, but this year I will not fail. This is the year I will reach my goal weight. All thanks to my lap-band, my surgeon and the hospital where I had my operation. Making a New Years resolution that I know unquestionably I will be sucessful at keeping is envigorating. I can't wait to see what I am going to look like by the end of 2010.

To those of you reading this blog. If you have made numerous failed New years resolutions to lose weight, if you feel like you should just give up because nothing seems to help you lose weight then make that choice to do something this year. Stop trying the fad diets, quit paying for a gym membership you never use, and finally do something about your weight problem. It's worth it, I feel like I have a new lease on life and you can too.