The End and The Beginning
Well hello all!  I am so happy to post my final post for the TBO Weight Loss Challenge.
It seems like just yesterday I was reading the newspaper looking at the ad for participants in the Weight Loss Challenge.  I KNEW when I saw the ad that it was MEANT for me to be a participant.  I KNEW I was the perfect candidate and that this was my time to do what I had been thinking and talking about for such a long time.
The journey has gone full circle from beginning to end and I prepare to start a new journey of self-exploration.  I am truly blessed to have an opportunity so have such powerful reinforcement from friends and family and am thankful to everyone!  I hope that I was helpful to at least one person to pursue their own goals, too.

Feb. 1 2007 June1, 2007 Change

Weight
226 to 179.5 46.5 lbs lost!!!
Size 18 to 12/14

3 dress sizes
Energy none thru the roof!!

I have re-discovered my love for exercise and shopping for new clothes and taking the best care of myself as possible so that I can take better care of everyone around me the best way that I can. 

My relationship with everyone around me has gotten better because of the changes I have made over the past 4 months.  And I’ve found that it’s because I’ve changed!  Not just physically but emotionally too.  I’m much to be around.  I’m calmer, happier, stronger, and all around better and because of that, everything around me is affected by it.  So one thing that I’ve taken away from this challenge is that you cannot expect change from anyone but from yourself.  Take action!

My next goal is to go from 179.5 lbs to 150 lbs by Sept. of this year.  My goal after that is to maintain the weight loss and to live my best life for the rest of my life and to help other women to be empowered to make a change.
I’m just so overjoyed that I’ve given myself another opportunity to live my best life and to not feel like I’m burdened by the being overweight.  It is almost hard to describe how good it feels to be able to shop in a regular size store.

Thank you to the whole TBO.com team for giving us this opportunity to have a community to support us...it was very empowering to have so much support and people rooting for us to do well.

I’ll be rooting for the next group of challengers!  My advise to all of you is to set a goal, plan how to attain it, set daily goals on how to get there and monitor how you’re doing.  If you get off track that’s okay...you’re human...you can learn from you mistake, correct it and get back on track...don’t give up...don’t ever give up! 

The universe rewards action!

Love you all and thank you soo much for sharing your lives with me!!!

Sonya