Christmas Eve and the Gift…

I had been with Dr. Jack since October 5th, and more than anything, I had wanted to lose 40 pounds.  Originally he had asked me what my goal was and that is what I named.  Both of us knew I needed to lose more than forty pounds, so he asked me why I had named that my goal.   “If I can lose forty pounds in the first twelve weeks, then I will know it is working and I can keep going.”

Christmas Eve, the gift came.   I got on the scale Christmas Eve morning and I said a little prayer.  Then I got off and looked down.  There it was…. like a gift from Santa Claus.  I looked at it and the tears came to my eyes dropping on the scale.   I grabbed my phone, took a picture of it and sent it to Dr. Jack.   I was so excited, I sent it as a text to his phone.

I think he was about as excited as I was.   He wrote me back the sweetest note and although I share a lot of his emails and messages to me, this one is personal, one I kept and treasure.   He told me a lot about how proud he was of me, and that I should look at it as my rebirth.

Forty pounds….. I could hardly believe it.   And then, all of a sudden I started thinking that if I could lose forty pounds, there was no reason I couldn’t lose fifty…. or SIXTY!!!  Or EVEN SEVENTY!!!!!!!!!!!   There was going to be no stopping me now.

Best Christmas gift ever!!!

 

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