Self Motivation

It makes me smile when I walk in to the office and I hear "hey, skinny! how's it going?"; "you are looking great" "wow, where did you go?" They just make me so proud of myself and what I am doing is going noticed. That people care about me. The other day at work I was asked "hey where did your 6 year old go?" my answer was "I don't have one" he said "yeah, no shit you lost it" it took me a few seconds to realize we was talking about the weight I lost, not a child. It is comments like that that make you say ahhhh. The other day up in the gym at work, I was working so hard and sweating really gross, one of the CO's came in and asked who I was trying to impress. - No one, I am doing this for me, and then said if mom isn't happy then no one is. I work hard at the gym, I work hard at trying to make the right decisions when I eat. I work hard at trying to eat slowly. One of the ladies at work asked me why I wasn't losing weight faster. Well it's a tool - not a miracle. It is a slow process! My goal is about 1.5 lbs a week. Hopefully I can stick with it. I would like to lose another 81lbs. Can I do it? Of course I can it is going to mean long hard days at the gym - making the right decisions with food, and activity! The LAP-BAND is a tool to assist you - it doesn't lose the weight for you. I have gotten to know many people that had the procedure done and get very upset because it is taking so long to lose the weight. The key is patience. You must have patience and a goal - work for it. Just saying you are doing it is a lot different from actually doing it. It's like saying hey I just joined the gym. What is not said is oh I don't really use it, I just carry the card for status. It all comes down to self motivation - only you can do this, You have to be positive. You need to love yourself, and want this for your self, you have to work at it for yourself!