February 23rd, 2013… in addition to being my parents’ 39th wedding anniversary, it was the day I FINALLY lost 100 pounds!!! 💪👊👍😆

I woke up that morning for my usual 9 AM training session. I ate light before I left, sipped my water as needed and pushed hard throughout my workout. A little after 10 AM Patrick and I walked over to the scale. I slowly stepped on and waited for the results… I. Had. Done. It. I had said goodbye to 100 pounds!! Patrick and I high fived and I proceeded to jump up and down while he bragged to the other trainers about my long awaited and hard earned accomplishment.

The excitement and pride I felt that day was incomparable to anything else I had felt before. I did this. My own hard work, dedication and determination did this, not to mention the amazing support and encouragement I had from everyone along the way.

Finally losing 100 pounds gave me something I had never had before, belief in myself and in the process… that if I stuck with this, really stuck with this I could do anything.

However, that elation only lasted until I slowly started to let life get in the way…