I have a confession to make.
Last week, I had more blow it days than perfect days. And that hurt to admit! I have lots of excuses for why we ate out so much last week and why neither I nor Sam ordered anything even remotely Thrive approved, but I won't bore you with any of them. I must say that I am beyond shocked at how quickly those bad habits can re-emerge! For 8 weeks we did great...rarely eating out, following Thrive religiously with very few blow it days. Then last week, life happened, and instead of using what we learned with Thrive to get through it, we just reverted back to our bad habits. You would think that after the first day of eating bad, when the heartburn set in, when the gas set in, when the sto

Drumroll, please!
Today was my final 7 week WI and I lost 2 more pounds! That makes a total of 16.2 pounds from Thrive in just 7 weeks! Added to what I lost on WW I am now down 35.2 pounds! That's a whole lotta weight! That's like my daughter holding a 5 pound bag of taters, LOL! I also lost about 14 inches...nearly 4 in my waist and 4 in my hips, alone! It's amazing. Almost 2 whole pants sizes.I also have to give props to my wonderful husband, Sam. He started Thrive when I did and he is now down 40 pounds. Yes, folks, 40 pounds! He is one of my "why's"...he had high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides (over 600!), 2 parents with diabetes and he was over 300 pounds. Pretty much

As I sit here wat...
As I sit here watching "The Biggest Loser" (one of my all-time favorite shows!), thinking about how inspirational these people are, I realized that working for Thrive gives me the opportunity to be just as inspirational to people I meet here in Rome! WOW! That is such a blessing! The thought that people are watching me change my life and it is making them want to change theirs just blows my mind! OK, maybe no one is feeling like that yet, but they will! I have been in training for about a week and a half and so much more is starting to make sense to me! I lost 19 pounds with WW, but my clothes didn't get any loser...then I started Thrive and have lost 14.4 pounds and have