Wow What a Difference a year makes!  Always a good statement when losing weight.  However...

Okay, to start off I did GREAT from 3/9/15 @ 304.5 lbs to 11/11/15 @ 206.4 lbs.  I felt like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, "I'm the King of the World!"  I had a very successful run in losing weight with Dietbet with only one "Runner-up" finish to a challenge.  And I was almost to my Life Goal of 200 lbs, which had shifted to 190 lbs.  8 months and I dropped almost 100 lbs.  Not bad!

Then the holidays happened, and I got lax in my exercise.  And after 11/11/15 I became very good at being a "Runner-up".  So much so that I went rogue and didn't care anymore.

Then starting in February of 2016, my worst year ever started (yeah, I know it isn't even over yet, and I hate to challenge Murphy...)  My father has been in the Hospital 3 times and the last time we almost lost him.  Mother in the hospital once for a month.  My parents now require 24 hour care.  One of my secretaries had a stroke.  My mother-in-law passed away in June after complications from cancer treatment years ago.  So my time was demanded of me in many different ways.  None of which allowed me to even think about exercise.  No this isn't a pitty party, it is just life.

All the while my pants have gotten tighter and tighter (shirts too).  I have resorted to pulling out all the clothes I was going to give away once I met my life goal.

I've tried to exercise during the run up, but have gotten side tracked too many times.  Even signed up for a Transformer on June 21, 2016 of which I have successfully been a Runner-up the first 2 months and am on target to be a Runner-up in the 3rd month.

Now I find myself 10 months later, almost back up to where I started this journey.

Discouraged?  Yep.  Embarassing?  Very much so.  I didn't even like looking at my profile page anymore.  But, if I am ever going to tackle this weight issue I have then I must face up to it.  Put back on my Big Boy Pants (or my cycling shorts and my swim suit) and Get 'er Done!  Time to quit worrying about the past and get busy living for the future!

So I am back in the games.  I signed up for another Transformer and a Kickstart on Sept 6, pulled out scale and dusted it off, and weighed in.  I'm back to exercising and progressing back down the scale again.

I locked all my photos and scales pictures from the past except My Start 3/9/15, Almost There 11/11/15, and My ReStart 9/5/16.  Go ahead, look at them.  It is the truth, no matter how Embarassing it might be.  Sometimes life happens and we get bucked off the horse.  Falling off the horse does not define us.  What defines us is are we willing to get back on the horse and ride again?