Snow...AGAIN?

I woke up this morning to a lovely sight – snow covering pretty much everything I could see, except for the streets, sidewalks, and driveways, thankfully. Here in Atlanta, it is unusual to have even one “snow” event per winter, and this winter we have had THREE in just a few weeks. One of those events was major – and stayed on the ground over a week in some places. Very unusual for these parts.

Interestingly enough – this snow did not seem to cause the widespread panic BEFORE it happened that most snow causes here. We’re not quite as complacent about it as people in Minnesota or Canada, but this time there seemed to be a “been there – done that” attitude. Since the streets did not seem to be affected at all by any of this – traffic was normal this morning.

I spent much of my life with the “been there – done that” attitude about my weight. I KNEW that I needed to lose weight – I KNEW it would be healthier – I KNEW a lot of things, but I didn’t DO anything about it. Doctors talked to me – family talked to me – friends talked to me – and I listened with one ear – then kept doing exactly what I had been doing all along: ignoring the problem. And unlike snow in the driveway, which will eventually melt if you do nothing, my weight problem did not go away.

I can’t change anything about how long it took me finally to get it together about my weight. It happened when I got sick and tired of dealing with all the side effects of being fat. And while I wish with all my heart that I had done something sooner, I can certainly celebrate that I have NOW done something about it. Today I’m down a total of 190.2 pounds! YIPPEE!