The Best Cup of Coffee...EVER!

This morning I had the BEST CUP OF COFFEE EVER! The flavor was nice – Cinnamon Pastry – YUM! But that isn’t what I’m talking about. This was the best cup of coffee ever because it was some of the coffee that I purchased for my Keurig – to celebrate dropping 200 pounds. I have been anticipating this milestone for weeks now – and ordered the coffee ahead of time, but promised myself that I absolutely would not have even one cup of this coffee until I had hit this goal – and this morning it happened!

I have a poster up in my cubicle with a big, glittery “200” on it. My boss suggested I wear some of my big clothes over my regular clothes, but I didn’t keep any. So, I did the next best thing. The one thing I do have from 200 pounds ago is my favorite bathrobe. It wasn’t skin tight – but it was snug – and now I can wrap it around my body nearly double – so I brought that to work to show people.

I will probably be obnoxious ALL DAY LONG. This is just fair warning to anyone who might encounter me today. I’ve worked hard to get here – and I am going to celebrate – long and hard! And all the frustrations over being so close and not actually hitting the mark? They are gone – vanished like a puff of smoke.

I’m not there yet – I still have about 55 more pounds to get to my goal. But look how far I’ve come! This is amazing. I’m doing the happy, happy, happy dance – all day long – all week long!

Many, many, many thanks to all my supporters – you know who you are! And to everyone who has given me clothes, and hugs, and encouragement – and a pep talk when I have been discouraged – well, words just don’t express my gratitude!

As a side note – I am making a very conscious effort NOT to say I’ve lost 200 pounds, or to say that they are “gone forever.” I certainly don’t want them back – but I know that getting rid of this weight is only part of the journey. Keeping it off is my lifetime commitment!

“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his dearth, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:10-14, NIV)