I am >< that close to goal!  I just need to really focus for a week or 2 and I'll hit it!  I SO want to do it before my next shipment - I want that little gold "goal" bear in my box!  Silly isn't it, how a little beanie baby type bear can mean so much?  But it does!  It represents hard work (especially for a "cheater" like me), and it's a visual reminder of the weight I've lost.

It's funny - I look at pictures of myself 20 pounds ago and I used to think I looked fine.  Now I see that my frame was getting chunky.  Losing 23 pounds has not only put me back into all of my clothes, but I look better in pictures too!