I received an unexpected complement in the grocery store Monday.  Oh, yes...  I was at the check-out counter and the lady that normally checks me out made a sweet complement that took me by surprise.  She said that she could tell I had actually lost some weight, a whole lot of weight.  I remember one day before I had started NS that I had mentioned that I was going to begin NS whenever my food came in and that for a while I'd be primarily shopping there for my husband and only picking up some side items for myself...  She apparently remembered.  It came at a time when I needed someone to say something as I'd hit a plateau for a whole week starting on my second week of a plateau and I didn't feel like I was doing a "darn" thing right.  But with that complement my spirits were lifted for the rest of the day...  "Sticks and stones my hurt my bones, but words will never hurt me?"  I think we take in words more than we realize to our internal mechanisms and they can either help us or harm our outlook on life.  I'm choosing to "hold" these words that my friend said and to cherish them when I begin to feel down and upset with myself.  Have a God Blessed Day! <')))><