Comments on My Journey to Fit: A Forty-Something's Weight Loss Journey: Another Benefit to Weight Loss

I love your decorations, Shelley . . . they're...

2009-12-13T10:35:59.414-06:00

I love your decorations, Shelley . . . they're beautiful!

Kudos to you for keeping up the great work on the fitness front. I fell far off the wagon in the past few months . . . but I'm back! As usual, you're an inspiration.

i am jealous of your energy! way to go! everything...

2009-12-04T20:17:48.612-06:00

i am jealous of your energy! way to go! everything looks great... and the best part is that it is DONE!!!

Love the decorations! Great job :-)

2009-12-02T11:45:51.465-06:00

Love the decorations! Great job :-)

Your holiday decorations are awesome! And I was pr...

2009-12-02T00:22:53.509-06:00

Your holiday decorations are awesome! And I was proud to just have a tree up. :)

I love what you said about having more energy. That's something I keep trying to tell myself will happen as I start losing weight. It's so hard to get started, especially when you don't have much energy. But I'll get there. Congrats on your weight loss!

That is an amazing bunch of work. I am stunned. I ...

2009-12-01T18:46:18.369-06:00

That is an amazing bunch of work. I am stunned. I have a lack of motivation though my local living son says "Mom, you have to get a real tree!"

My fondest holiday memories were going around to decorated houses. It was something sponsored by our church. My mom took us two girls when we were young-ish. And a lot of the things you have reminded me of those days. I really need to get in the spirit and your post helped. Thanks! (cute cute cat pic too!)

Can you come over to my house and decorate??!! It...

2009-12-01T16:15:19.331-06:00

Can you come over to my house and decorate??!!

It all looks amazing. I have to wait until around December 10 before I can decorate, otherwise its too much snowmen for too long for Tony!

Great job and hooray for all the extra energy!!

I absolutely love your chandelier tree. Your entir...

2009-12-01T16:08:51.705-06:00

I absolutely love your chandelier tree. Your entire house makes me want to come visit. Fitness and energy is pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing =)

Hi! I saw your comment on Jody's blog about ho...

2009-12-01T13:45:28.400-06:00

Hi! I saw your comment on Jody's blog about how you'd seen her comments on other blogs and finally clicked her name - well, that's what I just did with yours! Congrats on losing so much weight, it's stories like yours that are so inspiring to me and reinforce to me that it IS possible!!! Way to go! And I love your decorations. I was also busy over the long weekend getting my home done and even though I've only lost 22 pounds so far, I've already started to notice more energy!

Bookmarking you for sure!

Sweety, if you have that kind of energy would you ...

2009-12-01T09:46:32.692-06:00

Sweety, if you have that kind of energy would you please come to my house and decorate? Wow, it all looks so pretty. :)I'm loving the boot stockings. We're doing a Texas themed tree. :)

Oh my! It all looks lovely - I want to do mine no...

2009-12-01T05:09:15.062-06:00

Oh my! It all looks lovely - I want to do mine now!

The decorations are great! I love that you have mo...

2009-12-01T02:20:49.701-06:00

The decorations are great! I love that you have more energy - that is one of the best things about weight loss. Your Kip reminds me of my Charlie - they could be brothers!

I love the Thanksgiving pics, as well as the Chris...

2009-11-30T22:46:31.435-06:00

I love the Thanksgiving pics, as well as the Christmas ones...it's nice to have so much energy, isn't it? That's one of the things I'm really enjoying now. :)

Having more energy to get things done is something...

2009-11-30T22:32:32.091-06:00

Having more energy to get things done is something I look forward too. My friends don't understand why I am still unpacking since moving to my new place 2 months ago. I guess they just don't realize how much work it is to do all that while you lug around an extra 180 pounds.

You're lucky your cat just sleeps on your tree skirt. My cat thinks it's a newer plusher litter box. So no more tree skirts at my house!

This was very interesting for me to read, since *I...

2009-11-30T21:01:43.065-06:00

This was very interesting for me to read, since *I* made this discovery myself last year regarding WL & decorating.

I keep a personal journal and while I have not lost the massive numbers you have Shelley, as you know every bit makes a diff! Here is an excerpt from my journal Dec 08 -
"I may be totally delusional, but it seemed that the cleaning & decorating for Christmas today didn't "take as much out of me"
as it has in the past.? This year I am doing everything 30lbs lighter....I think I kind of look at it AS my workout too, in a way.
I decorated the bannister today, dd & I did the tree, and put everything away, and then of
course I had to clean."

So I guess I am not delusional. I think I rather enjoyed it last year.

And I could really relate to your Christmases past--minimal decorating--bc I too was doing it mostly alone, and also felt it wasn't worth all the work only to have to do it all over again and put it away. So I probably did the bare minimum to get by, and saw it as a chore rather than enjoyable. I too, bought just a couple new things last year!

Jillian Michaels says "When u see how strong you are physically, it is going to transcend into every other facet of your life".

I realize that this decorating post WAS talking about physical strength & stamina, but it is interesting to see the various ways it affects us.

Enjoyed the pics, Shelley. (and it DID relate to WL, but we don't care if it didn't!)

Wow, everything looks great! You are on the ball g...

2009-11-30T20:05:42.711-06:00

Wow, everything looks great! You are on the ball girl!

Love the Chandeler Tree Shelley! I saw that idea o...

2009-11-30T19:16:40.137-06:00

Love the Chandeler Tree Shelley! I saw that idea on HGTV... love the shows on there.
Your house looks festive. Great Job. I so can't wait til I gain that much energy!

You really put much effort in the decorating Shell...

2009-11-30T13:32:52.604-06:00

You really put much effort in the decorating Shelley. I really love it! I'm decorating around December 12th. It's common here to start with the Christmas decorations after December 5th because of another holiday on that day called "Sinterklaas"

And I love Love Actually, every time I see it I keep crying and crying :)

I love your house pictures! I am in the midst of s...

2009-11-30T13:30:02.587-06:00

I love your house pictures! I am in the midst of staying out of my hubby's way as he decorates. I'm not good at it at all!

Beautiful!

While reading your post I started thinking about m...

2009-11-30T12:54:48.026-06:00

While reading your post I started thinking about myself and realizing how right you are! The last time I was unemployed I laid on the couch pretty much all day, not any more!

Your house looks amazing and I love your purple walls!

I see you were awarded my Atta Girl Award by anoth...

2009-11-30T11:28:53.775-06:00

I see you were awarded my Atta Girl Award by another blogger.(Diane @ fit to the finish) Congratulations.
I do have to ask that you link my Atta Girl award back to my site as I created it and have explained the use of it on my site.
Anyone can give it out but you must tell them it comes from my site and link back to my site so they and others can get the award too. I also post on each winner of the award increasing traffic to their sites at the same time. I can’t do this if you don’t explain to them where it comes from and notify me who you gave it to. Thanks

Wow Shelley! I am not sure if I am inspired or ov...

2009-11-30T10:46:31.249-06:00

Wow Shelley! I am not sure if I am inspired or overwhelmed! I have more energy, but i don't seem to put it towards cleaning/decorating my house. But I am going to try to put a dent in it today! Thanks for the inspiration.

And aren't our pets funny? I can put a single piece of cotton fabric on the floor when I am working on the quilt, and the dogs HAVE to come and sit on it.

Love the decorations! And that's great about ...

2009-11-30T10:04:46.485-06:00

Love the decorations! And that's great about all that extra energy. You are such an inspiration!

Your home looks beautiful!! Now, if you've go...

2009-11-30T09:42:05.035-06:00

Your home looks beautiful!! Now, if you've got any energy left (and it sounds like you do), come on over to my place and help me finish up. I'm more like your kitty than you when it comes to decorating.

Holy crap, it's Christmas insanity! Loves it....

2009-11-30T09:35:53.257-06:00

Holy crap, it's Christmas insanity! Loves it. Now, where are the kitty Xmas costumes, hmmmm? Slacker.

I love that hanging lamp/tree! Beautiful. I agree ...

2009-11-30T09:33:23.598-06:00

I love that hanging lamp/tree! Beautiful. I agree with Lori, the whole look is very stylish.

I keep putting off putting up decorations because I want the house spotlessly clean before I start, and there's always One More Thing to clean... perfectionist? Moi?