You hit the nail on the head Ela. This is what we must do. Stick to the promises we make to ourselves. And I certainly agree that the weight loss or gain is a gauge of how well we stick to our plans, but we don't want to have those little bumps in the road regester in our subconcious as failures. This is why I am not going to think about the weight this time around. I will only focus on the goals I have set.

CarolCA, I like your idea of focus. I am going to only focus on the positive and for me, weight has been a negative for so long. I really would like to see some success this year!

I like this thread because everyone is so positive and this whole process should be fun! I will now focus on the ride and not worry about the destination.

Carol