I am so very thankful that I can call my folks and just talk and talk to them and tell them about what is going on in my weight loss. They enjoy hearing it and I enjoy talking about it. I was able to reach another achievement today. I carried the laundry basket from the bedroom to the garage where the laundry is. I haven't done this in a very long time. Usually I get Bill to carry it out there and then he does the laundry and all I do is fold it. He washes and dries and then dumps it on the bed and I fold. Made me feel good to wash the laundry today. Who would have thought do laundry is something to rejoice about.

I was talking to my folks about what life would be like when I get down to 400 pounds. I wonder how my attitude will be. I can't wait to be under 480. I haven't seen that in years. I am only 12 pounds from that. When I left Korea in 2001 I weighed 350 pounds. I remember that number cause I weighed myself on one of the scales with the sliding weight and it maxed out at 350. So in 11 1/2 years i have gained 150 pounds. Wow. My goal for this year is to be down to 400 by Christmas. All I want for Christmas is new, smaller size clothes.

I have been doing some research on the difference between regular salad dressing, regular mayo and the light version of both of those. Quite a difference. Gonna buy some of the light stuff this weekend and give it a try.

I feel that the leg lifts and arm weights I am doing have really been helping me a lot. I get around with much more ease. I have noticed that I don't take nearly as much Motrin as I was and absolutely no Tylenol since I started. I only have taken a couple of pain pills and that was cause of my back hurting after last weekend. So I am happy about cutting my pain meds in half or even more. Life is good.