Stephanie I have been wondering about you for months. I am so very sorry to hear about your Mom, big hugs to you.
I'm glad you're back with us though, and back on FTS. We've missed you!

Gosh those are cute pictures. You know I eat out all the time and I agree..it's easy and fun...and you don't have to cook it. 

In my opinion, there are two important milestones in the FTS journey.

The first is getting going.  Deciding to "try" low carb living.

The second is finding peace in the process and understanding that FTS is a lifestyle. 

Notice that reaching your goal weight is not on the list.  My personal revelation that I was never abandoining low carb living was a bigger event than reaching goal.

That's what I tell everyone too. This is a lifestyle, not a diet. Much like a vegan is vigilant with what they eat, we FTS'ers stay true to our lifestyle and it all works out.

Yesterday I sat up the screen saver on my computer to pull random pictures out of my picture folders. I have pictures in there from the last ten years or more. Some I haven't seen in ages but I have really been enjoying seeing all the old images. What I hadn't expected was to see pictures of me and actually notice such a difference. It'll be three years in March that I started my FTS journey and I have been maintaining now for over a year.

Anyway, I saw this picture come up yesterday of my cutiepie husband and I. It was very rare for me to let someone take a picture of me, let alone one that was almost full length. It is probably around five years old or so but what got me was how much heavier I was. When you are that size you never realize that you are that size. Then a picture came up of me that my husband took at Christmas last year and I couldn't believe the difference between the two.

So I thought...if you're on the fence about starting this lifestyle, if you're not sure and don't know if it will work...these pictures might just convince you. If I wouldn't have started FTS I would be in the exact same place as I was in the first picture.

We are about to start a new year...how about starting it with a new you!!

How many drops of the fat to skinny sweetener would I use instead of the xylitol?

Scott you ran 10 miles, I'm still so impress that you can do that! You're amazing!! I'm sure next weigh in you will have a big drop. But if you can run TEN MILES and not be dying you should be so proud of yourself! Way to go!

I notice I exam everyones shopping carts now when I am in the stores to see how much damage they are doing to themselves. It is truly amazing the lack of education/willingness of some folks when it comes to healthy eating. I just want to get on a microphone and share my wealth of little bit of knowledge

Oh my gosh Stephanie me too! I used to be "Queen of the Frozen Foods" and now when I see the other carts with all that junk in them it make me cringe. Do you ever have the urge to tell people what's in the junk they are eating? I still have a tendency to drop one of Doug's FTS cards in a unmanned cart full of junk. LOL