I absolutely LOVE this new weight-loss thing.

And I figured out the "key" to weight-loss.

Everyone, of course, keeps asking my secret. I know they're expecting me to come up with some trick they haven't tried..but what I've changed is just my mind. I've changed my mind. I've changed my way of thinking and ended my self-made denial.

Before, I would excuse my bad eating behaviors. I'd say I'm too busy, or I've earned it, or the weight was due to having had 3 kids. I would look in the mirror and ignore what I saw, as if it wasn't that bad. I would put diets off, insisting in my head that I could always lose it later.

Now, I'm telling myself NO excessive cheats. NO midnight snacks. NO soda. NO fast food. NO gluttonous sugar consumption!

I feel better. I look AWESOME. And my confidence level? Through the roof. I've been passing tests in school, making hella money at work, and attracting all the right attention from all the right people. Even the few minor setbacks I've had haven't been anything I felt like I couldn't conquer. I truly believe in myself now.

My newest challenge is to be bikini-sexy by May. It will happen.

I even re-pierced my belly button. I feel like I'm recapturing my youth. I love this new Stephanie.