I think this may have been the best year of my life ... I have never been on any weightloss program/diet for an entire year without cheating. I have never been able to stick with any diet or exercise regime. I have never lost this much weight before. Hell, even as a child (!!!) I have never been this close to the "healthy weight" category.

When I see that number in my stats I have to do a double take. That is only 10 pounds above my original goal weight! Not only does it blow my mind ... People around me just stare and stare. Folks who haven't seen me in a while gape and say, "You look like a different person."

Hell Yeah! 91 pounds later and I am a different person and I can equally credit the incredible Dr. Atkins himself and my friends on the Century Club at lowcarbfriends.com. Without that place to check into each day and my friends to help me work through my thoughts, hopes, and dreams I do not think I would be where I am today.

I just do not have a few hundred friends with 100+ pounds to lose in real life!! I cannot tell you how much it means to me that those people have been there for me all year. I really am so very very grateful -- I feel as if I have a couple of hundred new best friends.

I have between 20-30 lbs more to lose, but I already feel as if I have won this fight -- because all of this is a habit now. Yes there are some struggles, but for the most part, this is just the way I eat, the way I start my day (exercise) -- not any superhuman feat of self-denial or torture ...