Celebrate Your Victories

     Success comes in small bites.  Its easy to get side-tracked and think you aren't a success because you haven't hit your ultimate goal.  Remember, every day you stay focused on your goals, both short and long term, is a victory.  Every right choice you make and every wrong choice you avoid, all of these are successes.
     Celebrate your successes.  Pat yourself on the back.  Send me a message and tell me about it, I'll be happy to pat your back.  Atta-boys and Atta-girls are important fuel for the fire.  If you don't have a cheerleader, find one.  Facebook is a good place for that.  Join a social group for weight loss.  My group is Weight Loss and Healthy Living.  Its a great group, administered by Dee Sholly Dick and its a great place to get encouragement.  Share your successes and there will be several people there happy to celebrate with you.
     Its also important to celebrate appropriately.  If you goal is weight loss, its probably not a good idea to celebrate with a big meal or a huge dessert.  Buy yourself a new outfit when you go down a size.  Take yourself on a nice vacation, show off that new beach body.
     I recently hit the milestone of having lost 30% of my body weight.  I bought myself a present.

     As you can see from the smile on my face, I feel good.