I'm 40 today!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!! 81 pounds down!!!

Drum Roll Please……..  For my official 40 year birthday weigh in this morning, I weighed 219.  So I have now lost 81 pounds since 2/22.  Hooray for me!!!  I still have a long way to go, but I am HAPPY for that loss.  Especially since I won’t be able to workout for the next week at least until I heal from my car accident.  I am overwhelmed and blessed by all the amazing birthday wishes.  Thank you for all your blessing that you continually give me each day.  I feel so much love in my life.  I am blessed to know each of you, to feel your love, to feel your joy, to feel your happiness.  As I turn 40 today, I realize the blessings that have been bestowed upon me these last 40 years.  It’s a beautiful day to reflect on my life and all that I have experienced thus far.  What have I experienced you ask?  Let me share with you some of those high lights.  I was raised by the best mom ever, she was single, worked 3 jobs to take care of my brother and I.  We were brought up in a happy home.  I went to college in Idaho. I lived and worked in Utah. I went on a mission to Honduras. I got married when I was 27. I had 3 of the most incredible children. I have lived through 39 operations in my life.  I have been blessed to work with so many incredible people. I have traveled the world. I have experienced great loss in my life of dear loved ones. I have created and owned a company about early detection where I was given the opportunity to travel the country and meet women from around the world. I have had depression. I have had illness. I allowed myself to get up to 300 lbs. I was blessed to win an incredible contest in January with The Fresh Diet.  I was blessed to start my weight loss journey 2 days after I buried my dear Grandma Belle. I have been blessed to eat healthy all these months. I have been blessed to exercise with one of the greatest trainers. I have been blessed to meet some of the most amazing people throughout the world via facebook. I have been blessed to start a new company now and to create an amazing non profit and charitable organization. I have been blessed with some of the most amazing friends I could ever imagine. I have been blessed with the best family. I have been blessed to wake up each day and just SMILE. I have been blessed to FEEL pure joy and happiness I AM BLESSED.  So as I think about my life, I find great comfort and happiness in my eternal memories.  With my birthday I am making a WISH.  It is a WISH for each of you.  I WISH for you to be HAPPY and to be filled with JOY.  I WISH for you to know that you are loved, to know that you are worthy of all good things.  I WISH for you to enjoy each day, cherish the little moments in life, to laugh, to smile to feel the spirit that is within you.  I WISH for you to enjoy nature and to draw the incredible energy from every living thing.  I WISH for you to be successful at whatever you do.  I WISH for you to be healthy and energized.  I WISH for you to create eternal memories with those you love.   I WISH for you to KNOW that you are not alone, that there is a purpose for your life, that you are a worthy individual and that you are loved.  I WISH for you PEACE, JOY, HAPPINESS, COMFORT, INSPIRATION, and most of all I WISH FOR YOU LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!  Much love to you all.  Thank you for blessing my life this day.