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When your family says "you don't need surgery, you just need to exercise more",

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you pass the restaurants that got you to where you are,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When they are passing around birthday cake at work,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you want to give in and eat everything in the kitchen,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you can't down one more diet shake,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When the whole family is having seconds and thirds and you are still eating the one saucer of food,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When your support isn't as supportive as they once were,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When the pounds don't come off as fast as you want to,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When the waitress looks at you funny because of what you order,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When a solid piece of food has not crossed your lips in 4 weeks,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you can't decide whether to tell your family and friends,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you start getting more attention from everyone because of how good you look now,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you no longer get the attention from everyone because of how good you look now,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When your kids aren't as embarrassed to be seen with you anymore,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

When you just bought the size that you never thought you would get into again,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

There are many reasons for going through this adventure. Motivation and support is wonderful, but things can and do change along the way. Stay grounded in the fact that when all is said and done, you are doing it for yourself. You deserve to live a healthy and happy life. Give yourself the gift of a better you.

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

Edited by dwcoll

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I love that!!! I am to be banded 4/17/09 and my nutritionist told me to follow my own journey and don't worry about what people say.. This is your own Journey not anyone else's..Take care

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When your spouse asks you to go to the drive through and buy McDonalds,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

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When your spouse asks you to attend a 25 person - 3 hour family dinner while you are on a pre-op liquid diet,

Tell yourself:"I am doing this for me." and tell your husband he is out of his mind!!!

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When people have thoughts of "why I wouldn't put some laminate down on my plywood floors or replace my crappy windows rather than spend it on my sleeve - I AM DOING THIS FOR ME! I really think you need to feel good about yourself 1st and other things will fall nicer into place :drool:) I AM DOING IT FOR ME! Why do we tend to do for others and put ourselves at the back of the line? Not any more - I AM DOING THIS FOR ME!

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When you have a kitchen table full of Easter Baskets full of candy,

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

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When there are not one but TWO HUGE Carrot Cakes sittting out on the break room table (which just happen to be my ALL TIME favorite)

Tell yourself: "I am doing this for me."

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When everyone around you at the movies is eating popcorn and you can smell it, and all you have is bottled water........ Say, "I'm doing this for me!"

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