The Complement

Today I was in a meeting. This meeting was with people I know well, but ones I don't often see every single day anymore. One of my friends in the meeting shares a common desire in wanting to reduce the waistline. He's doing an awesome job of it too, it should be mentioned. So back to my point here. I was in the meeting and he was the last one in. 5 of us total and right when he walked in, he said something to the effect of, "Wow Troy, I can TOTALLY tell that you're losing weight. Way to go!" This was it! The first one! You see, I've yo-yo'd my weight for my entire adult life and each successful stretch for me includes that first "hey man, you're losing weight, aren't you?" complement. For those of us who deal with weight issues, you understand what I mean when I say that getting from the start of the diet to that first complement is an ETERNITY! Then, it seems that the process begins to get easier because more people start to notice and that, in turn, causes me to get even MORE motivated. So, today...it happened...FINALLY! To my friend, and you know who you are...THANK YOU! You just made my whole January!