Losing Weight...is it ever easy...what is the right way :)

Weight...never an easy topic or an easy way to do it...but for me in the end I did it my way... after moving to this house I was at my highest weight ever...I felt blah...I had 2 sons in college and one a senior in high school it was 2003...michelle was in 5th grade...it seems like forever ago...felt the empty nest coming...in more ways than one... we were home a lot the the next 5 years...even with extra weight I still could tackle any project...but 3 c-sections later the extra weight...the lonely times...I knew for the first time ever I needed to lose the weight somehow... we had good insurance...surgery was an option...I did consider...but I am not a surgery kind of girl...then in 2005 I had west nile...it hit me so hard...it was the roughest time ever... alan was gone so much then...michelle stepped up and really took care of me...when it was over...I knew the weight must come off...for some reason our scales did not go any higher 386 and I was to that point... I was never a big eater...I am a picker...while cooking I pick so that when dinner time came I was stuffed...I had to do that to get everyone fed...I also am a pepsi/mountain dew-aholic....I gave it up...started to eat better...started to walk ...and it worked ...I lost over 100 lbs in 2 years...my way and for me the right way... then in 2007 my daughter decided to change her way of life...she has just become so healthy over the last 5 years...and for me in total I have lost over 200 lbs...I could probably lose another 25-30 lbs to be the perfect weight...but I feel good where I am...I do not want to have to have surgery for any extra skin...so this is the weight I will stay...which is about 172....for me it is a good thing... my daughter is now a Zumba instructor and is making the plans to be come a personal trainer...and she is awesome...check out her blog at http://www.fitat17.blogspot.com/ .... I will say for me that losing weight and finding me...for me was a good thing :) have a great night....