Resolutions - Smesolutions

It's officially December 30th! I can't believe 2011 is coming to an end. It seems like it was a whirlwind. I remember as a kid all the adults telling us that it flies by when you get older. I am 37 and thought they meant much older. 

I went and had a gel manicure and pedicure today and was sitting at my salon I have been going to for years. It was pretty quiet which I was surprised. As I was chatting it up with the ladies, I remember sitting in there last year at this exact time and it felt like it was only a couple of months ago. I was picking out my sparkly nails for a night out on the town. So quick.


As 2011 comes to a close, I am excited to not make a NYE resolution that I know I will fail at once again... losing weight.  I am going into 2012 with a new confidence as I know the band will change my life once and for all. 


2 yrs ago I contemplated getting the band. I have great insurance and made an appt with the same surgeon I am with today. I read his website and the users comments (smaller and less frequented site as lapbandtalk.com) and then chickened out.  I apparently wasn't mentally ready.  I read the stories of vomiting a lot and PB'ing and getting stuck and the foods I would never be able to eat again.  I am 100% Sicilian. To me, that scared the beezeejus out of me that I may NEVER taste the sacred pasta again. I wasn't ready to end my love affair. I don't have issues with chips and candy and junk food. That isn't my vice.  I am a food snob. I want truffle pastas and homemade sauces, truffle pom frittes, garlicky gooness on bread... I am a certified carb addict in the pasta, potato and ice cream (occasional) variety.  Sugary cereals mean nothing to me.. but tell me I can never have my amazing lasagna again and I would bite your head off. - Until later this year that is.

Something clicked. Something changed. My internal voice that was so scared telling me to run like hell and join WeightWatchers for the 1 billionth time told me it was time. Time to stop making excuses and time for the girl that is trapped inside for way too long to emerge.


See, I love fashion just as much as that pasta. That my friends is what is going to help me on this new journey. I will trade french fries for smaller sizes and I think that is a good compromise, don't you think?? 


So closing out 2011, a lot has transpired this year. Some great things and some not so great things. But I know 2011 is going to FINALLY BE MY YEAR!!


So I say Cheers, Slainte, Op uw gezonheid, A vortre sante, Salud, Salute, and Prosit to my fellow readers, bandsters or people on the beginning path like myself. This is your year too!


Happy New Years - Until 2012.