Ding Dong the Witch is Dead and What's Next After the Goal is Done

I grew up in Kansas so there is a lot of connection to the famed movie "The Wizard of Oz" in my life. Since moving to California in the late 80's, I've been followed with the connection to the movie and the characters.  No, my middle name isn't Dorothy and no, I didn't name my dog, cats or tortoise after Toto.   But, I do reference the Wicked Witch in a lot of things in my life where her demise is my triumph.

Today, I weighed my goal.  125 lbs.   Hurray!!! Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!  The Witch of my battle with my weight, a battle which likely started for me in high school and followed me for decades more.  If it were my daughters' decision we'd all be going out for milkshakes or eating a tub of ice cream, but that will only resurrect the Wicked Witch. 

My cousin and I have traded this mantra of overcoming the Wicked Witch in all kinds of scenarios so it only feels right to use it now.  I have overcome my weight issues and am now, solidly in the frame of reference of healthy by the charts of medicine, a healthy weight.   Yet, I know it does not end here, there are no bowls of ice cream or even confetti, though confetti would be okay....there is just a lifetime to come, hopefully one in which I live longer and am there for my children and their children.

I came close but didn't ever cross the threshold of obese, but I was too close for comfort and my body as well as my mind reeled from that experience.  I have been blessed by location of where I live to be as active as possible and surrounded by other very active people...all those happy munchkins. 

The blog will go on, I believe it enters it's most important role.  Maintaining the low-carb lifestyle.  I will still wear my pedometer and I will still hike my prized Pine Mountain and I challenge everyone who has taken the time to follow this to do the same.  To keep it up, to overcome their Wicked Witch or whatever is keeping them from putting their best health foot forward. 

Happy Carb Counting and whatever you do....don't follow the yellow brick road of bad eating habits and don't listen to the wizard....there are no quick fixes or magic bullets that will melt the pounds away.  Only you can do that by believing in yourself.