When one is on a trajectory, it is sometimes hard to remember what came before. The last week was a good one in many ways. My eating was quite a bit more on track, and it was good to be weighed and see that I had lost three pounds. My exercising is getting more of a habit, although my early morning walk has changed due to my darling Lucy (my dog) not feeling so well. It is shorter and easier so that she can handle it. She has always been such a strong companion to me and so able, and now she is not herself. It is hard for me to see her not well, but we will get some more information on Thursday. I have not taken out my emotions in eating.
Today I saw Barbara for a session of hypnotherapy. When she asked me about the things we had spoken of at the last healing session, it seemed as if those things were so far away. She made suggestions during the session, and I am hoping that they will help the whole process.
The great excitement has been that there was a spread in the Ventura County Star about our program and pictures of all of us. I had a call this morning from a total stranger about the program. It is interesting to read about each of us and to relate the information to the people we are coming to know. Going through six months of a program together, we are bound to have all sorts of milestones and occurrances. We got the good news that Kasi recently got engaged. I hope that all of our news will be equally happy and life affirming. Congratulations to Kasi and her fiance and their families.
One of the things that came up over the weekend is that we have this group that supports each other. It's not that we meet weekly like weight watchers, or OA, or other groups to weigh in, but that we see ourselves as a group, and I think, rejoice in the good that is happening to each other. We run into each other at times at the hotel, and we see changes, or talk about what we are doing, and are genuinely happy for the successes and advancements of the others. One of the group told me she has lost 18 pounds already. Wow! She looks great and I was so happy for her. I only wish I could be doing as well, but we are all different and what is good for one is not necessarily the same for others.
This week we will be treated to another wellness kitchen event and we get to bring guests along in the form of family or other supporters. It is fun and so imformative and delicious. And it will be nice to bring our families into the equasion as well. When they are going through the program with their own Project Transformation participant, now our "group" will expand to include each other's families, and that much more support. What could be nicer? I hope that we will find the time and the energy to stay in each other's lives.