I did my health tracker today and was very pleased. When I started USD, I scored 118 (severely toxic). That was at the end of July. After one week I dropped to 42. I'm now at an 8. I'm still having some symptoms but overall so much has changed for me. Life has become very exciting.

I think sometimes I can get too hung up on some of the major issues that I forget to take a look at all the little ones. Today I had two co-workers tell me that I'm looking fantastic. And yesterday (don't tell my hubby  ) some very nice looking younger man was checking me out as I stood there filling my tank at the gas station and when I went to drive away he gave me a big smile and a huge wink! My teenage daughter says that's because I'm looking a lot younger. :) That's a great thing to hear from your kids! It's also nice to see the pride in her eyes when she tells her friends about my journey.

And all this changing has made a huge impact on my junk-food eating teen. She is now taking (mainly) healthy lunches to school, upping her water intake and trying hard to eat very much the way I am - and trying to eat breakfast. She's very slim and energetic, but she now wants to be healthy and not destroy her body the way I did.

Many people at work also want to know what I've done to make such massive changes. I'm now being described as vibrant and energetic. Quite the switch from the "me" in July who had trouble dragging her butt out of bed to get to work and came home and went to bed immediately after work.

These are the things that don't show up on charts and scales. But they are just as important a guide to how you are doing.