I need to keep focused and committed to what is right (274.8 pounds)

I have looked in the mirror every single day since I started my diet on 1/31/2011.  Because I have looked in the mirror every day, I do not see a significant loss in my body size.  This weekend that all really changed a bit for me.  Ruth and I were talking to a gentleman on Sunday and he was asking me questions about my weight loss.  I asked Ruth to find some family pictures of ours prior to me losing weight.  When she found some, I must say that I was shocked at how big I was.  In a similar fashion to not seeing myself as a bit smaller now because it was a gradual thing, I also had not noticed just how huge I had gotten.  I don't think any of us would ever start compromising if we knew that when we woke up tomorrow morning our lives would be handicapped by our choices.  Rather, we make small compromises that don't really amount to much until you look a ways down the road when the path of our life is greatly altered by making small concessions.  This weekend was a stark reminder that I need to keep focused and committed to what is right.  Deviating from what is right, even a little can lead to disastrous results.