Just how long is this going to last?

When I started this journey I dont really think that anyone in my immediate circle thought I would really do very well at it.  My husband would ask me almost daily "just how long is this going to last?"  I get up at 4am every day and as hard as I try to not wake him, just rolling out of bed wakes him up.  I work a full time job and when I get off work I go straight to the gym for an hour every evening.  I also go for a couple of hours on Saturday and sometimes Sunday.  That schedule also means that my family have had to make some changes as well and take on more responsibilities.  It is the first time since getting married that I have taken on something so life changing and so "just for me".

It has become my lifeline, My new favorite anti-depressant.  The more I go, the more I want to go and when I don't go my body tells me with aches and soreness and lethargy.  I sleep better than I have in years and I am all around a much happier person.  And guess what it spreads to everyone else! 
This is not something that will go away after a few months.  It's different this time and I feel like I will never go back! I still have about 35 pounds that I want to lose but now it's less about the number on the scale and more about how I feel, my shape is still changing each week and I can feel that I am getting physically stronger each week.  I am eating healthier.  I have begun following the food lovers fat loss system, with some modifications.  It's a good eating plan for the rest of my life not just while I am losing weight but I believe that you have to customize every diet or workout schedule that you decide to follow.  I know my body and how it reacts to everything, food, stressers, environment, exercise, etc.  so I know what should work for me and if it doesn't then I will make adjustments. 

I think it will take another year or so before I am in the physical shape that I want to be in but it is a lifelong change because when I get there, I plan to stay there....sorry honey...