Milestones!

Weigh in tonight at Weight Watchers was a big milestone for me.  As of tonight, I am down exactly 50 lbs from my high weight of 257.  In addition, I am so close to my WW goal of getting my 40 lb star by the end of 2010, only need another 0.6 lbs.  So all in all, things are going well.  I got my pain injections in my back today and I am hoping this improves my pain so that I can start working out again.  I have decided that I am going to set a long term goal.  I would like to be in a size 8 by my 35th birthday.  This gives me almost 2 years to achieve that goal, therefore making it very realistic.  I realize that I may reach my goal before then, but I need these changes to be permanent.  This means regardless of when I reach my goal, I need to maintain it.  Since I have never worn anything smaller than a 14 in my adult life, I am not sure what weight I am aiming for, but I know that there is a size I would like to wear.  For Weight Watchers, I have to set an actual weight, so I am going to aim to the high weight for my height- 130.  So, for now I am just going to work on my next small goal- to get back below 200.  I have not been there since 2006.  I would like to reach that in the next 3 weeks, but not sure if that is realistic with Christmas and New Years both coming up.  So, if it takes an extra week, I will be OK with it, because I am still.....melting. :)

Wow- where did the time go!

Ok, so I had the best of intentions.  I was going to do Weight Watchers and I was going to take off all the weight.  Well, that didn't happen. I had a hard time getting back on plan after I started dating.  I was able to keep off what I had lost, gain a little, lose it again, but that's what happens when we don't put ourselves first.  I reached a low weight of 209.4 in April right as I started dating someone.  Since he lived an hour away and I was in school, taking the time to count points was a low priority. So, after 7 month with him, he broke my heart and it was then I realized that it was time to put myself first again.  I went back to WW last Tuesday.  I was up 4.8 from my lowest weight, which isn't bad considering how badly I had been eating.  This Monday I had lost 3.2, which puts me at just 1.6 lbs above my low weight.  Currently I am 209.6 and since starting Weight Watchers I have lost 36.8 lbs.  I have set a goal for myself to lose 3.2 more pounds by the beginning of the new year to get my 40 lbs in.  That is a doable goal.  Time to make ME the priority and make 2011 the year that I become who I should be.

Stuck with no gas

I was doing so well with Weight Watchers until the last 6 weeks.  I just can not get motivated to count the points again.  I am happy about the weather and I am loving being able to go walking, but I really need to get this eating under control.  I am sure that it doesn't help that I have been going out alot, both drinking and out to eat.  I guess there is a downside to dating, dining out.  Well, hopefully with me walking again I can get my eating under control.

Journey continues

My weight loss journey has been a pretty good one for once. I have lost 27.2 lbs since 10/13, going from 246.4 to 219.2. I have not made huge sacrifices, I have partied, I gone out to eat and I have lived life. I have not been doing as well the past month due to many changes in my life, but I am still losing.  I have recently broke up with my long term boyfriend, started a massive cleaning on my house, started taking on-line classes and am continuing to be a full-time therapist and mom.  I think I forgot how hard it is to be a single mom.  While my boyfriend was not always the best "dad" at least he was there after school and could help out around the house.  I feel blessed at this date that my son is now almost 11 and is able to start helping me more around the house.  Anyway, the weeks are rolling on and the pounds are falling off and I am feeling better about myself.  I have lost 2 pant sizes since I began this journey, going from a 20 to a 16. I am getting closer to that 200 lb mark and that is huge for me because I remember a few years ago when I said I was never going to go over it.  Amazing how that turned into 50 lbs over it.  Fast food was my downfall, but I have cut it significantly down. I remind myself every day, slow and steady wins the race.  I put this weight on over time and the only way to take it back off is over time as well.