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.