the numbers
Weight Watchers is working for me. If you’d asked me in March whether I thought I could weigh 164 pounds in August, I’d ask you what you were smoking and whether I could have some. I was more than 200 pounds and didn’t really have any interest in losing the weight, until something clicked.
My aha moment, as I’ve mentioned before, was getting on the scale finding out I weighed 5 lbs more than I had a few days before. My fingers were swollen as were my ankles and my back hurt when I walked the few blocks to the subway. I felt winded. That wasn’t how I wanted to be at 30.
Did the Wii Fit at home for a few days and then joined WW on the eve of my Florida vacation after contemplating Jenny Craig and the like. I think I knew then that I didn’t want this to be a quick fix. I wanted to lose weight and learn about how to keep it off. Wanted to learn why I’d gained it so I wouldn’t ever go back. More about that in my next post when I review Believe It, Be It by Ali Vincent, which I just finished reading.
I’ve slacked off on blogging lately because I never was good at keeping up on blogs: reading or writing, but I’ve been keeping my chart. I look back and I’m wowed. I didn’t realize it’s been 22 weeks basically OP. Sure, I’ve had slips. Who hasn’t, but I got right back on with the next meal/day. I cannot believe I’ve lost 45 lbs. I’ve started to get a lot of compliments both from people I haven’t seen as well as those I work with. I still blush, but wow it feels good.
I’ve really tried to attribute rhyme or reason to my weight loss with the chart (at right) and there really isn’t any. As I’ve progressed in my loss and lost DPs, I’ve started eating more weeklies. I haven’t yet decided if that’s a good thing. Certainly not a bad thing since I’m still losing on average 2 lbs/week since March. Could I be doing better? Maybe, maybe not. Certainly nothing wrong with the rate I’m losing.
Most importantly, I’m living. I’m free to make (stupid) choices like fried chicken fingers. But I make them far less often. I want to eat healthier. I’ve added (soy) milk back into my diet helping me to get badly needed calcium. I’m eating more fruit and veg. And I think I can eat this way the rest of my life.
I enjoy going to the gym. Sure, I still don’t go as often as I could/should but I remember barely being able to gut through 20 m cardio and now I get cranky when I don’t have time to do 90m cardio. Still haven’t found the guts to do a spin class though.
I’m now less than 30 lbs from what I think my goal weight is. WOW.
That’s why Weight Watchers is working for me.
