It's been a good couple of days in my journey. I had weight watchers yesterday and on their scales lost another 5 lbs (in 2 weeks) because I couldn't go when we were on vaca and also officially made my 10%. They gave me my 10% key chain and a 25 LB weight to hang from it. I guess for every 25lbs you get a weight to hang from it, to signify & remind you of what you've lost. It was such a great feeling. There was another woman who also made hers and you could see how truly proud she was. I am down 28 pounds on my home scale and decided to look for a new dress. I have a wedding coming up in a few weeks and was looking for something for that and in addition we're having family pictures taken over the weekend. They'll mostly be the kids but I am sure Jeremy and I will be in some of them so I wanted to find something that coordinates with the girls and that I felt good in. I had a tough time finding summer clothes, many stores have already gotten rid of them to make room for Fall.
But, eventually I did go to Macy's and found a dress that I really liked. It's now my profile pic. I was excited b/c I tried on the dress size I had been in for a while and it seemed to gape in the waist and appear bigger than it should have been so I marched back out to the clearance rack to see if by chance they had it in the next smaller size, they did and I tried it on and zipped it up with ease but it was much more fitted, the way it should have been to really show my shape, which by the way is less Apple like. My waist is starting to come in and I am really noticing the difference. I was able to go into several stores in the mall and try things on that were not fitting before and now they are. What a great feeling. I actually enjoyed shopping yesterday again, first time that's happened in a while. So Lily P, watch out I'm coming to find you next Spring/Summer and I'm going to do some damage!
I went out last night with a few girlfriends and we toasted my accomplishment. One of them asked me what it was like the last time I got this award from WW. Truth is, I never got that far in WW before because last time, I did it all on my own with no real official support group. And by the time I joined WW I was already v close to goal. That was when I lasted a month or so and eventually ran out of that meeting crying when I had gained weight one week. Boy have I gained some perspective since then. I am looking forward to getting the next dumbbell on my key chain. Hopefully by Jan 1, maybe sooner, who knows. Feeling good and strong and continuing back on cycle 2, one meal and one day at a time.
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