Week 2

Well, I weighed in tonight. I am down 5.4 pounds. I earned my first gold sticker! Woo hoo! I am very excited that my hard work paid off this week. Unfortunately the way I chose to reward myself was by eating Wendy's for dinner. I didn't even pick anything healthy. I wanted the fries. Oh well, it will be a constant struggle for me I guess. Here's to the next two weeks. I hope that I am just as successful while I am home with my family.

Some people don't get it!

So I just finished having a conversation with my size 2 sister-in-law about weightloss. Some people just don't get it. She told me tonight that she could lose 8 lbs before dropping below her healthy weight range. HELLO? I can lose 100 lbs and just barely be reaching the high end of my healthy weight range. I wish I could be so oblivious about how food and weight affect people. (sigh) I wish this wasn't a struggle in my life, but it is. So now I need to buck up and deal with it.

Weight Watchers it is!

So, I signed up for Weight Watchers tonight. They told me I was brave starting before the holidays. I am just hoping that it will help me stay in control of myself a little more than if I wasn't doing anything. Also, this is my first big step towards losing weight before Aruba. I am excited, but nervous at the same time. It is really hard to make big life changes.

Failure...success...life

Okay so it's almost Christmas and I have not lost my 20lbs. I haven't gained either, so that is a mini-success, I guess. Well, I have some new motivation...at least I hope it will motivate me. I am going to Aruba at the end of March with my spouse. I am very excited about the trip and I would like to lose some weight before then so that I will be able to look back at pictures from the trip and really enjoy the memories. You know? So my new goal is to lose 25-30 lbs by the time that we go to Aruba. That will be an average of 2 lbs a week. Here goes nothing. I think I need to hang a picture of Aruba up in my work out room. Here's to starting my New Year's resolution early.