A Year in Review

I know that it's totally cliché and that everyone does year reviews at the end of December/beginning of January, but this is also marking my one year Journey anniversary - so we're doing it anyway!

January 9th is my official anniversary - that fateful day that I went for my first weigh-in/meeting.  I didn't start my blog until the week after, but I made the courageous decision to start this journey that day.  I've mentioned before that I've done Weight Watchers half a dozen times, but this is the first time that I've lasted this long.  The first time that I've been this successful.  The first time that I invited the world into my journey.

Not to make this post about tooting my own horn, but (toot toot...) I have accomplished some awesome things in the last twelve months.  For starters, I've kept up with my "diet" AND this blog for twelve whole months!  I've lost over 50 pounds (that's about one pound each week).  I've lost a lot of inches: 11 from my waist, 8 from my hips, 2 from my arms, 8 from my bust, and 6 from my thighs!  I can not only run longer than a block, but I can run several miles with very few walking breaks in between.  I actually like exercising!!  I get restless just sitting around.

It's New Years Day and instead of sleeping in since I stayed up past my normal bedtime (oh yeah...I also go to bed before midnight now pretty much every night), I got up and went to weigh in. There were a total of five people at the meeting today, not including the leader/receptionist.  Now, the next few weeks start the "busy season" for Weight Watchers - getting all the new "January Joiners".  All those people who make New Years resolutions to lose weight...and you could say that I'm one of them, though as I said in my first post I didn't make a New Years resolution - I made a LIFETIME resolution...and I'm glad to say that I've kept it for a year, so far!

Initial weight: 257.2
Week 50: Christmas Day - no weigh-in
Week 51: -0.4
Total weight loss: -56.6
Current weight: 200.6

Any loss over not one, but TWO holidays is a major success in my book!! Consider the Holidays CONQUERED!!