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Update 10/2/02
I LOST 100 POUNDS!!!!!
Yes, officially as of last night at the scale, with an unexpected loss of 3.2 I
made it to 100.2 gone!! Thank you to Erica, Dani, Dylan, My wonderful Mother, everyone on the WW 100+ board, and anyone
else who has been there for me through all my ups, downs, chocolate cake cravings and everything! I couldn't have
done it without you! I love you guys!
-Mindy
Update 1/8/03
My Normal meeting time is 7pm on Tuesday nights. Due to Christmas & New Year's Eve's, two meetings in a row
were cancelled on me! I made the concious choice not to go to another meeting day/time, and save the money...
Last night was my first meeting since December 17th, and I am proud to announce I made it through the holidays and beat the
odds! I managed to *LOSE* weight over the past three weeks! Admittedly I have made some poor food choices, but
I did my best to keep them in check(portion control, only 1 serving, etc.), and as the best christmas present I got, on Dec.
19th my boyfriend and I decided instead of lots of gifts, we were going to go and join a gym together for our present to each
other! I have been going 5 days a week, doing the eliptical, step classes, strength building classes and LOVING EVERY
SECOND OF IT! That excersize thing finally, after 47 weeks clicked on in my head!
I learned alot about myself and accountability over the past meetingless weeks though, and I know in order to succeed,
I NEED MEETINGS!! I missed going to them, being accountable(I don't even have a scale at home to peek at and cheat!!)
and seeing the other regulars who I've gotten to know well, and my leader, who I am unwilling to give up, even if I have to
drive 20 miles to get to her meeting (I moved!)
I am waiting on a call from my doctor, who I met with on monday to discuss a goal weight! She is supposed to be
calling me soon to let me know what she came up with... I can't wait to find out what she says, and actually set a goal
weight with my leader!
I know I am in the home stretch though, and I will kick the asses of every last pound, just like I did to all of the
other 121 I have rid myself of!
Update 1/15/03
I HAVE A GOAL WEIGHT!!!! Last Friday (1/10) my doctor finally called
me back after thinking on it for 4 days, looking over my history, and even talking to another doctor.... *drumroll please*
My goal weight is 161! That is only
15.6 more pounds from now! I can hardly believe it.... I think the fact that the end is within sight may be more
surreal than the whole 121 pounds up until now...
2/12/03
My 52nd weight watchers meeting was last night! 122.2 pounds gone is nothing to complain about...
But just because you can see something, does not necessarily mean that you can have it!
I have recently quit smoking. 26 days today. But as well as I am doing with that,
it is not helping me get to my goal any faster! :( I know it seems like a really poor excuse, and perhaps it is...
maybe there are 300 other reasons why I have a very naughty alter ego who stuffs food in her mouth right and
left, but my net loss for the past month is exactly one measly pound. I know, I know, at least it's a pound
in the right direction, right? It still sucks and ticks me off :( I am resolving to start over today.
I no longer have 136.8 pounds to lose. I have 14.6 pounds to lose. I will journal, drink my water, get my AP's,
and stay within my points just as well as if this were my first week all over again. Wish me luck!
2/19/03
Last night was my 53rd Weight Watchers meeting, which means it marked an entire year OP!
There have been so many changes in the past year it's been incredible. I have lost 126.8 pounds, gone from a pants
size 22 to a size 10, Ring size 11 to an 8, I have LOADS of self confidence that I didn't have before, I belong to a gym and
actually *LOVE* going, I can sleep through the night without waking up because my hip is in so much pain from the weight on
it, I haven't had to take a tums in MONTHS.... the list goes on and on....
After a tough weigh in last week, I brushed myself off, and went at being OP with a vengance this
past week, and through much determination, and a WHOLE LOT of help from the wendi plan (I love you wendi, whoever you are...)
I managed to toss last weeks gain of 1.2, PLUS an extra 3.4, and lost an incredible FOUR POINT SIX pounds!
I was truly floored.
My leader asked me during the meeting what has helped me during my journey, and amongst other things,
I told her I am just plain stubborn as a mule, and she actually agreed! (I have to thank my dad for that trait!)
Just Ten more pounds to goal. I've already done that 12.5 times over -
I can do this!
Update 4/2/03
Up, down, up, down.... It's been a fun teeter totter ride for a while now!
WI last night though, and it seems my body has decided to let go of a little bit more, so that I can finally
be out of the 170's! I have been stuck in the 170's since the middle of December!! Yes, count 'em FOURTEEN weeks!
Feels good to have my *NEW* driver's license be LESS than a five pound lie! (3.8 to be exact!) Only
8.8 pounds until goal. Is that really possible??
The meeting topic last night was "Leaners and Lifters". Leaners being people who need to lean
on others for support, and Lifters being the people who hold them up! That meeting couldn't have come for me at a better
time. I was there to lean on the people at my meeting, at a time where I am struggling badly... only to
find out that to a great deal of them, I was their lifter! Which made them my lifter! I left the meeting
in such an incredible mood, finally remembering what it was all about.... and realizing just how far I've come.
I am so close to the end, and scared to death of it. But I am no more scared than that day so
long ago in February 2002 when I walked into my first meeting....
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