Week 16

I made it to another mini milestone. Week 16. WW celebrates the 16th week you attend meetings b/c it shows commitment. I feel good. In all the times I've done weight watchers I've only made it to week 16 one other time, and that was the first time I followed the program (consequently that was also the most successful attempt). In the past I may have been "on plan" longer than 16 weeks but I didn't commit to the meetings like I did my first go-round and like I have this time. And I thank my friend Kim for that. I think if I was doing this alone again I would have given up by now, or at least skipped a few meetings and maybe come to the decision I could do this on my own.

Having a partner encouraging me and keeping me accountable is working wonders! I still feel like I'm losing slowly but I am still losing. It's great b/c we carpool to work together so we constantly talk about our recent food finds, exercise struggles, temptations, etc. I've always talked way too much about these things to her but now that she's a weight watcher also I think it's less obnoxious :) lol - i hope so anyway.

The other mini milestone I met today was....ready?....TWENTY POUNDS off my body for good!!! WooohooO! This is what is keeping me going. I only lost .6 this week which was not what I had expected but having hit that 20 pound mark, I can't complain at all! And I'm reminding myself that at 16 weeks, having lost 20 pounds is great! Even though at times it seems like it's taking forever! I am still losing an average of over 1 pound per week, which is nothing to scoff at!

Starting Weight: 193.4 (BMI 31.2)
Previous Weight: 173.6
Previous BMI: 28 -- Overweight

Week 15:
Weight: 173
BMI: 28 -- Overweight
20.4 down 38 pounds to go to reach goal weight (135)