This past Saturday was a weigh-in week for me. (I only weigh every other week since the scale can drive me crazy.) I'm happy to report that I lost 4.6 pounds over the last couple of weeks - woohoo! I am so close to the 50 pound milestone I can almost taste it - I've lost 47.8 pounds!
Here is a picture of my progress. The first one was taken about 2 months before I started Weight Watchers, so I weighed about 313, maybe a little less.
Sometimes I feel like I look very different and sometimes I feel like you can barely tell. I haven't had anyone make a comment yet like, "Whoa, have you lost weight??". Only a co-worker who I had told the previous day that I had started Weight Watchers, so that doesn't really count to me. Well, what is important is that I've had lots of great non-looks-related changes happen: I apparently snore much less at night, my excessive sweating has lessened, and I feel more comfortable bending over. One of the signs that I needed to go back to Weight Watchers was that I was having a hard time tying my shoes - I felt so humiliated and gross.
I had gone to a new doctor about a week or two after getting back on track and I remember being disgusted with myself after listing the things that were wrong with me, probably all of which were related to my weight: back problems, frequent headaches, mood problems, carpel tunnel pain, and more that I don't even want to get into. The whole reason I was there was to get back on birth control pills, but I couldn't because I had high blood pressure.
I'm happy that I'm doing much better and that I am still feeling motivated. My usual pattern is to lose about 30 pounds and then go back to my old ways. I am realizing and am trying to constantly remind myself that I am the one in control here. I choose what I make of my life.
Here is a picture of my progress. The first one was taken about 2 months before I started Weight Watchers, so I weighed about 313, maybe a little less.
Sometimes I feel like I look very different and sometimes I feel like you can barely tell. I haven't had anyone make a comment yet like, "Whoa, have you lost weight??". Only a co-worker who I had told the previous day that I had started Weight Watchers, so that doesn't really count to me. Well, what is important is that I've had lots of great non-looks-related changes happen: I apparently snore much less at night, my excessive sweating has lessened, and I feel more comfortable bending over. One of the signs that I needed to go back to Weight Watchers was that I was having a hard time tying my shoes - I felt so humiliated and gross.
I had gone to a new doctor about a week or two after getting back on track and I remember being disgusted with myself after listing the things that were wrong with me, probably all of which were related to my weight: back problems, frequent headaches, mood problems, carpel tunnel pain, and more that I don't even want to get into. The whole reason I was there was to get back on birth control pills, but I couldn't because I had high blood pressure.
I'm happy that I'm doing much better and that I am still feeling motivated. My usual pattern is to lose about 30 pounds and then go back to my old ways. I am realizing and am trying to constantly remind myself that I am the one in control here. I choose what I make of my life.
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