Too Funny

Starting weight: 286
Current weight: 255.6
Goal weight: 135
Pounds to go: 120.6

This is a funny story.

Last week at weight watchers, I was on my way out. We all wear name tags every meeting, and there is a little trash can on the way out of the building where you can throw them awway. As usual, I pulled mine off as I was walking out, but missed the trash can. As I bent down to pick it up, I lost my balance and started to fall forward. I caught myself with my hand like a tripod- I was safe, not going down that easy! But then I started laughing so hard that I couldn't stand back up properly and had to sort of lunge sideways to keep from actually falling down (into a display case, which would be way worse and more embarrassing!) And of course, this all went down in front of everyone on their way out. Two ladies that I know from church saw me and looked really worried, even after I started laughing. Once they realized I was really okay, they started laughing with me. My remark to them, as soon as I caught my breath back from laughing, was "I'm not going down that easy!"

I told you, funny.

But the real reason I tell you this story is because on my way out to my car, and after, I was thinking about this. It took me a month to get from my 25 pound star to my 30 pound star. I had started to get really discouraged. There was a time when I was flying past 5 pound stars every other week. I felt like I was just barely inching along, and found myself running crazy stats in my head: "at X pounds per week, it would be Y amount of weeks until I could hit my goal." I got all wrapped up in my end goal and distracted by my impatience to get there. But this is a marathon, not a sprint. That's the only way for this to be a lifelong mindset/lifestyle shift, not just a temporary success. 

After I got my mindset back on track, I crunched another set of numbers. 

Even with bad weeks and what sometimes feels like slow progress, I have still lost an average of 1.68 pounds per week! That is pretty good progress, not to mention a healthy weight loss rate. And, check out these pics. The one on the left is me one week before I joined WW. The one on the right is my two weeks ago. It is harder to see weekly progress, but when you look at the bigger picture it's pretty cool :-)

It's funny, because last week I got my 30 pound star. My leader remarked that it seemed like just yesterday I got my first 5 pound star. I said that's good, because this one felt like it took forever to get to! Just another reminder to look at the whole picture and not just a single snapshot. 

Here's to moving forward, not giving up, and being able to laugh at ourselves when we trip.