12 Years Since Reaching My WW Goal Weight

On several social media sites, I recently shared my Facebook memory 12 years ago when I finally made goal with WW officially having lost 130 pounds.  I had no idea that I would actually “trend” a little bit.

I feel like a celebrity!  Honestly though it was overwhelming to have so much love.  I have really wanted to somehow get picked up at a WW Ambassador and I have no idea how you get one of those gigs.  However, building my online presence could be one of those ways.  The hard part about that is that it is exhausting to be “on” all the time with social median and frankly, I just don’t have the time when I am at work 10-hours a day.  Plus, I have to set the example in not being on my cell phone at work if I want others to put their phones down too.

I was even more surprised to see that I got pick up by one of the WW hashtags and they promoted my Instagram post.  Ahhhh…soooooo cool!

What a ride it has been over the last 12 years since I reached my goal weight.  I have learned so much about myself and most recently with all my hard work at tackling re-gain weight, I have learned that I am most comfortable keeping 100 pounds off.  Whether or not I ever make it back down to 175 again, that is okay.  I do know that being down over 100 pounds just makes me feel so much better.  Now that I have been able to become a semi-permanent resident again in Onederland, I really do want to stay there.  

There is where it all began…

This is where it ended 12 years ago…

Although it never ended.  This journey is one split into so many portions and each are equally just as important even if I learned more about myself in one or the other particular journey.  We are always able to learn, grow, evolve, and change.  We just have to have the courage to try and see what happens.  Stay open and adjust when necessary.  And if you need to, cry a little but then pick yourself back up, dust off, and keep going.

This is where I am now…

And I love it!

Weekly WI: Feeling Confident In Onederland

It is my fourth week holding steady in Onederland.

I am starting to feel more confident that I am perhaps here to stay.  The only unknown is our upcoming vacation that includes two weeks away from home.  Ouch.  This is going to be tough but I am going to keep my goals in the forefront and work really hard to balance higher point foods with lower point foods.  I’ll rely on those zero point foods when I can.  It is always 100% within in my control what I put into my mouth.

I conducted a scale experiment with a decision to get on the scale at home and also at my WW meeting.  I don’t usually do this but with it unknown if I would make it to my evening meeting, I wanted to make sure I stepped on the scale.  When the world shut down on us a year ago, oh man, a whole year of COVID, I had to start doing my weigh-in at home.  Of course they were conducted in the nude first thing in the morning.  Once I returned to in-person Workshops, I started conducting my at home weigh-ins with my clothes on without my shoes.  You have to wear your shoes on when I weigh at the Studio.  

Anyway, yesterday I decided to weigh-in naked at home vs. getting myself dressed in my exercise clothes as I typically do.  Since there is a scale different between my home scale and the official WW scale, I just didn’t feel like dressing in my workout clothes just to take them back off and get in the shower to go about my day.  I was feeling good later in the day and decided I would step on the scale one more and if the numbers still looked good like they did that morning, I would round up and head to my meeting.

Home Scale: 196.6 naked

WW Scale: 198.4 workout clothes and shoes

Scale difference +1.8

Numbers are just numbers.  Of course I would be ecstatic to be 196.6 with clothes and shoes at the official WW scale.  I’ll get there and in the meantime, I have so much to be proud of.

Earning Those Activity Awards

I started my week out strong on the activity front and mid-week I wanted to keep the momentum going so I could earn my Perfect Movement Awards.

 

I also received a bonus award for International Women’s Day by completing a workout of 20 minutes.

 

Our weather had a day of drab and then has turned nice again.  I was able to make use of some outdoor walking and biking as well as completing a couple indoor FitOn classes.  I have really been enjoying the Aaptiv audio workouts through the WW app.  They keep me energized and focused on my weight loss journey.

As usual, I am nervous for weigh-in tomorrow.  I will actually be getting on the home scale first and then if I am able to, I’ll go to my evening in-person studio.  I am getting my second COVID vaccine shot on Tuesday morning.  I hope to have not crazy effects and sail through it easily like I did last time.  If I am feeling well, I will attend my evening meeting.

Happy Monday.