When I met Lois, I was a size 8. I blame her (and law school) for my INCREDIBLE weight gain. When I started law school, I weighed 138 lbs. My first weigh in at WW, I was 205.
OMG! How did that happen? How did “a few extra pounds here and there” add up so quickly?!?!
I am not aiming to be 138 again, but intend on getting under 160. I don’t have my official WW goal weight yet, but I think I will shoot for between 150 and 155.
My mother promised to take me shopping to “good stores” like Chicos, Talbots and Ann Taylor for work clothes when I lose some significant weight.
I am thinking of making a treat for myself at the end of my weight loss journey.
I would like to get a motorcycle, but my wife retains veto power over that decision.
So, what got me on my weight loss journey??
There’s usually a triggering factor that gets someone on the road to weight loss.
For the past 6 years, I have allowed myself to put on an excessive amount of weight all while thinking it would be easy to lose, or that I would take care of the problem “tomorrow.”
Certain things starting piling up that sent me in the direction of Weight Watchers.
1. I moved back to the town next to where I grew up and have been running into people recently that I haven’t seen in years. It’s very apparent that some people need a minute to recognize me or that they say “you look well” all while having this expression on their face “wow, what happened to her?” Maybe I imagine that part, but the truth is that I avoid people in grocery stores because I don’t want to be embarrassed when they see the fat me.
2. Many of my current friends have only known me as a fat girl. Every so often, they’ll look through a photo album from when Lois and I met or before that and I’ll get the “holy shit! Is that you!!?!? OMG! Look how skinny you were!”
3. My son.
I want to be a healthy role model for my son. I want to be healthy for him. I want to not be embarrassed to be in pictures with him. I don’t want to be too embarrassed to get into a bathing suit and play in the pool with him.
Hi:
I found your blog while updating mine. I started WW at the first of the year after getting much too fat over the course of the last year. Last year was really stressful as my daughter (DOB April 21, 2004) was being treated for cancer. She is still in treatment but I am tring to lose the weight that was causing me to become officially diabetic.
so far I lost 16 lbs, but then I found a few of them again. this week I must make that scale go DOWN
Keep the faith
martha (mom of elizabeth lee)