It's Finally Coming Off!

A few entries ago I mentioned my use of a certain weight-loss program and said if I saw results I would be sure to update you. Well, I've been using Weight Watchers for about a month now...but only for the past three weeks have I put my all into doing the program right. During those three weeks I have lost a total of 6 pounds. You read right, SIX pounds baby. I've even met my first personal goal, which consists of weight loss in 5 pound increments.

Why am I giddy about WW? I mean GIDDY. I stood on that scale on Saturday (during my WW meeting) and the meeting leader told me I'd even dropped beLOW my first personal goal. Can I say giddy? My clothes fit even better, some are even getting too baggy, and I just feeeel good. Why didn't I do this for myself before now??

Actually, in 2000 I tried WW and did pretty well in the first month or so. I lost about 5 pounds, but that loss could be, in part, contributed to the fact I was growing my Jay...little did I know! But I enjoyed having something to follow that helped me stay full and didn't require me to buy 'special' frozen meals.

So here's the timeline, I've always been a big girl, but my extreme heaviness began after I gave birth to Jay. I weighed 234 pounds when I was in labor, dropped some of that afterward. But in time I stressed, endured postpartum depression, ate through boredom and felt like an old maid (yes, at 22 and 23) because I was a mommy while my girlfriends were out partying and enjoying all that is 21. During that time I expanded to a whopping 254 pounds, my heaviest, which was my weight on my wedding day.

All that said, I'm so close to my first BIG goal I could literally get up and do a jig. I currently weigh 4 pounds more than I did when I found out I was pregnant with Jay. It's just so unreal to me that it IS possible. I'm not destined to be a big girl because it's in my genes. No, I'll be my kind of big girl, a size that is healthy and natural for ME, and look fabulous in my jeans despite my genes. Now that's worth dancing about!