It's loose for good time again, (and 2nd anniversary of the rejoin.)

This week marks the second anniversary of my Rejoining WW.  I thought today would be a good day for a little state of the state, but before we begin, here I was on Sept. 11th, 2011.

Here I am today, Sept. 15th, 2013, with much longer hair and having lost around 30lbs.  I re-read the first post and my anniversary post last year, and I realized. I have done a really good job of maintaining (gaining and loosing the same 8lbs, sometimes less and sometimes more) last year but not really loosing any more weight.

One of my friends has been quite successful the past few weeks with exercise and tracking and I have been very inspired by her.  Over the course of the last three weeks, I've gone to WW for the first time in 4 weeks, I've been mostly tracking. I've also been doing a pretty good job of getting 100% of my activity goal on my active link. I've been trying not to stress about food too much, and eating what I want within reason.  Guess what? I've lost 3lbs in the last two weeks. Not too shabby and I am feeling pretty good about it all.

I do feel a bit sad that I have been wasting time (and money) this past year but I also feel quite proud that I have mostly been able to stay in my clothes. I am doing a much better job of going off plan and gaining but then turning around and getting focused and loosing the weight again. I need to remember that when I rejoined I wasn't going to give up and this is not an easy or fast process. I am hopeful that I can continue successfully for the next few months. I really need to remind my self two things. I am capable. I need to do this for my health and mental health.

It is loose for good right now (WW donates money for every pound lost to food related charities). My leader brought in how much she lost in different sizes of rice bags. It is kind of shocking to see what 20lbs looks like in a bag of rice. It's quite a bit.  I look forward to seeing how much I have lost on a table and feeling good that it is not on my body anymore.

My new goal is just to get to -40lbs. It's only 6.4 lbs away. The last time I was that close was in February. Maybe I can get there by the end of October.

"How did it go last week?" I thought many times about the fact that I am capable of doing this. (We got some simple I statements to choose from last week, and I choose capable.) It was very positive.

"Little Change I'll make this week" I want to plan, go to the grocery store and make food ahead of going into tech next week.

Total Lost: -33.6 lbs, -1.6 this week.