I am happy to report that I lost 24 pounds in 2008. Here's to a few more and toning in 2009. As I said a couple of posts back I'd like to focus this blog on how I got there. First I joined Weight Watchers in January 2008. It was the end of January because I don't make resolutions. It was a fateful weekend in late January where I consumed nothing but cupcakes and realized that is just not acceptable. As a person who tried to be healthy and spent tons of money on organic groceries I was still overweight. I realized that I had been at a steady weight for about 4 years but I felt fat and didn't like taking pictures anymore. I knew a few people who were Weight Watchers members and they were having success but I still shunned the idea of joining a weight loss program. I always thought I would accomplish my weight loss goals with just plain common sense and the fact that I have a Masters Degree in Health Behavior and Health Education. Well I would have been out of job by now if people changed their health behaviors that easily.
So I joined and it worked. What I learned was awareness. Who knew that my Chipotle Burritos had a days worth of calories in them?!?! I knew that I needed to follow some sort of plan. However, I had a difficult time following other plans because I can't just eat what's prescribed. At the time Weight Watchers had the Flex Plan and that worked for me. I could still eat what ever I wanted but I had to plan for it and make sure it fit into my POINTS (calorie-like) budget. The budget forced me to make some decisions because I could eat whatever I wanted but that didn't mean I could eat the not so healthy things as often and in the same quantities (Hello Hamburger Happy Meal). I had my ups and downs through the year but I made a lot of progress. So this year I decided I would share my health and fitness goals for 2009.
1. Drink 48 fl. ounces of water or decaf tea day
2. Become a Weight Watchers Lifetime member.
3. Maintain the blog weekly
That's it. Well number two has a couple of components. I have to reach my goal weight and maintain it for 6 weeks. Number 3 is very exciting to me. I already have the first couple of installments waiting on deck. Look forward to hearing about my Wii fitness challenge and "On Hand Foods" in January.
3 comments:
Congrats on the weight loss my friend. How much more are you trying to lose?
congratulations!
i hope to be able to make similar progress this year.
thanks for the inspiration.
R-I haven't decided how much exactly. Somewhere between 10-15 more. However, I need to be where I feel good in a bathing suit. So a lot of it is about measurements.
N-Good luck. Let me know if you want me to cover anything specific in the blog.
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