My virtual model

Okay, I keep daydreaming about what I will look like when I lose more weight, so I found this virtual model to help me out:



The first one is me at my starting weight of 224 pounds~yikes, no wonder I never went swimming~ the second one is me at my now weight of 212~looking a little better~ and the third one is me at my goal weight~ yeah!!

Small goals

Last week I lost 2 pounds and this week I lost 1 pound. Not as exciting as losing 3-5.6 pounds, but every little bit counts. The leader was taking about how even a quarter of a pound is a lot. She said to go home and get a stick of butter and put it up to your body and try to decide where you lost that much weight from. I laughed, but when I got home, my kids where kinda teasin' me for only loosing a pound, but I got out a one pound box of butter and showed them just how much a pound was. They changed their thinking after that. I guess I just want all the fat gone now and I don't want to wait. I have to remember that I gained this weight over about a five year period of time, even if it takes five years to get it off, that will be fine. My goal before I joined Weightwatchers was to lose 10 pounds a year rather than gaining 10 pounds a year. I have already surpassed that goal in just 4 weeks. I am going to list my small goals to keep me going and not worry about the end goal.

1. Working on 5 pounds at a time. I already have two 5 pound stars and I am nearly half way to the third.

2. 10 % goal. I have already lost 5 % of my original body weight, all I need to do is repeat this once and I will get my 10 % key chain.

3. Get below 200 pounds. I remember when I was pregnant the last few times, I dreaded to get over 200 pounds, but at least I could use pregnancy as an excuse....no excuse now.

4. Wear a size XL misses comfortable. I am starting to wear size 16 or 14 jeans, depending on the jeans and my 1X tops are feeling a bit large. I estimate that I will wear size XL/14 when I lose my 10%.

5. Jog instead of walk. I am walking/jogging for about 30 minutes now. I want to get where I can jog the whole time.

Well, these are my small goals. I already feel like I have accomplished so much. It is amazing how just losing 11.8 pounds can make such a difference in how you feel. My belly is getting smaller, I can tell, but no one outside my family has commented yet. I guess I am one who needs that attention, cause I can't wait for someone to comment on my weight loss. But for now, I feel thinner, I have more energy, and I am excited to be on this journey.

Justin is Home

Well, Justin has been home for about nine days now. It has been great! It was so wonderful to pick him up from the airport. We all sat at the airport waiting for his plan to arrive at 11:06 p.m. and waiting...the plane was delayed until 11:27 which seemed like an eternity. Finally, there he was coming down the escalator. I took pictures, gave him a big hug, and took pictures. The kids held up a big sign saying "welcome home elder Anderson", and gave him a big hug. Steve gave him a big hug and said, "welcome home son". It was kinda awkward at first, what do you say?...so we said "how was your mission"? and he said, "good". Then we realized we had to be more specific. We questioned him all the way home. When we got home, he opened his two suitcases full of memorabilia from Panama. Then we put the kids to bed and me and Justin stayed up until 3:00 talking. I was so tired, but I couldn't go to bed. My son was home! He's been going through the adjustment. It has been hard at times because he feels so stressed to get going with his life, but it has been great too. He has learned so many things. We have gospel discussions and he has tons to contribute. We got him going on signing up for school and he is working with Steve. He will adjust just fine, it just takes some time.

3rd week on WeightWatchers

I am so pumped! Last week the leader warned me that you might lose a lot one week and than a little the next week, so don't always expect to loose 3+ pounds...I thought okay, maybe 2 pounds....what to my surprise, I lost 5.6 pounds. I love WeightWatches; it wasn't that hard at all. A total of 8.8 pounds. I got my first little five pound star!

2nd week with WeightWatchers

I was so nervous to weigh-in tonight. I did everything I was suppose to do...yes, I used ever point that was given to me, but I had made a lot of changes and made good choices...yet still, I just had no idea what that scale was going to say. I had secretly been hoping for a lose of 3 pounds just to get the ball rolling, but I would be okay with 1 or 2...I just could not bare to work so hard and not drop an ounce. As it turned out, I lost 3.2 pounds. I was so releaved! I started crying...I asked if we where suppose to cry and they said I could if I wanted to. Kinda embarrassing, but I needed a good cry. Then I was pumped and ready to keep going.
Can't wait till next weigh-in.