I'm doing well these days. Life isn't perfect by any means, but I'm pretty happy. I'm over four years cancer free, I'm still madly in love with my boyfriend, and I still have a job (33 years with the same company), although l'm really looking forward to retirement in 2020. I feel great, and my health has drastically improved over the past six months, since I've lost 47 pounds and exercise on a regular basis. It's incredible how losing weight and exercising impacts your life for the better.
I'm 20 pounds from my goal weight of 155 pounds. My goal weight is higher than my past goal weight, but I'm older and hopefully a little more wiser these days. At 5' 6" I've always aimed for a 135-pound goal. Since I'm almost 62, every 10-pound loss has made me age a few more years. My wrinkles are more prominent, and I'm not really liking that look. In addition, realistically I've never been able to maintain 135 pounds for any length of time since I entered my forties. I'd get there and even a few pounds below, and could maintain it for about five minutes, then proceed to gain 100 pounds. I don't want to spend the rest of my life trying to maintain an unrealistic goal.
In addition, I would like to stop paying Weight Watchers $44.95 every month. The 155-pound goal is based on the highest weight they allow for me to become a Lifetime member, which is my ultimate goal. To sit in that green chair every week and not pay Weight Watchers any more money.
I have a ton of things I want to share about how this time is so different from all my other weight loss attempts, but I'm going to save that for my next post. I want to keep posting because I feel like I have so much to share that's so different from what I used to do to lose weight. I feel like I may have finally figured this out. No, it's not drugs or surgery, and it's not magic. It's a combination of a lot of things that are working for me, and might work for someone else.
Happy 4th of July weekend!
7 comments:
Yay!!!! So happy to read your post!!!! So upbeat and perfect for my Sunday morning!!
Happy fourth....two days early!!!
Wow, congratulations!! You have worked hard and sound so positive! I take this as a sign I will soon be thin. LOL :)
Saving money is a great motivation to lose weight. :-) Glad to hear you're still around. I've been trying to lose the last twenty pounds since November, keep losing and gaining the same five (or maybe it another five I lose and gain every time, I could be like the merry-go-round of fatty tissue), but I am still going strong. ^^
You look beautiful in your new picture. Way to go on getting down to the 170's. Keep us posted on the progress you are making.
Thanks for the update. I've been checking your blog off and on for years. It's great to read how well you are doing. Thanks for sharing your life experiences, you are making an impact by sharing your story! Congratulations on your success at weight loss but really for your tenacity moving forward!!! ~Hope
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