Weekly Weigh-in {July 18, 2014}

I attended my second Weight Watchers meeting this morning and lost 5 pounds this week! I received my first 5lb sticker and was celebrated at the meeting. It felt so good to get back into it and have  success!

I also reached my first goal of tracking every bite I took all week. I didn't miss a thing and it obviously paid off!

Today I purchased an ActiveLink at the meeting. It's a tool similar to fitbit and things like that, but it sets goals to be more active after an 8 day assessment. So, for the next week I'm to just live my life as usual and then next week I'll receive some goals to get more active. I'm looking forward to it!

Since I earned my first 5lb star sticker today, I made myself a little laminated card to put with my WW books that I take with me to meetings. It's just a little place where I can save my stickers to see how far I've come as I go. :)

First 5lb star!

 

No Soda!

It's been just over a year since I've had any diet soda of any kind. I did it!!! I posted that accomplishment on Facebook almost two weeks ago and a friend of mine challenged me to stop ALL soda. Now, I didn't drink much of it anyway, but I still had one at times. So, as of July 1st, I haven't had any soda at all. I don't miss it at all so far. Small changes like this will lead to other healthy choices and I'm looking forward to leading a healthier lifestyle!


 

WW meeting #1

Today is July 11th, 2014. It's been nearly a year since I've visited or written on my blog. This has been a whirlwind of a year! My husband, son, and I moved from Omaha to a brand new house in the Minneapolis area the week before Christmas and the rest of the year was either getting ready for the move, showing our house for sale, packing, moving, unpacking, painting our new house, decorating, building a deck....etc. It's been busy, but well worth it!

In the mean time, I've put on more weight. I'm now at the highest I've ever been. Today I stepped into a Weight Watchers meeting for the first time in a LONG time. It's been way overdue. I know that WW works and I'm more than ready to get back into it and stick with it. Despite pouring rain and a series of events that easily could have deterred me from going, I went, and I'm glad I did. I'm already looking forward to next week.

So, here I am, yet again promising myself to finally stick with it. I can't do it alone, so I'm praying for Jesus to walk with me in this journey. I would love anyone who's reading this to join me, too. Send a comment my way to let me know you're out there. I'm not looking back at the past, but am starting today. Every day we are blessed with a fresh start and today is mine.