So close.....

I am so close to my 50 pound loss at WW I can feel it! My goal was to hit the 50 lb loss by March 1st. That gives me 3 more weigh ins to reach this goal. So close! So I hung a sign up on my kitchen cabinet "7.6 to 50". Just a reminder to me to keep going; to keep making the right choices so I can meet that goal I set for myself. It will feel so great to get my 50 lb charm at my March 1st weigh in. I cannot wait! I just have to keep in mind to take it choice by choice, day by day and before I know it....March 1st will be here and I'll be able to add this charm to my keychain. I cannot wait! I already have this nice 25 lb charm and can't wait to add the 50 lb one to it.

I think the key for me this time around is that I did not go into this thinking I was "dieting". I went in from the very start knowing that I needed to make some lifestyle changes and I'm doing just that. Food choices every day are different. I bring a lunch to work daily and have done so every single day since I started this journey back in April. I try very hard to get exercise in every day; something I have not done very successfully in my life. There was a period about 12 years ago that I was exercising daily, but at some point I let that go and now realize how much I missed it. I know I can carry these changes with me for the rest of my life. I have not been at this weight for at least 20 years if not longer. I am so close to being at the weight I was at after I delivered my son almost 26 years ago. Actually once I hit my 50 pounds I will be at that weight - exactly! So that 50 pound charm will mean so much to me. It will not only signify that I've accomplished the goal I had set for myself to reach by March 1st, but will also bring me to a weight I have not seen in 26 years. That makes me feel so good I can't even put it into words. Just such an accomplishment and one that I am so very proud of. I will celebrate; not sure how yet, but I will. Then I'll move on to lose the rest of the weight I need to lose to get to my goal/lifetime achievement at Weight Watchers. I'll then be able to add these two charms and what a dream come true that will be. I will make that goal this year and will so be celebrating then!