At the last meeting I received a 25 pound charm.  That means that I have lost 25 pounds!  I never thought that I could do that.  It puts me very close to my next goal of 190 pounds at 191.4.  I am very excited to be continuing successfully with the WW program.  With any luck I will hit the 190 barrier on Friday when we start our second 13 week stint with WW.

I had a setback at last weeks weigh-in when I gained .6 pounds.  Not much but it was the first time in 12 meetings that I had gained weight.  I was very frustrated but not surprised.  My wife and I had spent the long weekend at the coast not exercising and eating very poorly.  I learned that I can either eat poorly and exercise or eat healthily and not exercise but I can't not exercise and eat poorly.

My first goal when I started WW was to get under 200 pounds.  In December I achieved that goal when I weighed in at 196.4 pounds!  That was great but that was also right in the middle of the holiday season.  As I mentioned before, I love to eat!  There were a few parties where the food was plentiful and I ate much of it.  We didn't have any WW meetings for 2 weeks and didn't weigh in for 3 weeks because of Christmas Vacation.  That made it difficult to really track points becuase there wasn't the accountability that I have become used to.  The good news is that today when we weighed in I was DOWN to 195 pounds!  I managed to lose about 1/2 a pound a week for 3 weeks during a time when the average weight gain is 7 pounds.

I have been under 200 pounds for three weeks and it is great.  I am convinced that I will be able to beat the latest sobering statistic that I have come across, that 95% of the people who lose weight on WW are not successful after 5 years.  According to what I read, only 5% of people who lose weight on WW keep the weight off for 5 years or more.  So far it has been 3 months and I have been very happy with my progress.

I am still not sure what my ultimate weight loss goal is, WW says that I should weigh between 138 and 174 pounds.  I know that 138 is way too small but I am not sure about 174.  I'll see how I feel as I pass through the next barrier, 190 pounds.