I am the biggest Loser!

I have been watching the show "The Biggest Loser" since it first aired. I love it and find it very motivational. When it first aired, people thought it made fun of overweight people, but really the point was to help and motivate people to lose weight. For the past few years, by bowling team has had it's own "Biggest Loser" competition. Many people at work are doing it as well and weighing in weekly, hoping to surpass their friends. It has helped many people lose weight world wide and I think the show is great. My only suggestion is that the men and women wear t shirts when they weigh in, it's humiliating for overweight people to show their stomachs (I know firsthand).

Last Wednesday, I ventured to my local Weight Watchers yet again to join. I am a lifetime member and was actually a leader for some time in 1999-2000. I loved doing that. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It's hard that your job depends on your weight though. Over the years, I have tried and failed. I felt a new motivation lately. I feel old, my back hurts, my feet hurt and my stomach is a mess, all from my weight. I remember what it felt like to be at goal (I actually went under my goal by 5 pounds), it was AMAZING! I had energy, self confidence and felt like a million bucks. I really counted my points and walked my butt off and lost 7.6 pounds in one week! I was shooting for 10, but I know that was really pushing it. I am hoping to cross the 10 pound mark next week! Weight Watchers is a wonderful healthy program and it works. I was the biggest loser at my meeting today!

If I had lost 10 pounds, I would have lost the equivalent of my 4 month old daughter (who is a peanut). I hope that I get back to goal and have tons of energy for my kids and walk around feeling great! I have been eating fruits and veggies, shopping for healthy foods and even bought salad dressing your spritz on (who would have thought I would do that). Here's a picture of me on my 30th birthday (8 years ago), holding my neice. I was actually about 5 pounds above goal. I had went from size 16 to size 6 in 6 months, losing a total of 55 pounds. I was very happy when I was thin. In 1996, I also lost quite a bit of weight quickly-45 pounds in 5 months for my sister's wedding! My "thin pictures" are my inspiration. I am lucky enough to have lived a few years of my adult life thin and have a great reference of anchor for my feelings.

Here's to no more shopping at The Avenue and Lane Byrant! Buh bye!