This past Saturday I celebrated an exciting milestone. After 15 (sometimes very long and arduous) months, I finally reached Lifetime Member status at Weight Watchers. It all started on January 3, 2009…
On a cold, snowy Saturday morning, my mom waited for me outside my apartment complex. As I walked towards the car, I slipped on a patch of ice and I fell – a total wipeout. (My girlfriend Christa later told me that my fall was partially the result of not having any core strength, but that’s another story.) I had scraped the palms of my hands and ripped my leggings, but nothing was going to distract me from the morning’s ultimate mission. Cheeks blazing in embarrassment, I picked myself up, looked around to see if anyone had seen, brushed myself off, and got in the car.
We had been planning this day for a while. Having gotten engaged in November 2008, I had been silently preparing what needed to happen to make myself “bride” ready. One thing heavily weighing (no pun intended) on the list of priorities: lose weight. We were on our way to our first Weight Watchers meeting, and had made the commitment early in December that we would do it together, as a team.
I can safely say that when I stepped onto the scale on what would be the first of our Saturday meetings, I was close to the saddest version of myself that I had ever been. I was in complete denial about how much weighed I had gained and how I had gained it, and there it was in black and white – I had gained over 40lbs since meeting my (now) husband.
We chose seats in the very back of the meeting room – a classroom style setup – and I barely averted my eyes. Silently, I looked through my Week 1 materials, calculating how many weeks I had. The wedding was scheduled for July 25th 2009, which meant that I had just over 6 months – 24 weeks. I determined that I wanted to lose 2lbs/week to reach my ultimate goal of losing 50lbs. As a motivator, I vowed that I would not step foot in a wedding dress shop until I was down at least 30 lbs.
And so our journey began…
I’m very proud of what you have accomplished. Great job!
Could not have done it without specials like you!!