typical

So, typically, just after a good week (1.2kg loss) I was hit by a gain this week (900g). I've rarely gained along this process. Sure I've had bad weeks, but not usually this bad. And last week I was feeling so good that I even started a blog to encourage others!! LOL!
Anyway, no real harm done. I should have seen it coming, I had a bad day at a friends house, she cooked some real nice food. Not that its her fault. I'm still in charge of what I choose to eat. But I thought I'd maybe get away with it by taking an extra water areobics class. Oh, well.
At first I wanted to punish the "stupid diet" by eating a bunch of chocolate! Crazy the way my mind works. I managed to not do that, and today I want to prove it to the tracker that I can stay within my points. So far so good.
Thanks for all the WW people who have decided to follow my blog. Your presence is encouraging. We'll do this together wont we?

The photo that scares me now

I'd like to say that this is the photo that started my weight loss journey. Most people seem to have one of those. But truth is its not. When I first saw this photo, I thought "that sweater used to look better on me!" Next I thought "well, I'm not the only one here who's big, it must just be part of our family" I'm the one in the brown sweater in the middle, my husband is next to me, and its our little girl sitting with grandma.
This was me at my biggest about 119kgs. I'm now about 96kg, so I feel like I'm doing something right and I might have something inspirational to say to others travelling this same journey as me! Not that I've got it al figured out!
I think the biggest changes I've noticed in my appearance are in my face and neck.
The biggest changes in my lifestyle have been my renewed love for the pool, and how much less my hips ache.

I am inspired to be younger in my thirties that I was in my twenties! And I believe that if I can get to my goal weight, or really anywhere near it, that will really be true for me!