Weigh-In Day No. 16

It has been another great week.  I was hoping to be back at 260 before I left for my trip on the 12th. I have exceeded that currently, so any loss next week is just icing on the cake. ( Or padding for the cruise.)  Sometimes, I get so frustrated at myself that I basically wasted my time from the end of January until now.  This is exciting today, but the truth is, I was here 3 months ago and then just messed around.  Oh well, can't change that now.  I guess I should just look at it as at least I'm still trying.  I could be 20-25 pounds up in 3 months.  So, I guess still being here is a good thing.  In a way.

Anywho, today also marked my first weigh-in for Weight Watchers.  As with here, the loss was 4.8 lbs.  And I lost a daily point.  That's okay.  It's a good exchange for a lower weight in general.  The plan was pretty easy to follow this week.  I've done WW before with the original Points system so this hasn't been a huge adjustment.  It's hard to say how well I did on using my daily points because last Friday I had to have a wisdom tooth pulled on emergency notice.  As a result, my food for Friday-Sunday looked like "milkshake, refried beans, mashed potatoes, smoothie, ice cream"  Not exactly a model diet, but I did stay within my points each day.  I used 5 weekly points last week also. 

This week should be a better indicator.  But for now, yea for 4.8 lbs. gone!!

Before Pictures, part one

One of the wonderful and horrible things about digital photos, is that I tend to quickly delete all of the truly hideous photos of myself. Therefore, I don't have all that many pictures from my terrible times. That being said, I do still have some. Here are a few from the last couple of years. These should probably be labeled "Should Have Been A Wakeup Call" photos.

 This picture was taken in May 2010. My son was about 5 weeks old and I weighed around 250.

 This picture is from December 2010 when I weighed between 290 and 300.  This is honestly one of only 2 pictures from this weight.  Those are a 24 pant and I could barely button them.

This picture is from July 2011.  I had actually lost about 15 pounds at that time and thought I was looking better.  I cried when I saw the pictures from this day.  I weigh about 265 here.