My knee is hurting a lot tonight and I could have decided against going to the 5:30pm WW meeting tonight but I knew that going was the right thing to do. I had gone to this meeting in the past and liked the meeting and the leader, Dori. Tonight's meeting was about motivation (this week's topic). It was good to hear about what motivates other people. It made me think a lot about what motivated me to go back to WW and what will keep me motivated going forward. There were a lot of people who had the same motivations that I do - health concerns, seeing a picture of how we look right now, wanting to live a more active life, etc. There were even some people who said that the stickers motivate them too. That made me feel good because I felt a bit like a nerd liking the stickers. LOL I didn't participate tonight beyond shaking my head in agreement to some things but I really felt connected in this meeting. Dori did all of the usual rewards that she does including the decade sticker (for going from the 280's to the 270's for example). I really like that she really focuses on the achievements that everyone has had that week. I knew after being there for the meeting that I was going to make this my weigh in meeting of the week. I didn't weigh in though before the meeting because I didn't know what I was going to do.
After the meeting I stayed for the Power Start sessions which was Power Choices this week. I really needed to hear that I have choices to make every day, every meal. I was going to get fast food after the meeting tonight but after the Power Start session I decided that it wouldn't be a good choice to do that. I'm glad that I made that choice. I did talk to Dori after the Power Start session. I told her that I hadn't weighed in and she said I could still do that tonight. I was down 5.2 pounds since I last weighed in on April 29th. That made me feel really good. I also asked Dori about whether or not my original weight and meetings would count now. She said I could bring in my weight tracker book and she would enter my original starting weight (298.4). My weight tonight was 284.4 (down 14 pounds total now). I'm hoping my prior meetings count because I'll be at my 16 weeks and get the 16 weeks token. If they don't count that 's okay. I can ride it out again. I'll see what Dori says next week. I'm still going to go to the Friday meeting but I just won't weigh in.
I'm really excited that I've found the meeting for me to weigh in each week. I like all the rewards that Dori does and I just like the meeting she leads. I also am inspired by her because she lost over 100 pounds so she is a role model for me. She's been with WW for over 18 years! I just hope that she doesn't leave like Karen did. That was hard on me. I have to remind myself that it can happen and that I have to stick with it even if a particular leader leaves. I also feel good that I'm losing weight. I haven't been making the best food choices, haven't been exercising or meeting the Good Healthy Guidelines every day and yet I've still lost weight. That doesn't make me feel complacent though. It makes me think that if I do those things that I will continue the weight loss. I know that 2 lbs a weeks after the first few weeks is the optimal weight loss and if I can lose 2 lbs a week I'll lose 100 pounds in a years time. That's a long time but I've been overweight for about 20 years now so if I have to wait a year, I can do that.
So, I've found the meeting for me, lost more weight and feel good about things even though my knee is killing me. All in all a great day.
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