Week Ten: The Ultimate Goal

Last week I reached my 10% weight loss goal. I think it was pretty obvious how awesome I thought that was. When you join Weight Watchers they encourage you to start by losing 5% of your starting weight, then 10%, then choosing your ultimate weight loss goal and work toward that. I've hit the first two milestones so I decided today was the day to set that ultimate goal. A weight healthy for me is anywhere between 132 and 164 pounds. I set a goal of 160. I know it's towards the high end of a healthy BMI, but I'll be honest. I'm a chicken. I'm afraid if I set a goal of 140 pounds I'll freak out and give up. Or even worse, I would never make it. I know both of those are stupid but it is what it is and I've learned that small steps are what work for me. So 160 it is. We'll see what my body does after that. 160 isn't bad though, right? I'm still in the 170's and honestly feeling pretty good about it. I went to Kohl's the other day and tried on a dress that was a 12. It fit!!! The last time I was trying on clothes, I was squeezing into 16's and looking for 18's that didn't exist because they were at Lane Bryant. I would have bought that size 12 dress but it was too short. It was satisfaction enough to zip that thing up and have breathing room. Imagine what I could zip up at 160! Last Christmas my sister-in-law handed down some jeans to me. Two are size 10 and one is a 12. The 12 fits but they're tighter than I feel comfortable. My goal is to get comfortably in the 10's.
Ultimate goal. It kind of sounds final, but as I've said before, this is a relocation, not a journey where I'll turn back once I get there and enjoy the sights. Just because I hit my ultimate goal doesn't mean that I still can't lose right? And even then, if I don't lose any more, I'll be at a healthy weight which was the ultimate goal anyway right? So 160 is okay? Maybe I'm just looking for validation.
As for this week, I'm kind of a cheater since I didn't eat anything on Sunday since I was fasting, and from Sunday night until Monday afternoon I was throwing up thanks to either some bug or sheer exhaustion from taking care of a girl with a raging ear infection with no husband to back me up. (He's out of town). So my numbers are probably a little skewed this week. 3.4 pounds lost this week! I'd say 2 of those are cheater points. We'll see what happens next week.

Progress so far:
Week one:   4.6 lost
Week two:   2.2 lost
Week three: 0.8 lost
Week four:   2.2 lost
Week five:    3.2 lost
Week six:     1.6 lost
Week seven: 2.2 lost
Week eight:  1.2 lost
Week nine:   2.0 lost
Week ten:    3.4  lost

Total:  23.4 pounds lost!!!