A year has gone by since I joined weight watchers and what a journey it has been. As of today I am down 68 pounds. Add that to what I lost before and in 2 pounds I will be down 100. I made my goal.
I am now on maintenance. My doc set my goal weight, higher then younger people but perfect for me. And I made another goal. I retired. Years of taking care of some most amazing people, now I am taking care of myself to be the healthiest I can be.
I found WW easy, maybe because I was so ready to finally get the weight off completely. I like the points. It makes it easy. I did however continue with myfitnesspal because I like knowing how many calories I am eating. I have learned so much, like for me, don't count your exercise calories because I will be tempted to eat them back. WW is great because they don't add extra points for exercises like my fitness pal does. You just get the same points so you aren't tempted to overeat. Something about not wanting to go over my points works for me.
I feel so much better, fit and active and if it weren't for my bum knee I could walk forever. I am forever grateful that when I looked into getting lapband surgery they made me try to lose weight on my own first, and I found out if truly motivated I could. The friends I had that had the surgery regret it and it turned out to not be as successful as they thought it would. It really just comes down to eating a deficit to what your body needs. And I can eat what I want, just in proper portions.
