I started my weight-loss journey at a whopping 295.6 lbs in September of 2005 (likely NOT my all-time highest weight, but big enough, to be sure). I reached my goal weight, safely in onederland, of 180 lbs a year later and firmly believed that I would never again have a weight that started with a TWO.
I maintained that weight loss for almost exactly one year, which is an accomplishment in itself. But then, I got sloppy, bad habits crept back in and by the start of 2009, I was firmly in the low 200's. About 1 month ago, I weighed in at my post-WW highest weight of 212.4 lbs. I was mortified by that weight.
Around the same time, I was considering to begin training for what would be my 2nd 1/2 marathon at the beginning of October and I knew that there was no way that I would be able to carry an extra 32 lbs for 13.1 miles, so something had to give.
Well, I buckled down on the WW program. I decided that what worked before would work again. I set a firm goal in front of me that was only indirectly related to my weight...I was going to run that race and I needed to lose significant weight before I did.
4 weeks later, I weighed in today at 199.2. 13.2 lbs gone, and I'd love to drop another 8-10 before race day (10/3). I have been training well and my pace is returning to what it was back then, though the 8:22 pace I set in 2007 will be difficult to match, let alone beat. But that doesn't mean that I won't try!
So, where does that leave me? Pleased. Happy, but definitely not satisfied. I will return to my goal weight.
