Once Again....

Hello to all my friends out there! (I hope there are many!)
I know you haven't heard from me for a long time. No excuses, just plain laziness. Please forgive me! Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed by everything I have to do, want to do, and wish I could do that I don't do anything! Now that Christmas is coming, I'm realizing I need to get some gifts done for my family and am trying to concentrate on those things and get back on track! That thought also makes me realize I've neglected some things I really enjoy doing - like blogging! So here we go again!

As most of you know, since October of last year, I have been following Weight Watchers. I'm happy to say I've lost 60.8 pounds! I feel so much better, really enjoy exercising and have had a great time buying and modeling all my new clothes!!! I know I've lost weight when I realize the smaller size clothing I buy now. However, I still see myself as the fat girl when I look in the mirror and hope to change that when I finally lose all the weight I want to lose.

I have 9.2 more pounds to lose to achieve my goal. With this goal in site, I am embarking on a new challenge and countdown for myself. One of my Facebook friends, Amanda Mueller, lost weight following Weight Watchers and is now a WW leader. Amanda posted something from her personal blog on Facebook "45 Days To A New Year - My Personal Challenge." I took this to heart since I had a very bad weekend and will probably suffer for it at the scale on Thursday. But, just like anything that doesn't go your way, just pick yourself up and start all over again! I needed something like this to challenge myself to get back on track and lose those pesky 9.2 (or so!) pounds. I hope Amanda doesn't mind me using her challenge in my own way.

I started my countdown today and will try to achieve my goal weight by January 1, 2014. Talk about starting the New Year off right! These next 45 days will definitely be a challenge for me as this is the "Eating Season" as my WW leader stated. I thought that if I put this challenge on my blog, I'll be more likely to try to stick with it as I must be accountable for it!

This picture was taken in mid March to celebrate my birthday. I post this picture because it was the first time I realized I had lost weight and looked different! Not sure what my weight was but it was an eye opener for me!

The picture below is the key chain Weight Watchers gives you when you lose 10% of your weight. For me, that meant 24 pounds!

So today, the challenge begins! Starting tomorrow morning from now until January 1, 2014, I will cross off the previous day and continue with my challenge counting down the days. I hope you don't mind me using this forum to help myself but I need the support and encouragement from my friends because I know how slippery that slope can be when you start to slide down! I've worked too hard to slide down that slope!

Let the "Un-Hunger Games" begin! : )