Changes

My theme for myself for the year of 2007 is "Change". The biggest change I want to make in my life is my weight. I started Weight Watchers at the beginning of January with the idea that I would "try" to lose weight. I have been attending meetings weekly, and it has been the best decision I have ever made. I am finally starting feel like I have a direction and a goal for my weight loss. To date I have lost 27 pounds and have reached that 1st 10% goal. It has taken 11 weeks for me to get here, and every single week has been worth it. I rarely find myself on the other side of my camera because I have always been self concious about pictures. I never take full body shots and when I do no one ever sees them. I decided that I am changing that about myself. I will be in pictures and I will be happy with showing off full body shots. Joe took a few pictures of me today after church because I thought it was about time to take a few "progress" pictures of my journey so far. I really hate to post these before pictures, but they are really important for me to see them compared my current pictures. It really helps me to see how much progress I've made, and it encourages me to keep going. I am not completely pleased with my "now" pictures, but that's good because it make me want to keep going. Dixie, my WW leader, tells us all the time that the year in going to go by anyway. So my plan is to look back on this year without shame or guilt because I will know that I have done everything I can to get healthy. I have short term goals for my weight loss, but my big goal is to be 100 pounds lighter by next January. Ultimately, I would like to lose about 125 pounds. I no longer want to shop in the plus sizes for clothing. I want to be able to run and play with my kids in the backyard. I want to be able to play on the church softball league and feel like I have something to contribute. I know that I can do this and I am positive that I will reach my goals. 2007 is going to be a wonderful year for me!