Thursday Thirteen

This week’s Thursday Thirteen is about the last 3 and a half years of my life and what I have been doing. So, sit back with your coffee and here goes.

1. Hubby and I took a trip through the Panama Canal. It was a great trip, except when I started looking at the pictures taken of me, I realized I had gotten pretty heavy!
2. The cruise was in November. So when we returned, I decided to enjoy the holidays, and then starting the following January, I would go to Weight Watchers.
3. I remember going to my first class and weighing in. I am vein enough, that I will not tell you how much I weighed, but I will tell you that I cried as I stood there on the scale.
4. I weighed and measured everything. I lived and breathed the plan.
5. A year later I reached my goal! I felt like a new woman! (I was close to 60 pounds lighter!)
6. That was the beginning of the end.
7. I started to believe that I had licked my weight problem.
8. I ate treats and snacks and fried foods like crazy.
9. And we won’t even mention the fine German beer I had when I was visiting with Uschi.
10. Before I knew what hit me, my Dad passed, and I went to class and I had gained 14 pounds.
11. I kept going. Everyone was so wonderful and supportive.
12. For an entire year I fought the battle. Up and down, but really not getting anywhere
13. Until today. I reached my goal! I am back where I should be and I am going to do it long term! I know the facts of life this time and I am willing to do the work to stay there!