Weigh-In Wednesday

This is my attempt to keep it real -- I've already asked that you, my reader(s) (...Mom?...), help keep me accountable for my actions. Well, on Wednesdays (which are my usual weigh-in days at a Weight Watchers meeting), I plan to air my successes and/or failures. As many of you know, I started on this weight loss journey in January of 2010. I dropped nearly 45 pounds last year! I was very excited with my success on the scale and started running with the hopes of being able to maintain that weight loss. Then winter hit and my running escapades waned to the point where I was only going out once or twice a week... Then Kevin and I went on our all-inclusive vacation in St. Kitts/Nevis, and although I made decent food choices and did some sort of activity every day, I also consumed A LOT of mango daiquiris, which are not all that friendly to the dieter's hip circumference. Well, two months later, I am still trying to work off that last 2.5 pounds that gets me back to "goal."

This photo was taken in Puerta Vallarta in October 2009 before starting on the program.

There are very few pictures of me from that trip or the trip to Cancun two months later...

This photo was taken at my sister, Kelly's wedding in September 2010. It was knowing that I would have to wear a pretty dress in her wedding that was the impetus for me starting on the program.

I was a little disappointed when I stool on the scale in my bathroom this morning and found that after strictly adhering to the program for the past two days I had gained another 2 pounds! How is this possible, I asked myself. I have counted all of my points and tracked everything I put into my mouth; I cut back on my soda intake and went back to drinking copious amounts of water every day (as evidenced by my very frequent trips to the bathroom); and I even pulled out my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD (about which my muscles are still screaming at me). I debated, do I really want to go and have to pay AGAIN. But then I reminded myself that it has only been two days since I "got back on the program" and that, yes, I had to go to that meeting and pay my $15 because I need to be held accountable for my actions, and all of my friends at the Eagan location help to motivate me and get me back on the right path.

So, I did venture out of the house, I drove to Eagan, I got on that scale (with wallet in hand), and yahoo! I hadn't gained despite the figure on my scale in the privacy of my own bathroom this morning. Don't get me wrong, I didn't lose anything either, but I stayed the same, a moral victory in and of itself for me today. And, then the lovely greeter, Janice did not make me whip out the credit card despite being more than two pounds over my goal -- she just smiled and said, "welcome back."