There is 28% less of me than there was 21 months ago. I set a goal in
January 2011 to lose 50 pounds by my 50th birthday and I reached my goal
with a few weeks to spare. I was so fortunate that my company offered
at-work Weight Watchers
meetings because I don't know that I ever would have lost weight without
them. I had been planning to lose weight for 10 years. For 10 years I
talked about losing weight but when I turned that talk into action I
would get frustrated and go back to the
old habits that had packed on the pounds. Weight Watchers changed that.
They taught me the right action to take to change those old habits and
lose the pounds that had been weighing me down physically and
emotionally. I hope my weight loss story will inspire others and I hope
writing about that story will inspire me to keep those pounds off.
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
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