Under the Goal!

It has taken so so long to get here, but finally, I am BACK UNDER goal!  Yes!  Now I was never very far from goal.  For those who aren't familiar with Weight Watchers, once you reach your goal weight,  you're considered Lifetime.  All you have to do is maintain that goal weight and you never have to pay for Weight Watchers meetings again.  You even have what I call a two-pound handicap.  You can go two pounds above goal and still not have to pay.  Once you go beyond that two pounds, you have to pay unless you're back to goal.

Well, as I said, I was never very far from goal and have only paid for a few meetings scattered here and there, but it has been an entire year of struggling to get back.  The past few weeks, I have just felt so in control.   I've made better decisions consistently, for two reasons.  One, obviously, I wanted to get back under goal weight, and two, because I'm trying to fuel my system with better choices, more whole foods, fruit, vegetables, good carbs, etc.  Obviously, my activity level is up as well, and I think everything finally just kicked in.

I have to say that I feel great (other than the fact that I have trouble sleeping).  Now the trick is to keep the number here.  I'd actually like to get another 5 pounds off.  Just keep doing what I'm doing.  I am aware that training for a marathon can sometimes actually make you gain weight (haven't quite figured that one out), but I'm not going to think about that.  I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.

Speaking of marathon training, yesterday I completed week 6 of the plan.  12 weeks to go.   Yesterday we were shooting for between 12 and 13 miles.  We did it.  It was a beautiful morning but was a lot hotter than we anticipated when we started.  Thanks again to the hubby for coming to our rescue with a fresh bottle of Gatorade and a bag of Swedish Fish for a little treat!