Progress

I started WW on June 18, 2009, just over three months ago! It's gone by quickly. Here is a photo comparison of my progress. The photo on the left was taken on May 9, 2009 at a Nestie GTG. I was a little heavier by June 18th, but it's a pretty good representation. The photo on the right was taken on September 12, 2009 at my SIL's wedding.

Edit: Some of my fellow WW-ers have requested I bring in these comparison photos to our next meeting. I've printed one out to post, eye-level, on my 'fridge, and another one to keep in my planner. I'm hoping it will be a motivational, daily reminder of how far I've come.

Back from Las Vegas!

I will need to devote a separate post to recap our recent Vegas Vacation, but I need to make some portable pockets for an upcoming bride and need to get on it fast before my wandering hands grab more School Kine Cookies Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nibbles!

After 1 week of Las Vegas gluttonous goodness, I am up 0.6 pounds, which I find quite amazing. I thought I would be lucky to be up even 2 or 3 pounds, but only 0.6? It's miraculous. I didn't track while in Vegas because I honestly forgot my WW points tracker and guide back in Hawaii! I even bummed an extra tracker off a friend so I'd be covered during my entire trip. I was so upset with myself. So, I forgot about tracking and went to town on the buffets and late-night/early-morning meals.

I didn't think we did a lot of walking, but now that I think about it, we never really stayed in one place for very long. I'm sure that was the secret.

My goal for this coming week is to lose 2.4 pounds! I'm sure I can shed more of the Las Vegas weight this week and, if I lose 2.4 pounds, I'll be down 15 pounds total and will earn 1 more gold star for my WW bookmark! I'll need to take a photo of my bookmark and current stars so you all know what the heck I'm talking about! :P

My SIL's Wedding Day

Here are some photos I took at my SIL's wedding. These were taken with a Canon 40D body and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens.

WW Encouragement

Shortly after I reached 10 pounds lost, I received this postcard in the mail. It's not much, but I found it very exciting! :P

What the F#@*

I have no idea what I did to my neck. I felt really tired last night so I went to lie down for a bit before tidying up the kitchen. The pain hit me like a ton of bricks. I was so stiff when I got up this morning. I'm home today because of the pain and the headache it's causing. :(

My SIL's Wedding Rehearsal

Photos I took at my SIL's wedding rehearsal this past Saturday.
Location: Byodo-In Temple, Kaneohe, Hawaii

Almost there!

I did an unofficial weigh-in today. :P We weren't able to weigh in at our meeting today. The scale was inoperable and the meeting leader didn't have a back-up scale with her. I was bummed because I had a feeling I did really good this week! I have the option of attending another meeting tomorrow night, but, eh.... So, I weighed myself on my home scale. I wasn't sure how accurate it was so I took our brand new 10 pound bag of unopened rice and stepped on the scale with it. It weighed in at 10.2 pounds. Pretty good, right? So, I'm calling my weight 135.2 for today, which is a loss of 2.4 pounds from last week. After 12 weeks of WW, I'm still chugging along....