Nearly There!

Monday mornings are my weigh in days, and on Weight Watchers you weigh in once a week. This morning I'm down 2lbs! Total lost so far: 22.5lbs. I'm only 2.5lbs away from reaching my 10% goal! There are so many benefits from losing even 10% of your body weight if you're overweight, here they are:

• Increased energy level
• Lower your cholesterol levels
• Reduce your blood pressure
• Reduced aches and pains
• Improved mobility
• Improve your breathing
• Help you sleep better and wake more rested
• Prevention of angina, chest pain caused by decreased oxygen to the heart
• Decreases your risk of sudden death from heart disease or stroke
• Prevention of Type 2 diabetes
• Improved blood sugar levels

How amazing is that! I'm well on my way to experiencing those benefits, and I feel great. I need to decide on a reward for when I do reach that goal. This is the first time I will re-achieve losing 10% since initally losing all this weight back in 2004 (and subsequently gaining it all back in 2008). I've attempted to recommit to WW numerous times in the past two years but never stuck with it longer than 5 weeks. I'm now at week 10!

Onwards and downwards, as they say.

Absence!

Sorry! I've been absent. I'm not good at this blogging thing. I'm in awe of all the amazing bloggers I follow that have daily, sometimes multiple times a day, entries! And not just jibber jabber either, actual substance in their posts!

No, I have not started the two hundred squat challenge and I'm not sure I will. After thinking about it more, I do squat sets at the gym with my trainer three times a week. I don't think I need to add three extra days! I'm confident in my squat, and will eventually be able to do two hundred I'm sure. I'll keep testing myself and keep you all updated.

I'm thinking of tracking my weight loss progress in this blog. Like I mentioned earlier I follow a lot of blogs and eagerly await their updates. A number of them are weight loss blogs, which I gain a lot of motivation from. It would be nice if I could give back to someone out there, even just one single person who stumbles across my space one day. My journey is already well under way but it's never to late to start. Stay tuned for that in the future!

Until next time, which hopefully will be sooner than 3 weeks from now!