Initial Weight Loss Goal Met

It will not come as a shock to anyone who has seen my picture on this blog that I have a weight problem. Well, I am trying to do something about that. I joined Weight Watchers seven weeks ago today, and it is going very well. Today I reached my first weight loss goal--losing 10% of my initial body weight. To date I have now lost 41 pounds! (Just do the math to find out how much I weighed at the end of July.) It has only taken me seven weeks to reach this first goal. The average WWs member takes 16 weeks to reach 10% weight loss, so I have been fortunate. The stack of books above weighs 41 pounds. I cannot believe that less than two months ago I was carrying this much extra weight around with me everywhere that I went, 24 hours a day. (Just imagine carrying this load of books up a flight of stairs five or six times per day. Boy, no wonder I got winded so easily!) This morning at my meeting I received the handsome pewter "10% keychain" below to commemorate the event.I still have a long way to go until I reach a healthy weight, but I am encouraged so far. Thanks to my friends for their encouragment.