Weigh in Wednesday: OJ's Turn

First and foremost, I want to give a HUGE congratulations to my girl LJ!!! I am so proud of those 3 lbs. We are on our way!!
Last night, weigh in Wednesday was on my mind. I drank a TON of water and considered skipping dinner in hopes that would give me better numbers. I decided to not skip dinner and to really consider this a journey and not a race.
This morning I woke up with total dread. I did not have a good feel for how I did over this last week. I thought there were certain days that I did really well and other days that I did half assed. Yesterday, I split a sandwich with a co-worker rather than having a whole one at two for tuesday and I did not have soda (WAHOO)! But I had bacon and cheese on my burger last night. That has been my week, good here and so-so there.
When LJ texted me of her 3 lb lost, I was SO excited and so proud of her. I know that like myself, her weight loss has been a struggle and a battle and I was so happy to see victory. Then my palms started to get sweaty. What if I lost nothing? Worse what if I gained??!!! I had to sit at a very long meeting at work with the anticipation of going to weigh in when it was over. I do not have a scale at home, so I do my weigh in and my measurements at Curves. I have been a member there since November, but have utilizing their gym sporadically at best.
At Curves, I changed into workout clothes and jumped on the scale. 2 pounds!!! I lost 2 pounds!! WAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I felt so invigorated that I worked out harder than I have in awhile.
I am absolutely thrilled with 2 pounds. I want to be the tortoise and not the hare. Slow and steady will be win this race. Weight Watchers calculations say that someone my height should weigh between 120 and 150. I would like to weigh around 140 so I figure at an average of 2lbs a week I should reach my goal in about 30 weeks (now 29!!). I know that there will be weeks that I do better than 2 lbs and I am sure that there will be weeks that I will do worse, but I am going to keep striving at it and I WILL make it!! By this time next year, I will be celebrating being at a healthy weight and working on maintaining a healthy weight. This is going to be an amazing year!