lifetime member!

i have loved to eat since the day i was born (seriously...just ask my mom!).  but after william was born i had an appetite like never before, which i attribute to breastfeeding.  however, my calorie consumption outweighed the calorie-burning benefits of breastfeeding, so by the time william was eight months old i decided to join weight watchers.

at my first weigh-in i discovered that i was only four pounds below my weight when i was nine months pregnant.  so somehow i managed to gain weight after having a baby.  oops!

my goal was to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight, and now, six months after joining weight watchers, i am ten pounds below that weight (total loss of thirty-five pounds) and became a lifetime member on thursday.  that means i can continue going to weight watchers meetings for free indefinitely as long as i don't go more than two pounds above my goal weight.  yippee!

my personal goal is to lose another fifteen pounds, but for now i am enjoying this accomplishment.


(what's that?  you want to see before and after pictures?  or perhaps a picture of my cool lifetime member charm?  well, unfortunately i can't provide those because my camera has been missing for a few weeks!  i am hoping it will turn up, but i don't know if i can go much longer without taking any pictures of william...)