What Does 5% Mean?

When I went to weigh in this past Thursday, I wasn’t nervous. I had a million things going on in my head. And I was not in the right place. Honestly, these past 3 days have been a complete blur and a whirlwind of emotions.. but that doesn’t matter right now..

What matters is that when I stepped on the scale and the lady put my weekly sticker in my book, I was down 4.2 pounds!!!! That means that I’ve lost 11.6 pounds total, in 9 weeks. For me, that’s a HUGE hurdle and it also means that I got a new star on my Weight Watchers chart: 5% star!!

I had gained last week and I KNOW what kept me from my gain and that’s why it was such a bigger number this week. So along with my “yah!! you lost 5%” star there was a message of “we don’t like you losing weight this quickly and it’s not safe for you.” Trust me, it’ll probably never happen again. 4 pounds is a crap ton (haha – Ashley that’s for you) of weight to lose in one week and I do NOT want to lose that quickly. I want to be able to lose it slowly and keep OFF the weight. No more of this stupid “lose 2 pounds and gain it back” and I’m obviously proving to myself that I CAN do it.

Losing 5% means a lot to me. That’s over 10 pounds and supposedly a clothing size. Plus, I’m lowering my cholesterol, which in turn means that I’ll be able to get insurance again SOMETIME. I’m working my way down out of the “obese” phase and into the “overweight” category. Yep, I still have a bit of weight to lose for that, but boy I’m working on it. I am also taking excess weight off of my knees so that I’ll be able to get back into running and training for another 5k, which I can not WAIT for! And most importantly..

I am super proud of myself!