Round 2 begins

5 years ago I joined Weight Watchers online and within a year I had lost 30 pounds. Then I started slacking... business trips eating in restaurants, the hospitalization and subsequent death of my Mother-in-law (there was a lot of eating out back and forth to the hospital), and then dealing with my own medical problems when I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Don't worry.. the tumor is non-cancerous and is only one 1cm with no signs of growth in 2 years. However, when I was diagnosed I had to deal with a lot of emotional issues and decided that darn it... I had a brain tumor and I was going to eat what I want! And I did. Over the past 3 years I managed to gain ALL 30 pounds back.

So what changed? A couple of weeks ago we had another major event occur in our family. This time it was a joyful one. I decided to join the Catholic church, and after 8 months of classes and reflection I was baptized, confirmed, had my first communion and Eric and I had our marriage blessed. This was a very happy occasion, yet the tears that I cried after seeing the pictures from that evening were not happy tears. I could not believe how fat I looked in these pictures that were supposed to remind me of a joyful time in my life.

So.. here I am again. Starting fresh and hoping that next May when my family goes on our next Disney Cruise, that I have lost those 30 pounds again. My goal is actually 130. Exactly 48.8 pounds lighter than I was when I weighed myself this morning (178.8). Though my before picture is a few weeks old, I weighed the same when it was taken.

Oh.. and BTW I LOVE that suit, and spent way too much $ for it,  so my goal is to have it altered when I lose the weight and take my "goal weight" picture in it as well.