Who is Cara?
Hi. I’m Cara and I’m writing this blog to keep myself accountable to weight loss. This blog, and the friends I’ve met on here, have helped me stay on track week after week. If it weren’t for some of you, I would have quit losing a long time ago and been “satisfied” with whatever my loss was at the time and gone on with my life. Losing weight is way to hard to do it alone. Blogging helps me through this one pound at a time.
I started losing weight in early 2007. I was 275 pounds.
My goal was (and still is) to lose half my body weight, but I’m not sure how realistic that is. I’m over 40, 5′ 6″ and I’m not sure if 135 would be healthy for me. But I want to at least make it down to 140-145. Heck, I’d even settle for 150 lbs.
When I first started, I lost 10 pounds on NutriSystems. But I’ll be honest, the food got very boring after only a few months. The price was good, but I honestly learned nothing about losing weight while on that diet.
Then, 0n May 12, 2007, I started Weight Watchers. I weighed 265.2 pounds at that first meeting. I’ve learned SO much about how to eat healthy and how my body reacts to and processes different types of foods. I’ve finally learned how to eat right.
I used to dream of being able to afford a personal dietitian to teach me how to eat right. But with Weight Watchers, I have a great foundation for eating right and for learning how to lose weight.
In May 2009, I reached my (interim) 100 pound weight loss goal. Yay! What a huge accomplished.
After that, I gained 10 pounds back. It took me almost 10 months to lose those 10 pounds to finally hit my 100 pound goal again in March 2010.
Now, I hate to admit this, but I’ve gained so much weight back. Since September 2010, I’ve gained almost 30 pounds back. I never stopped going to Weight Watchers. Every Saturday morning, never missed a meeting. I’ve never lost my determination, but somewhere along the way I’ve lost my focus.
So, here continues my journey. I know I’ll make it to goal one day. Until then, I blog…