Could I have imagined this two years ago?

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One of my favorite cousins pointed something out to me today that put things in perspective and really made me stop and think.  If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you may recall that I've been struggling with my weight losses recently - I go down a couple and up a couple.  I am now 10.5 pounds away from my doctor's goal weight.  I've been so frustrated by this recently and it has really been getting to me.  My cousin asked me something today... she said "2 years ago could you possibly have imagines being frustrated about only having 10.5 lbs to lose?"  Good point P!  Quite frankly, two years ago I could not even BEGIN to imagine getting even remotely close to my goal weight...yet, here I am - 10.5 pounds away.  Wow.  It's funny to think back and then to look at where I am now and realize the contrast in my thinking :)  

Yes, I am up another week (0.6), BUT I am still down 114.5 pounds in total.  That is something to be proud of.  I started out at a size 24/26 and now am into a 12 (and some of those are a bit loose).  The most frustrating part of this week (and most weeks when I gain) is that I did everything RIGHT...ate right, stayed within my points and worked out.  This week I did THREE fitness classes (that pretty much doubles the number of total lifetime fitness classes I've done!) plus I worked out on my own a few times on top of that.  Someone did point out at WW this morning that when you switch exercises your muscles retain fluid for the first bit...I'm not sure about this theory, but for now, I'm going to believe that that's what the issue is this week.  I did two step classes and finally made it to Super Power class on Tuesday night (weight-based aerobics class)...maybe that's it.  I'll do step and Super Power again this week and...maybe...ZUMBA.  Maybe.  They keep telling me that Zumba is easier than step...I dunno...maybe :)


Thanks for the support everyone - don't give up on me...I'm not giving up!!