Back to the Old Country

I've moved to the old country.  Huh?

I'm living in ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!  Still huh?

Onederland is known only to a special few.  Those who weigh over 200 pounds.  They long (ok, most, especially those who diet and exercise) to get into a weight that starts in the one hundreds.  Even if they are 199 lbs.  It's the old country.  It's under 200 lbs.  It's a celebration!!

It's been a while.  I plan to live here permanently.  God willing, and I keep remembering it - I will.  There were times in those 200-210 lb days that I wondered if I would even get here.  It just seemed I was going so slow.  I couldn't seem to get myself together and plow thru.  But that's all in the past now. I just want to continue towards my goal.

I've actually been in one-underland for over a week.  Sunday May 7 on my scale I unofficially hit 197 lbs.  On Friday May 12, I semi-officially hit 197 lbs. (Laura's scale is different then mine, so hitting the same number is ok) and finally, today, at Dr Poon, I hit 196.8 lbs.  That's official!!!  I had coffee and some protein shake before weighing in.  Now just to continue on.

I do have some concerns about what I will do once I'm down.....and what is really the weight I want to be.  At first with Dr Poon I had originally planned for 180 lbs.  Then I thought to hit 160 lbs.  Now it's my long ago deep dream of 150 lbs.  Is that even possible?  Maybe.  With IP I thought I'd probably have to hit around 140 lbs so that I can start on Phases 2 and 3, balancing out around 150 lbs.  But then again, is 160 lbs better?  Can I do that?  I just can't seem to figure out what weight I am aiming for.  What I do know is that I need to figure out my goal weight.  Then I will know I was successful.

But, for today.... I'm officially under 200 lbs, and that's great!