October 19, 2006
This morning, according to my scale, I have lost 125 pounds. I’ve hit the half-way mark. I am half-way to my goal.
Just a couple of quick thoughts, as I’m at work and then will be pretty busy for the rest of the weekend (out of town).
1. As I was at The Girlie’s Dance Company class the other evening, I was filling out my new running log (as I completely filled one up! Awesome!) and RJ asked me: “Are you training for something?”
And I originally told her that I was training for the Run to Feed the Hungry, but then later, as I was filling it out and kept hitting dates for races that are coming up, I told her: ”You know, it’s funny, you asked me if I’m training for something and as I’m filling this out, I realize I’m always training for something.”
A few minutes later, talking with her some more, she asked if I was writing down everything that I ate.
ME: “Well, I’m on Weight Watchers, so that’s sort of what we do.”
HER: “Oh, okay. How much weight have you lost?”
ME: “124 pounds.”
*Insert usual shock/congratulations/kindwords here*
HER: “So, then, your goal must be in sight by now.”
ME: *laugh* “I’m about half way there.”
But yesterday, as I was marveling at the fact that I would hit this 125 pound loss today, I realized that my goal may be that much closer, but it’s always in sight. Yes, I’ve been depending on the smaller goals (one more, then one more again, then five more after that) to get me to the larger one, but I’ve always been aware of that large one.
It gets closer and closer all the time. It may be a ways off, but it’s always in sight.