WW 6 weeks in

I joined Weight Watchers online 6 weeks ago.  During the first week I realized just how much food I was eating.  It was a major adjustment to not grab those pretzel M&Ms and not enjoy all the goodies in the break room at work.  But when I’m given only a certain number of points I feel like I would be a failure to go over, so I was determined to stay on points.  By week 2 I was getting into a routine and had already lost a couple pounds.  After the third week I thought I had it all figured out, but I didn’t lose any weight.  That was a major bummer.  So I joined a WW challenge online where for the entire month of Feb you have to track everything and not go over your total points for the week.  No problem I thought.  Then after the fourth week I only lost 0.5 pounds.  That was another bummer, but it was a loss.  It was then that I went back to measuring out everything again and really think before putting anything in my mouth.  By the end of the fifth week I had lost another 2 pounds.  However, I had to bow out of the challenge because I went to a baby shower and dinner at my MILs house on the same day and didn’t track what I ate although I did make good choices.  So this past week I have been out of the challenge and I have been very worried that I would be up for the week.  My weigh in was this morning and since starting 6 weeks ago I’ve lost a total of…

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10.5 pounds!!! 

I have another 10 pounds to lose before my next goal but I have regained my confidence that I will do it.  It would be great to lose more than that, but I don’t want to make my goal seem too far away.