I did it - exactly 100 lbs on WW!

This is what I posted on the 200+ board on weightwatchers.ca:

Today is the day! I finally made this WW milestone and it is so exciting. It is a celebration of all that I have accomplished to this point and a promise that I can meet my ultimate goal of being healthy and active and at a healthy weight.

When my son was born last February, I weighed 342 lbs and had chronic hypertension. I was feeling terrible, no energy, lethargic, unhappy and so uncomfortable in my own body. Turns out my cholesterol was also getting high.

I am an older mother (43 next month) of a 4.5 yrs old girl and 1.5 yrs old boy. Last September, I realized that if I didn't do something I wouldn't be around to see my son go to kindergarten never mind graduate high-school so I started to walk. I did it 3 mornings a week after I dropped my daughter off to pre-school and I walked in any weather.

Although I was feeling better, I wasn't losing weight because I wasn't eating healthy at all. So when a friend called to organize a birthday dinner, the only day we could do it was the day of her WW meeting. After trying to work out where to meet, I said I would meet her at WW because I was joining. And that was it!

I belong to a community meeting which doesn't meet all year. It was going to close for 9 weeks over Christmas so I started making plans for that right away. I signed up for eTools and decided to WI at my doctor's office. The meetings closed again over the summer but I keep going to WI with my doctor who is just so happy to have me come in.

I have cut my medications in half and my blood pressure readings are "excellent" according to my doctor. I have lost 100 lbs on WW and 126 since I had my son last February. Things have come up including a surgery this summer but I have been OP although it hasn't been easy. I have been active. I have gone from a size 26 to a 16 and I am absolutely thrilled with the changes in my life. I feel like me again!

These are the things that have been non-negotiable on this journey:
· I journal everything I eat
· I do my activity 3 x week minimum (usually 5-6 days now). I remember a huge rainstorm where I was ankle deep in water and still did my hour walk. I walked in the snow and we had lots last year and when I couldn't do it, I went to the gym or did my WATP dvds
· I WI every week no matter what at WW or when no meetings, at my doctor's office
· I come to the boards regularly and participate in the discussions seeking and offering support and encouragement
· I do not go over my allotted points - daily, weekly, and activity. No matter what! It hasn't always been pretty but I have done it.
· I keep my stats honestly and report both losses and gains.
· I work at eating healthy foods and have gone to organic as much as possible.

The changes I have made I can sustain for life because that is how long I will be doing this. I made a decision back in October that I would not give up on my goals and I will never go back! And I am sticking to that decision - day-by-day and choice-by-choice, I decide what goes in my mouth and how active I am. It is entirely within my control and in that there is freedom! My life is my own again. I am no longer trapped inside a body that gave me no joy! I am free and so grateful for a new chance to live the life I was meant to.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me along this journey - this includes my family and friends and all of you on these boards who have shared yourself and your journey.

I need to make a special-mention of Maddds and Seeyoulighter because they have journeyed with me practically since I started and I am so grateful for them. They are my biggest fans and cheer-leaders and I appreciate all their kindness and friendship!

I am so grateful to have you all to share this with.