It was time to face the scale

There was no more hiding from or avoiding the fact that I needed an official weigh in.  So, on Thursday I headed out to Weight Watchers to weigh in and face the dreaded scale to see how bad I have been.  It honestly wasn't as bad as I had thought.  But first let me go back and say I have only weighed in officially at WW once since the end of September.  I felt like I had been staying pretty consistent with my eating and with not gaining a whole lot.  The scales don't lie and when I stepped on I can't say I was happy with what I saw, but it could have been a lot worse. So, here are the stats:

Starting weight: 245.6
Last weeks weight: (Actually 11/10/11) 233.6
Current weight: 236.0
Gain/loss: +2.4
Total gain/loss: -9.6
Pounds to 5%: 3.4
Pounds to 10%: 15.4
Pounds to short term goal: 37
Pounds to long term goal: 76
So, I am ending the year better than how I ended last year.  I at least haven't put on all that I've lost, I've become more active, I've made some better choices sometimes when it comes to food.  All this to me is progress and puts me better off than I would have been if I hadn't been doing anything at all this year. 

I have also tweaked the stats a little bit.  I've added a 5%, mostly because I need to get it back out of hock.  I also wanted to explain my short term/long term goals.  The short term goal for me is to get to 199, back into the 100s, the long term goal is 160 lbs.  That is where I think I'll feel happy about myself.  Is that where I should be?  Who knows!  For me that seems like a reasonable goal and one to work towards.  I'm not going to strictly focus on that goal just for the simple fact that it seems like such a big number and if I strictly focus on that number I'll overwhelm myself.  The only reason I'm including it in the stats is to see it go down and down and down. 

So, there it is in black and white and until next Thursday we'll see where the scale goes.
~Crystal