WW Weigh-In: Week 8 -- 267.6 lbs (3.2 down this week; 21.6 total)

Just got home from weighing in. I didn't stay for the meeting because Hubby was waiting for me, but I don't know if I could have stayed anyway. I'm completely and totally exhausted.

I don't think it's mono, because the doctor's office said on Thursday if the test was positive, the lab would call them either that afternoon or yesterday morning, and I didn't hear anything. When I called to double-check yesterday afternoon, it turned out that they had left at noon for the long holiday weekend.

In some ways, I wish it had been mono, because at least then I'd have some idea what I'm dealing with. My brain is foggy, my vision is out of focus, eating is a hassle, and I have to struggle to stay awake longer than 30 minutes at a time. In short, I'm not liking this much.

Let's focus on the positive, shall we?

I've had great losses two weeks in a row now, and am closing in on my 10% weight loss goal. For those of you not "in the know", WW gives you a pewter keychain in the shape of the number 10 when you lose 10% of your starting weight. My magic number is 28 pounds. At the rate I'm going, I suspect I'll hit it on the 29th of October. Unfortunately, I won't be able to stay for the meeting that day because of my driver's test, so I'll probably get it on November 5.

I've been on my winter meds for a week now, and they don't seem to be hampering my weight loss efforts. I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am about that. I'll have to keep an eye on it, but so far so good.

Hubby and I were talking in the car on the way home and he asked me if I'd like to work for WW when I get to goal. I told him that I'd like to be a group leader, and that, in some ways, I felt I owed it to people in my position to do it. To have someone who has lost 150 pounds (which is what my total loss will be) telling you that they understand and it is possible would mean a lot to someone who has a lot to lose. So it's an idea I'm tucking away in the back of my mind.

I'm going to need a new "by Christmas" goal. Originally, I had set my 10% as that goal, based on my previous WW results. It's clear that this time is different, though, and that goal will be achieved in a matter of weeks.

Looking through all of the data I've kept, from previous WW attempts and my time with the diet nazi, the lowest I ever made it to was 253 pounds before gaining it back. I think my new "by Christmas" goal will be to get to the 240s and be working on "virgin fat". That's about 20 pounds in 11 weeks -- definitely do-able.

And now I need to go eat breakfast before I fall asleep.