Not doing too bad

So I was reviewing my progress today, mainly because the new year is quickly approaching and I wanted to figure out my new goals for the year. I know I said I wanted to lose 40 lbs, but I've lost 28 lbs since last May, which comes out to 4 lbs a month, so it's a little slow, but I'm still fairly happy with it. I went from 255 to 227, so it's still good progress. My goal for next year is to continue to make progress and try to amp it up a little. I would like to reinstate my previous goal to lose 60 lbs in a year. I would rather aim too high than too low and if I achieve my goal I will weigh right around 165 by the end of next year and would only be 20 lbs from my ultimate goal of 145, so that would be pretty exciting. Even if I lose 50 lbs I will be 177, which would still be exciting because it would put me at 100 lbs lighter than I started; but who knows, maybe I will exceed my expectations this time.

I think the hardest part about this whole thing is it is such a long journey, especially when it's such slow going. I suppose I have had a lot of ups and downs and that hasn't helped, but at the same time I've lost 50 lbs overall and that is nothing to scoff at, it's just that it took me over two years and I still have 82 lbs to go.

I just have to keep telling myself that I can do this, and even though I'm probably going to be much older than I wanted to be when I finally reach my goal weight, I will still be so happy and it will be so very worth it in the end. 

I'm back, and I'm bringing friends.

In October 2011 I weighed 277 lbs. I also decided that was completely unacceptable and that I had to do something about it.
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By January 1st, 2012 I had already done some yo-yo diet and exercising, but had managed to lose 8 lbs, putting me at 269. I vowed right then to never see anything in the 270's ever again.
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I set a goal for myself. I wanted to lose 60 lbs in a year. It wasn't unreasonable, but I didn't stick with it so I didn't lose all of it. I lasted 100 days and lost 27 lbs from my January start weight, and 35 lbs total.
I wish I had stuck with it then. Instead I gained back some of the weight, but managed to keep off about 22 of the 35 lbs.
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Now it is May 2013 and here I am; 255 lbs, still way too heavy and still unwilling to give up.
I'm back on Weight Watchers for real, exercising daily, and living with two friends that are also serious about taking this journey to a healthy weight. Together we are going to teach ourselves to eat right, exercise, and live an overall healthy life.
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My goal for January 1st, 2014 is to lose 40 lbs; I want to weigh 215 lbs or less by then. It still leaves a lot to lose, but it is a reasonable goal that I should be able to reach as long as I stay diligent, and it leaves room for me to surprise myself and exceed my own expectations.