Destiny.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Napoleon Hill

Good Morning Sister W.W.F.F.,

This will be short today due to....for me I overslept....ha. I know, you all have to be thinking how can 3:30 be oversleeping? Trust me, for me it is.

When we all joined Weight Watchers we had a goal set, it may not have been, quote un-quote, ''get to the BMI " weight, but we had some sort of goal. For me it was just to get to the 200 pound number. Deep down I never really thought that would happen, but I always felt, ''if I could just get down to 200 pounds, I could get the rest of the way".

I began, like everyone else, by being on the honeymoon stage. Going to the grocery store and it taking me twice as long to shop as it normally did, due to I was reading labels, I was checking the points value on EVERYTHING. Not even going down those isles that carry my trigger foods.

After I lost that first 50 pounds, then I got sloppy. I would splurge on the weekend, using those 35 bonus points up very quickly, but that didn't stop me, after the weekend, I still wanted the treats and such, so I'd just go ahead and eat them, and no ,never wrote them down. All my tracking, measuring, reading labels, checking the points, oh and checking the serving size, all went by the wayside.

My chance was this, I could get to my own personal goal of 200 pounds, if I did the ''honeymoon'' stage, and we all know which one I chose to do. I have come to terms with, it has taken me a long time to get where I am right now, but then again it makes me mad to think, ''I could have been here so much quicker if I had not chosen to get lazy". BUT, I chose to believe there was a bigger reason for this to take me so long and that reason was. I was not ready to get to my goal and stay there.

I think we have to be ready mentally as well as physically not just to get to our goal, but to be able to maintain that goal. I think if I had gotten to goal within that first two years, I would have been one of those people that got to goal, stopped coming to Weight Watchers cause I knew all the answers, and would have gained all the weight back.

Our goals, whether they are with our weight or some other aspect of our lives, have to be achieved, but sometimes there maybe a little waiting period there, until we are really ready to take on the responsibility of hitting and staying at our goal.

Now honestly did you all really believe me when I said this would be short, ha ha.

Have a wonderful day,

Hugs to all,

Joan