Only lost half a pound and upset?

Hello fellow WW girls! I have finally gotten an accurate weigh in this morning.

Drum roll please!

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My total weight loss since June 2007 is 37.6 lbs!

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I set my first goal at 130 and now that I am 2.4 lbs away from it I know that I can go to 120 to fit into a size 6 at J Crew.

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If you follow my other blog Simple Yet Classic you know that I have been doing some new years organizing around my house. One of the things I moved was my husbands 10 lb weight plates and I was shocked at how much 10 lbs really is. If you have already lost weight go and pick up a weight that is equivalent to your loss. Even 1 lb is a shock, don't forget a loss no matter how small is still a great thing. They say somewhere on the WW site that 1 lb is equal to a stick or of butter. Doesn't that change the way we look at 1 lb?

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If you do the math for my weight loss journey I have only lost 1/2 a lb a week. I know that we have a tendency not to celebrate that but rather to say I should have lost two lbs a week. It really adds up fast when you see the bigger picture that it is 38 lbs so far.

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Another thing I love to do to celebrate is ask how much my friend's kids weigh. A child may not weigh a lot at first but carry him for any amount of extended time and you will be tired. Think about carrying this extra weight on your body all the time. When I had a full day of cleaning the other day I was thinking about how I use to rationalize skipping the gym to clean because by the time I was done for the evening I was so exhausted. My legs would literally ache from moving around for a couple of hours. Now I never feel that way anymore!

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Have any of you had an "ah ha" moment where you realized a lb is more than you use to think?

Or do you have any questions for me?

I know some of you have already asked a few. I plan on answering them later this week in a post, just leave a comment with your questions!