I took my measurements today and plan to take them monthly while I am losing weight. Unfortunately I didn’t take “before” measurements, but I did measure during week 11 when I was only at a 6lb loss.

I have lost an inch on my bust, waist and hips and a half inch each on both my upper arms and thighs. Today I wore a shirt that has a button on the sleeve. I have had to leave it unbuttoned because it was too tight to do up, but today I have it buttoned and it fits comfortably. Amazing what a difference 1/2 inch makes! I know it is small, but it is so encouraging to be proud of the progress I’ve made. It makes me more determined than ever to keep it up!

My progress has been slow, but I feel like it is steady. It feels great to have others notice, and to be fitting (and shrinking out of ) clothes that previously didn’t fit. I posted some photos finally. I was really hesitant to do so, because I wanted to wait until I had some dramatic differences to show, but I decided that posting them could only give me some added motivation and some extra encouragement from the blog community.

I started this blog when the weight watchen site went down. Since it is back up, I am going to move my blog back there.

Please visit me at http://blogs.weightwatchen.com/zazu/