Small Victory

I went to my weight watchers meeting yesterday! First time in 3 weeks that I have been able to go and weigh in due to surgeries and all that...! I was really expecting to gain weight. With 2 surgeries and all the medications I have been on, and even though most of the time I made good choices there have been many days that the emotions controlled my eating not me controlling my eating. But much to my surprise I lost 1.2 pounds! I was shocked! I started crying. Now many times I have not lost or gained and have gone into the bathroom to cry or called a friend and cried to her out of frustration, but not this time I cried right there in front of everybody and when I explained why I had 3 people out of nowhere just hug me! Now I know 1.2 is not a big accomplishment for a 3 week period but to me it was! So Renny my leader who has know all the time about my cancer and why I have been gone from the meetings made a huge deal of me returning! He is the greatest! He is by far the BEST leader I have ever had in weight watchers. He really cares, he has been sending me emails and even phone calls the last 3 weeks just to keep in touch! After the meeting another lady her name is Kathy came up to and before she even introduced herself she hugged me and said God Bless You! Then she told me she too was a cancer survivor and wanted me to know if she could do anything for me she would! I truly felt loved and blessed yesterday in a room full of people that I dont even know! GOD bless them! I also set my goal weight yesterday! Just 27 pounds to go! This time it WILL stay off! Of course last time I never made it to goal I was 15 pounds away when I stopped. This time it will be different. I so believe in that! Why? Because I am BLESSED! I still have alot of soreness and stiffness in my neck so I think this next week I will stick to walking and add in some strength training and wait one more week on the running. I am learning how to be patient! Lord knows that is not one of my strong points! LOL!