{"id":5525,"date":"2011-07-17T17:33:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T00:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525"},"modified":"2011-07-17T17:56:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T00:56:46","slug":"weight-watchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525","title":{"rendered":"Weight Watchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I did something I&#8217;ve never done before. I decided to join Weight Watchers. \u00c2\u00a0Well, I take that back, I had tried several years ago to do it online, but I am going to the meetings IRL &#8211; and boy, is that a different experience. \u00c2\u00a0WW sets your first few goals for you: first to lose 5% of your body weight, then 10%. \u00c2\u00a0Those numbers don&#8217;t really mean much to me &#8211; but I&#8217;m only 2 lbs from the 5% goal &#8211; so that&#8217;s sort of fun! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>So I was reflecting on what I want for my goals&#8230;.and here is what I came up with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First goal &#8211; lose the grief weight &#8211; 15 lbs (<em>only 6.8 lbs to meet that goal!<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Second goal &#8211; lose the pregnancy weight &#8211; 20 lbs &#8211; for a total of 35 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Third goal &#8211; lose the ministry weight &#8211; 20 lbs &#8211; for a total of 55 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Fourth goal &#8211; lose the Seminary\/newlywed weight &#8211; 20 lbs &#8211; for a total of 75 lbs<\/li>\n<li>Then I will re-evaluate my goals from there!\u00c2\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I would appreciate your prayers and encouragement!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.TickerFactory.com\/weight-loss\/wEWyj87\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tickers.TickerFactory.com\/ezt\/t\/wEWyj87\/weight.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D5525&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Weight%20Watchers\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525\" data-text=\"Weight Watchers\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Weight Watchers\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=5525\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Weight%20Watchers&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D5525&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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