More than Just Pounds

After declaring myself at goal on March 1st at 158 pounds and realizing WW was never going to acknowledge that as good enough, I quit WW on March 11th.  For my height of 5'4, they said I should weigh no more than 146 pounds.  Even though I'm a size 6 and have a lot of muscle, WW made me feel fat.  It reminded me of the waif culture I grew up that caused my anorexia and bulimia where I was never thin enough.

Today, I go to the mailbox and imagine my surprise when I got this:

I don't know why they sent it but it sure made me happy and I stuck it on my keychain with my other pounds lost charms:

I guess I'll never know why it got sent, maybe it was a glitch or computer-generated since I had changed my goal to 158 on the app a month ago.  Either way - I feel slightly vindicated but as the title of my blog says - it really is MORE THAN JUST POUNDS!  I remember a time in my 20's when I was 146 pounds and 29% body fat.  I was "thin" but so unhealthy.  I managed to gain 10.8 pounds of muscle in half a year after that.  I assume that now with the most muscle I've ever had on my body, I'm probably around 22% body fat at 158 pounds - maybe I will get it checked soon.  I'd much rather have this muscular body that weighs more but a smaller size than a skinny-fat one that weighs less but bigger size as I enter into my mid-40's.  I'm going to need all the muscle I can get from here on out because as women, we lose so much muscle as we age, so why not ADD muscle and keep our strength?