Jen and I joined Weight Watchers Saturday and were loving it. We both are eating better and were not starving. I really used to think that weight watchers isnt for me because I never wanted to stand up in front of a group and say "hi, Im Sally, and Im a fat ass" or sit around and talk about my weight issues. I didnt want to be weighed in front of everyone and I didnt want to be bothered with weighing, measuring and counting. I got to the point where I said to myself "I dont care what I have to do, but I have to do it". I have to stop making excuses as to why I cant do it. (No time, no money, no motivation, it doesnt work, etc). So we went to the meeting, and I found that no one singled me out or made me stand up in front of everyone. They did weigh me but no one saw it except the lady behind th counter. She wrote it down and I could look at what she wrote IF I wanted to. When I cringed, she said "Dont worry, thats just your starting weight". And she was right. Both of the ladies behind the counter had lost over 100 lbs each! One was a size 28 and now a 10 (I cant even imagine).I was a little overwhelmed with information by the time I left and I felt we had so much to read. But Im really getting the hang of it and now it seems really easy. Im not starving, and I dont have to deprive myself of any foods. Its teaching me to eat smaller portions and eat better. I have 35 points extra a week to cheat with if I so choose. I dont plan on using them unless I want a D&D iced coffee. No way can I cut those out! I plan to not go there everyday and get a large, I will go maybe 2x a week and get a medium. And thats still ok. Im ok with not being a size 2 or ever looking good in a bikini (no one wants to see my stretch marks no matter what size I am). I want to be the weight I was pre baby. And by that I mean pre Zachary, not Ryan. Its funny how back then I thought I was so fat, and now thats the weight Im striving to be. Ya, I was HUGE at a size 12 or 14. PUH-LEEZE. I just want to look and feel better. The numbers dont actually mean that much to me.
Im so excited. Im actually looking forward to getting weighed on Saturday. How crazy is that!
They talk about loosing 1-2 lbs a week, and at first that seemed discouraging to me. I feel like I need to loose a lot more than 2 lbs a week. But thats 50 lbs in 6 months! Or 100 lbs in a year! Once those little things were pointed out to me, Im ok with 2 lbs a week. Yesterday Zachary and I took a walk - well he rode his bike. We walked all the way to Windsor center and back. 3.4 miles. I wont lie, I was ready to quit before we hit the first mile, and the heat and humidity were really getting to me. I was hoping that it would rain or that Steve would call, cuz then I could tell him to pick us up. But he didnt so I had no choice to keep going. I did see people that I knew at Geisslers who asked if we wanted a ride back and really I did, but I said no. Go me! I cant say that I will go that far again, but at least I did it, and Im trying to get myself walking more. Its great to do this with a friend because were really motivating each other. Im not sure I would have the same sucess if I go it alone. And we keep saying that if we can quit smoking, than we can do this!