Naked Saturday: 327.4 (-27.2)
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone Grateful for: making it through 2 weeks of family visits plus a holiday and still moving in the right direction. Starting weight: 354.6 pounds Last week: 328.0 This week: 327.4 Change this week: -0.6 Total change: -27.2 Next milestone: 30 pounds gone This week’s mantra: Steady as she goes.
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When I decided to go back to Weight Watchers, I committed to myself that I would “shop around” for a meeting leader who wouldn’t make me want to gouge out my eyes with a bookmark and choke myself with a Points Finder ™. Since the WW “plan” is more of a guideline for me and not law, what I really am looking for in a meeting is: Consistent, outward evidence of my commitment to health.Accountability and support.TOOLS TO CHANGE MY THINKING. I’ve lived through more WW leaders than I care to admit. There was the matronly, blue-haired figure who played to...
Read MoreWhat you see/get
I know from experience that it takes around 30-35 pounds before people start to notice that I’ve lost weight. So, it shouldn’t surprise me that several people have commented to me in the past week or so that I look like I have, well, en-small-ened myself a bit. No, it shouldn’t surprise me, but it does. I guess, in part, it surprises me because the majority of this weight was lost without me even really noticing it. I don’t know how heavy I was at my highest — only that my black pants wouldn’t button, my bras dug where they should not dig, and my joints...
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 328.0 (-26.6)
Celebrating: 25 pounds gone Starting weight: 354.6 pounds Last week: 334.0 This week: 328.0 Change this week: -6.0 Total change: -26.6 Next milestone: 30 pounds gone This week’s mantra: These are just numbers, in the grand scheme of things. These are not tools with which to beat myself up ten months down the line after my weight loss has slowed.
Read MoreSpud Wars
I went grocery shopping last weekend to stock the house with things other than take-out wrappers and chocolate chip cookies. In doing so, my goal was to have healthy meal options that were easy to prepare after a long day of work (oh, convenience, you are my downfall). I packed my shopping cart full of frozen, single-serve protein sources — many of which were vegetarian alternatives that I’ve never tried before but looked delicious. Then, for the first few evenings, I took my hunger by the scruff, led him into the interrogation room and strapped him to a chair. I made myself...
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