Weekly Weigh-In

Went to weight watchers today.  I will admit, the meetings are nice.  At least you sit there for 45 minutes or so and really THINK about how you're going to go about this whole weight loss thing.  You do need to think about it.  It's a life change and you'll do things wrong during the week.  It's almost like church for weight loss.  Of course, I have this blog and my fine weekly weigh ins on here.  I try and make that my own personal weight loss "service". :)

Anyway, time for the big news.

At weight watchers I weighed 166.4... which isn't down much at all from last week, but I weighed at home right after and I weighed 165.0 -- and I'll take it!    That's down a pound from last week.  I officially started the year at about 170... so that's 5 pounds already.  That was my goal for the month!

As I was driving around doing some errands today I was thinking back to when I first found out I was fat.  I was in nursing school at a spa (I took a weird alternative methods of healing class that had us going out to weird places, chiropractors, drum doctors, and spas... and yes, I did get a massage, for free.  TAKE THAT).  But, we went for a full week, she weighed us and I was like 167 and she RIPPED into me.  She told me that I was young and childless and had NO REASON to be this overweight and if I was going to have babies I NEEDED to lose the weight.

I'm sure my eyes were the size of saucers and I was SO embarrassed.  I'm not sure what she was thinking but I am pretty sure I gained 5 pounds just after that talk.

After that I got my Paula Abdul video that I tried to work out a few times a week to, plus I put a little more effort walking to and from school.  I didn't lose.

Activity has never been the reason I didn't lose -- it's always been what I eat.

And, at the same time I worked evenings at a pediatrician's office.  We often ate crap.  And then some more crap, and a little bit more crap just to stay awake and drown out the whining parents.  Shhh... I'm eating my mexican flag (refried beans, topped with a small amount of cheese, guacamole, and sour cream with a dollop of salsa... are you seeing the flag of mexico?).

Anyway, it's hard not to eat out when there's 2 of you and you think you're making good choices, or you try and diet and I just didn't know how to change my LIFESTYLE, which is what I needed.

And now I have, and now I'm less then I was when she weighed me and bit my head off.

People, I'm like 10 pounds away from being normal.  I'm 10 pounds away from not being oveweight. The wii is almost ready to make me skinny.  At least not to make me fat.

Anyway, that's this week's weigh in.  Hope you had a good week too.