So the past couple of weeks have flown by like crazy. There’s been so much happening, but I just haven’t had time to write about it. Let me try now… I am hoping that this will be coherent enough to understand.
As you have read, I reached my goal about 3 weeks ago and have been working to maintain in the weight watchers program. For some reason I thought that this would just come naturally for me after losing the 150 in the past 3 years. Apparently not so much. The first week I did GREAT!!! I even maintained exactly to the tenth of a pound. So it was at that point that I decided (and don’t ask me why) to increase my points. Ok… now the reality of the world is that if you increase the amount that you eat – you will GAIN weight… and yes, that in fact IS what happened. 2 weeks in a row.
I finally caught on to this whole detrimental affair with the numbers and stuck with my “old” Weight Watchers points value for the week. Thank goodness, because I lost this week what I had gained over the past 2 weeks. I am so happy about this. So that means I am back to my “goal” weight (or actually slightly below) and can work towards my Christmas goals of losing about another 5 pounds or so. If I can reach that… I would be stoked!!!
Another noteworthy item in my life happened last weekend. I met a couple of my Weight Watchers friends in Wisconsin. I am so thankful to both of them for their friendships and just have to say that they mean a lot to me… especially with the support they have given to me over the past year. That’s how long I have known both of them. At the time, I had no idea that I would be so close to people that live “far” away from me… now I can’t imagine them not being a part of my life.
One remarkable thing that came from this past weekend was that the 3 of us were able to make good choices for food all weekend. All of us followed our plans and stuck to them. I think overall it will help all of us in the long run knowing that we did that. Mind you… we ate out at the favorite fast food joints like Wendy’s, Culver’s and Subway to make it work (as well as enjoyed the breakfasts of the Holiday Inn Express). It can be done!
Lastly… and somewhat leastly… this past Monday we got our first dose of reality with about 6” of lake effect snowfall. I was not prepared and wore some really nice shoes to work that morning. Yup… after a full workday in my nice heels that I enjoy wearing – I had to walk out to my car and brush off this “beautiful” white stuff. Didn’t fall… so I think I deserve an award for the hard work and effort that it took not to fall and break a valuable bone in my body (because I consider all of them valuable… any bone that would be broken may devastate me!)
Final thought… I must pay better attention to the weather forecasters. They might just be right.
