Today is day one of Weight Watchers for me and it is torture! I hate to be so honest but I can’t help myself. As long as I think about what the scale said last night I can keep moving forward, but it is going to be hard and I know it. I have been through this before. In 2003 I decided that I had gained too much weight in the first 6 months of being married and I joined Weight Watchers – by myself. My Mom then decided to go with me for a little while and then she dropped out and I continued on. I hated it at first (déjà vu for me today) because I was hungry all the time and Love just continued to eat whatever he wanted. Of course in the end it was all worth it when I went from a size 16 to an 8 in 9 months. I should have taken hundreds of photos of myself back then but I didn’t and when I cleaned out the basement and found my old clothes I couldn’t believe how small they were. I could scream when I think about it.
Those clothes are what prompted this latest weight loss journey. Nate will be 3 in August and I cannot have a 3 year-old and still complain about the “baby weight”. True I have a gut that I never had before and that is from being pregnant, but certainly I could have done something about that before now. I’m sick and tired of excuses and it is time to be a healthy mommy who doesn’t get winded while chasing her little boy around. So today instead of a large tea with sugar and half and half and a buttered bagel I started my day with a yogurt and some chai latte for a total of 4pts. I can’t even bring myself to find out how many points my old breakfast would have been. I followed that with a Lean Cuisine pasta dish for lunch and a large bottle of Smart Water (did I mention I NEVER drink water?). I am addicted to Diet Pepsi and have been for years and I am going to work my way back to water which I don’t mind but don’t enjoy as much as diet soda or iced tea. I also had 2 afternoon snacks, an apple and 7 Swedish Fish. I forgot my apple at home so thankfully a woman I work with brought me back one when she went out to lunch or I would have chewed off at least one finger by now.
Now instead of just counting the minutes until quitting time on this lovely Friday I am also counting the minutes until I will be home with Love and Nate devouring 2 slices of pizza for 14pts. I may even treat myself and have a glass of wine and some popcorn while Aimee and I watch 127 Hours tonight. I bet that sounds a lot more exciting to me doesn’t it?
Happy Weekend!
CC
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