back in 2001, I was on the ol' Weight Watchers wagon from February til June (when i moved home to take care of Gigglemom after her Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm surgery - was there a few months)
anyway - from Feb - June I went from 198 to 156. I'd lost 42 pounds and looked pretty damned good.
then I fell off the wagon and the fat started creeping back.
I've joined and re-joined WW since then about 11 times. Always with the mentality "hell, I know what I'm doing on this, I lost weight in '01, I can do it again" --- and I would get cocky and not track (write down what i ate and the points) and then get discouraged when - gee! surprise! - i wouldn't see any weight loss progress.
as i've said, this time I re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-joined WW on July 16 and again started out the cocky way.
Didn't journal/track the first 5 weeks. sure I lost a little... then i gained because i wasn't writing down the ribs, the cheese fries, the pizzas (not just slices, actual WHOLE pies) etc
I wouldn't have stuck with going to the meetings if my aunt and cousin hadn't joined with me. sort of a "being accountable" thing i guess.
anyway, at last week's meeting, I bought the weight watchers digital food scale --- which has been my saving grace this week. it's wonderful.
and i've been writing down EVERY bite. i realized if i'm going to lie and omit something that i've scarfed down, the only one it affects is ME.
so, between tracking EVERYTHING and actually measuring 98% of my food and being precise - yet also enjoying what i'm eating - I went back to the WW meeting this week....
I LOST 6 POUNDS!!!!!
six.
an upside-down 9
yay! i know it's not going to be like this every week, but it's a nice start that shows me (once again) that the way they have this program set up, it frigging works!
so far, since July 16th, i've lost a total of 8.6 pounds!!
ta-da!
