The good, the bad and the ugly…
The Good
It’s been one month since my first Weight Watcher’s meeting and I’m down 6.8 pounds. I’m halfway to my goal weight and pleased as Crystal Light. I’m not saying it’s been easy but the results keep me going.
I have not stayed at a meeting since my first one. They make me a little more than uncomfortable. I don’t need the support group aspect of it. For me, being accountable is where it’s at. They keep trying to get me to stay so I can stand up and get my red star (5 pound weight loss) but I hastily decline. I’d rather use my time to work out than squirm in a hard metal chair surrounded by chatty fat broads. (I can say that because I’m a fat broad too so don’t get all pissy with me.)
The Bad
Meetings are on Wednesday mornings and for some weird reason, I am always heaviest on those days. Each meeting day, I wake up, strip naked, hold my breath and stand on my bathroom scale. Each meeting day, it says I’m heavier than I have been all week. And the WW scale says the same thing once I get there and weigh in. Bizarre, huh?
The Ugly
I have been going to Jazzercise 4 times a week and horseback riding on the weekend. I can feel the flab going away and the muscle taking it’s place. That’s the good part. The ugly part is that the tight sports bra that I wear for both workouts makes my boobs look disgusting. Yeah, I know…nobody is looking but it makes me feel self conscious. What’s worse is that only one headlight stays on the whole freaking time. Lately, I have been tempted to pinch the slacker to even myself out. I haven’t gone there yet but I’m not ruling it out. Is that weird?
I know what you are doing wrong! Don’t hold your breath. Let it all out and you wil be that much lighter.
Well ok, it has never worked for me either but it is a good theory. ~sigh~
Way to go on the weight loss. Little steps.
I have never been to a WW meeting but I do go to Al Anon. I love the support and hearing the stories of others that have been touched by alcoholism. I find I learn a lot from the stories of others and almost every meeting someone says something that triggers a dysfunctional habit that I do.
At least in the ugly part you aren’t complaining about symmetry. Since having the baby one is way bigger than the other.
Congratulations on your weight loss success. I was hoping to have some of my own this week, but no such luck. Keep up the good work, I’m proud of you - it’s very hard!
“Pinching the slacker”–first chuckle of the morning.
Wow, sounds like you really don’t like overweight people.
WOW. That is a big accomplishment. I’ve been easing my way back into working out. I lost around 50 lbs, but then I slached off on the exercise and gained about 20 back. BAD, LAZY B.A.
So, I’ve been walking 45 mins/day and will be adding some strength training soon. I LOVE that feeling of the fat melting and muscles starting to appear. I think I wept the day I noticed some slight definition in my upper arms.
At the risk of sounding condescending…keep up the good work!!
I went back to my first meeting today after months of missing. I’m so glad I did. And you are completely right: it’s the accountability. That’s what drives me, and why I like WW so much.
Cute post and Congrats for losing your weight. I struggle every day with trying to lose too.
Keep it up!!
LOL @ the one headlight. I’ve so been there!
I’ve been on WW for 5 months. I have lost 22 pounds. I have also not had any really GOOD food, you know? I want a giant plate of BBQ.
Good for you! I’m clapping, you just can’t hear me. Don’t feel bad about not staying for the meeting. The point is to do what works for you. I would feel the same. I would suggest doing WW online, but I know that I would slack off if the weigh in didn’t have witnesses. Keep up the good work!
Good for you! So your secret is exercise, exercise, exercise, huh?
Any fave lo-cal treats? How do you handle hunger when you just want to munch?
“…one headlight…” haha! you crack me up! congrats on your success. i know you look fabulous.
LOL!
I just have to tell you that, when I run, the only part of my torso that is not darkened in full sweat are my nipples because aparently nipples don’t sweat. So, I’ve got two lighter colored circles on my shirt where my nipples are. It’s awesome, G laughs at me every time, he just thinks it is hilarious.
Congrats on the loss. That’s excellent work.
CONGRATS to you on the weight loss and getting in shape. That’s awesome!
And, I feel your pain on the sports bra. I once rewrote an entire song as an ode to my sports bra difficulties. Check it out..
http://crazymomcat.blogspot.com/2005/07/songstress-in-making.html
The one about only one headlight working had me in stitches!
Your body probably sense the decrease in food and goes through a mid-week crisis mode where it hangs onto fat until the end of the week. Plus you haven’t made a total fat/muscle exchange so things are still bulky. Truth is, muscle weighs more than fat, so–in the end–you’ll have to rely on clothes size to figure out weight gain or loss.
Congratulations on the weight loss and all the work your doing!
It’s hard! I know.
God, I started WW last week. I lost 2 pounds the first week. I hear ya about the meetings, I hate the “kiss-asses” do you have those?
Good Job on your weightloss!
So, WW is seriously the way to go.
Congratulations on the loss!
That’s good news but what’s a headlight.