My Oh-So-Captive Audience (AKA: My Mom),
I have now lost a total of 19 pounds! And I'm still going strong!
To catch you up on what has happened since my last post, 2 weeks ago I got a ridiculously awful cold. Quite possibly the worst cold I have ever had. I felt miserable, which only intensifies by the fact that I am still in law school and have a million things to do every day. But it was bad enough that I couldn't go to school for 2 days. I lay on my couch (Why is it that the couch feels so much better than your bed when you're sick?) and did nothing but sleep, blow my nose, take long showers (it was the only time I felt like I could breathe), and EAT for three days. It was awful.
The thing is I recognize that sickness happens. It's life. And even skinny people gain weight when they're sick. The key difference comes when the sickness is over... do you get back in the saddle or do you fall back into bad habits?
So last Thursday I went to WW, even though I knew it was a gain. I gained 1.2 pounds. Then Friday I got over my cold, emptied out my apartment of all the gross kleenex and bad food, then went grocery shopping for the healthy food.
And this week I lost 2.8 pounds!
What's more important is I asked them for my weight card. Which doesn't sound like a big deal, but it most definitely is a big deal. See, I didn't want to know my weight in the beginning. I was worried I would get discouraged by the number and quit before I even began. But this week I asked for my weight card. Because I lost 2.8 pounds when I could have just as easily fallen off the wagon. I kept going. I have lost 19 pounds. I now KNOW that regardless of the number that is on the card, I CAN do it. I can lose whatever amount I need to lose to be healthy. The number I started at and the number I'm at now is only a number, and it is a number that will get progressively smaller every week I go to Weight Watchers.
So today I did my skinny dance at the scale. I made a new friend (who is 81 years old and basically the sweetest person I've ever met), and I saw an old friend! Also, in non-weight loss related news, I did well on all of my quizzes and briefs I had due this last week. Right now I feel like I am in charge of my life, which is a really nice feeling.
It still isn't difficult to live on this new WW plan. Sometimes I get hungry, but I'll grab some grape tomatoes or an apple and drink something, and I'm fine. I keep pretzels at my carrel, and I still keep the candy in my buddy's carrel, but I've only ever grabbed a piece of candy from his carrel once. However, that one day that I did need that piece of candy, I was super relieved that I had the presence of mind to keep some at school and NOT at my desk. Otherwise I would have eaten a king size candy bar from the vending machine or I would have eaten the whole back of candy if I had kept it at my carrel. So though I've only needed it once in the last couple months, it was well worth it!
Anyway, I hope you are all doing well on your own personal challenges. Keep the faith and believe you can do it.
Make good choices!!
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