Enjoy life. Think of all the women who passed up dessert on the Titanic. - Unknown
I KEEP TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT IT KEEPS FINDING ME. – Unknown
My name is Kristin and I am a stress eater. Not only did grad school earn me new academic status, it also helped me gain extra pounds….a feature that I certainly did not factor into the picture. Grad school + the holidays = my favorite pair of jeans no longer fitting. If I was a psychic, I would predict that 2006 will be the year that goes down in history, on our dear little island, as the year we were blessed by various and sundry “big city luxuries”. One, dare I say luxury, has already hit: the phenomenon known as Weight Watchers. I am strong-willed in many respects, but I cannot prevent myself from succumbing to the sweets….if it is chocolate, it must be eaten and not only eaten, but consumed in large quantities. I have heard of people experiencing much success with the Weight Watchers program and have decided to give it a whirl. As of last night, I am an official, card-carrying, point-counting Weight Watchers neophyte. I am not alone, thank goodness. I am attending with some other wonderful women: Ethel (see the post about the puppy), Miss Terie (she requested at the outset to remain anonymous so her identity is a ‘mystery’ – hee hee, get it?), Joy (see grad school post), and Mrs. Claus (sorry, it was either that or Luscious). Again, using my wanna-be psychic powers, I see us at some point in time getting either the “evil eye” or an all out verbal reprimand for our disruptive behavior. Last night we were inappropriately giggling for a few reasons.
- The annoying older man who was playing the role of the insufferable suck-up. He offered to hand out any and all materials and answer every question. Joy and I compared him to Tracy Flick….Reese Witherspoon’s character from the movie Election. If you haven’t seen the movie, she is an ANAL student who ruthlessly does whatever necessary to get what she wants. See the movie!!
- Excuse my ignorance, but what is ‘aloo palak’? I know I could use an abundant array of resources to discover this answer, but I really do not feel like it. Maybe I will wait for the BIG REVEAL in week 3: how to earn activity points. I will see how many points I can earn for sitting on my tail surfing the web. For now, I will avoid ‘aloo palak’ because The Cult Starter Booklet deems this delicacy as a “3-pointer” for 1 cup….not worth trying in the latest version of Kristin’s Guide to the Universe.
- I sarcastically told Joy that I wasn’t sure if this “counting points thing” was for me. Following her laughter, she told me what I already knew….the flex plan was created for me. She knows all too well how I will religiously calculate points, diligently record all of my intake, deduct points appropriately and then, in an obsessive compulsive manner, refigure all the numbers repeatedly. If I owned a scale I would hop on it throughout the day to see if the numbers were cooperating. Of course I took no offense….especially when she admitted that she would be doing the same thing!
And this was just our first meeting of many in our newly adopted cult. Well, I need to run…..I have some points to calculate.
7 comments:
Hey, Ethel here - I'd use my blogger account but I can't remember the password. I am proud of us for taking the bull by the horns so to speak and committing to the Weight Watchers thing. I'm hungry and grumpy...but very proud. We've seen each other through huge losses and gains (family and money as well as weight) starting with the freshman 15 (30 in my case) and I'm glad we're in this together.
PS I would have signed in as me but can't remember my $%^&( password!
Geez, I just read my comment and realized maybe I need a celery stalk or an apple or something...I seem to be in a food coma and not able to make sense...but I'm sure you get the idea. E
Got your point. :0) Hubby is trying it, too. I can already see a difference with him. Sucks how men can lose so quickly. <3 U!
Hey girls! so glad you are enjoying (or at least having a good time with) the weight watchers. believe me, as soon as i can, i'll be counting points with you! what i liked about it was that in a moment of panic or stress, i could scrap all my good, well-balanced points for the day and just use them to indulge in a snickers bar or two!!!! now, that's MY kind of diet! plus, the competitive spirit in me liked seeing how much i'd lost (or gained) each week. Kimmie
PS - i've forgotten my blogger password too!
I am so glad people are reading the junk I feel compelled to produce lately. I'll be disappointed on Thursday if I have not lost anything. I have religiously counted those points and made sure to use them. The only thing I haven't done is "eat" the activity points. They did not reveal that secret...said they wouldn't until the 3rd week. I didn't know if just should not be done during the first week. Oh, well. The obsession continues. <3 K
yay for making the good effort! good luck, man--believe me, i know what a struggle weight loss is!!! i had to mention you on my weight loss blog, so my 3 readers would be thinking good thoughts for you, too.
heh--that looks like a spam comment since i linked it to my weight loss blog, but i swear, it's not spam!!!
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