A couple of weeks ago Bridget and Tessa pulled up chairs and sat eating Doritos and watching me struggle through an exercise video. Bridget kept saying, “Good job, Mom,” but the Dorito-munching detracted from her words of encouragement. Ah, to be a young Dorito-eater again.
My metabolism has been dying a slow death the past year. Without doing (or not doing) anything very much different, I’ve put on a chunk of weight in the past year. This isn’t the first time my weight has yo-yo’d. I’ve lost the same 20 lbs. at least 4 times in my life. The difference this time is that I need to lose 30 lbs. And my BMI is getting dangerously close to the “obese” level. EGADS!
I really, really want to avoid having this happen again in the future. The older you get, the harder it is to lose weight. In an effort to learn portion control, I’ve signed up for Weight Watchers online membership. It’s cheaper than the standard membership (only $4 a week) and I don’t have to go to weigh-ins or meetings, just log my weight on my online tracker. There are lots of neat e-tools to help in tracking food and activity points. There’s even a recipe builder that allows me to input favorite recipes and see their points values. I looooove technology, so this aspect of the program is making it fun for me. I’ve also picked up some good hints for tasty low-points foods from the message boards.
My first week on the program went pretty smoothly. I really haven’t felt hungry at all and am eating many of the same foods I usually eat – just not as much of them. When I weighed this morning, I had lost 1 pound. This isn’t bad at all for me – I always lose weight slowly. When I logged in my new weight, however, I noticed that my daily points have also gone down by 1. Ouch!
I’m feeling pretty hungry this afternoon and am wondering if it is all in my head because I know I have one less food point today. I’ve been distracting myself by surfing the net while the girls are outside playing. I found a hysterically funny website called “Nick Rhodes and John Taylor – Masters of the Universe.” (http://www.geocities.com/ladyxanax13/MainPage.html) The chick who does this page has a truly weird (in a great way) sense of humor. She has a list of “101 Things To Do with Nick Rhodes”, one of which is “put him on a diet.” Ethereal as he is, it is true he’s put on a bit of weight. He was always so preternaturally white and thin that I just figured he was one of those people who could eat anything and stay skinny. I can’t imagine him ever dieting or exercising. I found a really funny quote from him: “Don’t give me any of that healthy bread. I want fat, white Wonder bread.” At any rate, he is, at age 44, dating an attractive, 30-year-old chick, so I don’t think I’ll meet up with him on the Weight Watchers message boards any time soon. Still, it’s a bit comforting to know that someone as dapper as Mr. Rhodes is also fighting middle-age spread.
Must dash – it’s finally almost dinnertime . . .
3 comments:
I work with two girls who're doing Weight Watchers and are looking great! I know you can do it!
Heh.. I just joined WW at work. :-) My first week was a bit heartening... don't know that the second will go so well. I was down 7lbs the first week, but yeah - I know that ain't gonna happen again.
Wow, Sara -- congrats on losing 7 pounds. I weighed in today and lost 3 more pounds. That's a lot for me, so I am psyched. Despite my whining over the lost point, I am really not having much trouble sticking with WW. This is the easiest "diet" I've ever done and I am so surprised it is actually working. Keep me posted on how you're doing.
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