So today’s the big day. I start Weight Watchers. So what did I do yesterday? I ravaged the house for forbidden food. Notice I didn’t say I threw it away. But it IS gone, if you know what I mean. Those goddamned Thin Mints from the Girl Scouts? Gone. The salt and vinegar potato chips? Gone. The satanic cookie dough ice cream? Gone. Someone better call Exxon, because there’s going to be an oil slick in the turlet tonight. I mean, can’t you just FEEL me getting fatter by the minute? Ugh.
Let’s just say it was strategy. Because tomorrow, I weigh in for the first time in, oh, about a year. And the more I weigh tomorrow, the bigger my success can be the following week. Yeah, I know. I’m reaching here.
Me and scales — we’ve never played well together. I have memories from as far back as the 2nd grade of being weighed in gym class in front of all the other boys and girls. I would try to hang my heels off the back of the scale, to make myeslf weigh less, but the gym teacher always caught me. Then I would try to stand in front of the scale weights, so the other kids couldn’t see the poundage. But I was foiled when the gym teacher would yell out my weight for his assistant to record.
Most gym teachers are former high school jocks, and you can tell they get off on seeing the weaklings and the fatties fail. How else do you explain that motherfucking rope or the stiff-arm hang or their insistence that everyone showers together? If any gym teacher gives untitledson a complex about physical fitness, so help me, I will shove all 12 years of my failed Presidential fitness tests up his or her ass and light ‘em up like a firecracker. Boo yah!
Actually, the weigh-in doesn’t make me nervous. What does is the potential failure. I know — not a very positive attitude for my first day. Kind of makes me wonder if I don’t avoid losing weight, because I am so fearful of that failure. It’s just easier being fat. And you can’t fail if you never try.
I really want to gain control over this quadrant of my life. I feel like it’s this big black cloud that darkens every other thing in my life. If anyone has a weight loss success story out there, now is the time to share. And no, I don’t want to hear about the time you dropped 10 pounds in two days by eating a bar of Ex-Lax and wearing a tin foil suit. OK, well, maybe I do.
Lock and load with that weight watchers thing. As the almost proverbial saying goes…. the longest journey begins with but a single step. I have done the weight watchers thing myself about 5 times over 20 years. The important thing is that it actually works as long as you follow the steps. I always met my goals eventually, then left the program to get busy bulking up so I would be in top form for the next one. The problem is always: you are a product of your lifestyle and I can tell you from my experience I could never seem to change my lifestyle without the pending humiliation of a weekly weigh in failure…. The moral of the story: sign up and just keep going. Look at the $12 a week as anti flab insurance.
Good luck, untitled. You’ll do great. I’m on WW right now and doing well. Down 20 lbs. I’m at a bit of a plateau right now, so I could use some additional motivation as well.
It is very difficult to share the success stories, because they all sound like the same prozac-infested uber cheerful bullshit no one really believes unless it is falling out of their own mouths.
I just had ‘the fat talk’ with my husband last night. I had a baby two months ago, and I feel like ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag. Actually, with all the extra skin, maybe you should reverse those numbers.
I honestly couldn’t remember ever feeling skinny. It was really embarrassing to tell him how gross I felt, but he often acts as my ‘memory’ when I feel too lame to logic myself out of a paper bag. I guess what I am saying is that it really helps to have someone to talk with while you are trying to lose weight, because they can remind you how you have succeeded in the past when all you can remember is failure.
Having said that, I have never tried weight watchers. I got fat after my first kid, and I use the gym.
I hate the gym, I hate the skinny bitches in the thongs, and I hate breaking a sweat. But? I looooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeee having an hour of guilt free time where I don’t have to take care of kids. Ok, for me it’s maybe an hour of exercise and then an hour of steam room and long, uninterrupted showering. I guess I’m saying that if you can find a reward in there, abuse it for all it is worth - that really helps.
Sorry for the hijacking. Now that I’ve delurked and gotten my finger firmly out of my booger picking stance, I apparently am full of bullshit-licious wisdom. And cursing this morning. Sorry for that too.
If you check out my site, I just posted on Saturday about my WW success. I have lost about 20 pounds as well. It has taken place over about the last 6 weeks. I attend meetings, I work out at the Y and I follow the plan. Our WW leader says, in the voice of Yoda, “Do or do not.” That is the key.
You can do it, untitled.
I was feeling the same way as you last year. I had heard about South Beach and decided to give it a whirl. Lo and behold 6 weeks later I had lost 17 pounds and I have kept it off. I walked 3-6 miles nearly every day…until winter set in. It worked for me and has worked for many others I know. I feel so much better now - not only because of the weight loss, but the food choices because surprisingly they’re right - junk food makes me feel cruddy and always wanting more. I found it was easier than I thought to make the right choices for my health since I felt so much better. It’s a great way of life. The first 2 weeks sucks BIG TIME, but there’s a good 8 pound weight loss to get you excited about it. After the first 2 weeks it was a piece of cake - lean meats, whole wheat bread, fruit, veggies. YUM.
Best of luck to you! I hope you have great success. You’ll feel great in just a few short weeks.
I know exactly what you mean about never trying being better than failing. I’ve been fat since I was in 6th grade and I’ve never made a significant attempt to lose weight. I want to be skinny and I imagine myself as skinny, but I don’t want to make a change and I’m a big procrastinator (ha, double meaning) and that’s a big part of it.
Good luck to you. I know pretty much how you feel. I’ve battled with my weight most of my life and especially as an adult. Just started WW online 2 weeks ago for the first time, so I’m still figuring out how things will work. I can say that over the past 7 years or so I’ve lost weight and then gained it back by simply getting into a good routine of eating less & better / exercising and then stopping that good routine. For me, actually changing my lifestyle and eating habits permanently have been way more harder than actually dieting (which is hard too). So, my goal now is to learn what I can live with and really and finally change those habits. Again, good luck untitled!
Reading all your words of encouragement, and knowing that I’m not the only one craving a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup at 3 p.m., really built me up today. I weighed in, I tracked all my points, and I’m going to bed knowing I was a good girl today. I’m taking one day, one hour at a time here.
untitled,
i have a weblog (hottstuff.jeannesweblog.com) where i wrote some pretty decent stuff about diets. you’ll have to go back to july 05 - back to the beginning - and then work your way up.
i wish you luck and the will power to succeed!
rock on!
my friend has told me about your blog…she loves it. she said…you should check her WW post! i have been on WW for about 10 months. i have lost between 55-60 pounds (i weigh in this friday). i have about 10 pounds until goal. starting this program was the BEST CHOICE i have ever made! i have many wonderful websites with tons of recipes. i have also found a fantastic message board if you are interested. if you want any of these sites just shoot me an email. also, if you ever want to bitch or celebrate…i’m always here too! 
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU! congrats on your first successful day of points tracking.
Good for you, untitled. You can do it. I am always available for affirmation and support. Take care.
Jeanne, I’ll make a point to swing by your blog tomorrow.
Kim, it’s good to have you as a new reader! Congrats on your weight loss — that is tremendous. I mean, my god, 60 pounds. I’d love hear more about your recipes and message board.
Shelli, thanks for your support.
My husband and I started Weight Watchers a few years ago and had great success with the program (he lost 60 lbs). If you’d like, I have tons of recipes (lots for foods that taste like you’re cheating, but you’re not!). Give a holler if you want any tips. My 3 biggest pieces of advice:
1. EXERCISE!!
2. Measure your food servings.
3. Switch vegetarian-substitutes (Boca) into your meals
Best of luck on making this change in your life. It isn’t easy, but once you get the hang of it, food doesn’t rule your life and you can cheat a little without falling off the wagon. My husband and I haven’t counted points for a long time our clothes still fit.
Crazed, I’d love it if you’d e-mail me those recipes. I love me some recipes!
Hubby and I started ww 3 weeks ago. He is down 12 lbs and Im almost at 10 (9.6) and I havent felt this good in a LONG time. Good luck with your program and keep us updated.
By the way…today is Hubbys B-day and I made him cupcakes. Choc cake mix and a can of diet coke (no oil, no eggs….just diet coke) 3 pts and I think Im in love with them……no lie.
If anyone here wants to share recipes Id love to see them too…..chicken and turkey can only go so far….
If I can do Weight Watchers anybody can. I’ve got plenty to lose (75+) and have lost 20 since the beginning of the year. Take your hilarious and biting attitude and don’t lose it. It will get you through all of the changes you are making for yourself. Frankly I went on WW because the thought of getting diabetes as I get older freaks me out! I don’t want to lose a foot because I like cookies too much. Not a fair trade if you ask me!