So I went to the meeting and filled out my paperwork. They took my height, and I’ve grown taller! I’m not sure I believe this, but apparently I am 5’5” now! For as long as I can remember I was 5’3.5” and then every so often people were measuring me at 5’4”… not that I have the tendency to ask people to randomly measure me or anything! But they definitely notated me as 5’5”; maybe my bones are elongating- clearly from all the extra milk I’ve been drinking. I’ll have Rob measure me later this week and see what he gets for my height.
I would add a cute little image of the scale and its weight like my friend and fellow blogger Jason Shand does, but as any other weight watcher will know, you never see the weight on the scale, just whatever they print in your book. It’s good and bad. It’s good because that means no one else can see it but the person who works there, but bad because your mind starts to play tricks on you. “I gained a pound this week?! It must have been because I didn’t greet the lady working behind the counter with a giant grin. She tweaked the numbers!” It’s never because you decided you deserved two slices of cake at your nephew’s birthday party!
So you’ll just have to take my word for it. Which should be good enough since if I were going to lie I’d have said my initial weigh in was 120lbs! At least I’m honest… So, my starting weight is, 222.4. Lucky number 2, I guess. I can’t argue this number though, it’s about 5 lbs heavier than my scale at home, so it’s about spot on.
I drank 2 cups of coffee
And at the time of weigh-in I was wearing:
- sweatpants
- t-shirt
- bra
- underwear
- socks
- sneakers
- Pair of sunglasses (on top of my head- that I forgot about!)
- 2 Pairs of Earrings (diamond studs not shown)
- 3 rings
- A watch and a bracelet
One would question why I would take notice of every little thing I was wearing, or wear so much for that matter. I figure if I get weighed in at the same time every week, in the same stuff- it should pose for a pretty accurate number. And that’s why I’ve taken inventory!
So Weight Watchers has changed a little since I have been there last, nearly a decade ago. They still use a point system, which is nice and easy to understand and put into play. They still promote drinking water and tracking everything you eat. They also promote getting physical exercise nearly every day of the week. It’s all the key ingredients to a healthy lifestyle program. Some of the flaws I felt Weight Watchers had in the past was that realistically, you could eat cake all day long, as long as you kept it in your daily point intake, and then just munch on 0 point lettuce and veggies the rest of the day. Not exactly the healthiest way to go about nutrition! Now, however, they have addressed this issue. Now you use your daily points to calculate “nutritious” foods only, and you check off any “filling” foods- foods such as lean meats, fibrous foods, fruits and vegetables. Any food that is not nutritious gets checked off from your “weekly points allowance”. You get 35 of these points every week to use at your own discretion. However, that butter on your toast, is not nutritious, so you best be checking off a couple points under your weekly points allowance! Interesting concept, huh?
I’m curious to see how this goes over the next month or two. I never mentioned to anyone there that I have been “altered”. That is, that I have had bariatric surgery. That is, that I have a miniature belt permanently cinched around my internal stomach to keep me from eating as much and from being hungry as quickly. I’m not ashamed of my surgery; I just am somewhat of a private person. Yes, me, Shrinking Lily, she who puts all of her emotions and experiences out there for all the world to read in an online blog. In person, I am more private- trust me, if I could see your faces right now, I may not be as open! I figure I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. If I start dropping astronomical numbers every week and they start questioning me about it, I will fess up. Until then, that’s between me, my surgeon, and all of you guys!
I am glad I went to Weight Watchers today though. It was nice to be around other women and men who are also trying to lose weight. It was nice celebrating weight loss victories with others, and along with a couple of other newcomers being welcomed by the group. It feels like a supportive bunch and the meeting leader is everything my friend talked her up to be! Each day is a new beginning and I will own it no matter what.
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