I was just writing a response to a blog, and I was writing --- "When I get back from a trip later this month, I'm going to go back to Weight Watchers....." and I looked at the calendar and realized they have an evening meeting Thursday evenings!! Why not tonight??? I could make the meeting tonight (to get my starting weight ugh) and I could make it next week; the following two weeks I could go where we will be staying!! Hmmmmmmmmm I think this is a plan!!!! I would also mean that I wouldn't eat anything else today since I like to, um, fast the day of my weigh in.
Lemme talk about that fast day. I was a member of weight watchers for about three years, meeting on Tuesday evenings. I recorded what I ate and within 8 months of joining I had reached my goal weight and did keep it off for about another two years. Each week, I made my meetings without fail, even going to meetings in other states when I was traveling. And each week, I fasted the day of the meeting to eke out the most possible weight loss. But there was another benefit. I found it refreshing to have a day where I didn't eat until after the meeting (I almost always ate the same thing -- rice/beans/sour cream from a favorite restaurant). I wasn't starving my body since I ate healthy food after the meeting; I was just not eating for about 24 hours (one evening meal to another one). And it really felt good!
So, that's the plan! I'll go to the meeting tonight and get my dreaded first weigh in and attend the meeting to get an emotional boost!! I know the plan, and I know I can follow it!! Wish me luck!!
posted @ Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:48 AM