Here we are, first post! Today I joined Weight Watchers. At quarter of a century old it really is time to get this weight problem under control. I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. As I have gotten older I have gotten gradually heavier. And as far as I know it really has been a gradual thing. I didn't go from being a little heavy to very heavy in a years time. Actually now that I sit and really think about it, I think I had a pretty stable weight until I was old enough to drive. And since I was old enough to drive I was old enough to return pop bottles and beer bottles for my parents and pocket the cash. Which was then used to buy delicious Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers from the dollar menu at Wendy's (the place that my friends and I frequented almost every day of my senior year of high school). And then after graduation I moved in and out of my parents house. When I wasn't living at home I pretty much relied on fast food. I have never been much of a cook. During my childhood my dad did most of the cooking. I was never interested in sitting around and watching or trying to learn what it was he did. I think I was 18 before I even managed to make an actual meal (and by actual meal I don't mean macaroni and cheese with hot dogs or ramen noodles). It was Valentine's day and my then boyfriend and I decided to make chicken fettuccine alfredo (alfredo from a jar of course). Even now, at 25, I still don't really enjoy cooking. However, one of my goals for the next year is to teach myself how to cook but more on that later.
So Weight Watchers.... I have done this program before and I did enjoy it. But I wasn't very serious about it, probably because it was my parents paying for it. I have done a couple of other programs (Nutrisystem and LA Weight Loss) but none that I liked as much as WW. With WW you can pretty much eat whatever you want as long as you stay within your allotted points for the day. When I first did WW my roommate at the time was doing it as well and she and I went shopping with our WW Scanner app on our iPhones. We were there for 2 hours just going up and down aisles scanning food we liked, finding out the points per serving and deciding how to fit it into our meals. However, just because chips seem like a small 4 points doesn't mean it's a good idea. I'd rather save those 4 points and maybe treat myself to a fantastic little dessert instead. Oh, I should mention that I am doing WW Online. I have done the meetings but to be honest it didn't work out for me. I'm just really not into that kind of interaction and I hope I don't come off as a snob or hermit.
Now before I sign off I will uncomfortably share my current weight and my weight goal. I hope that putting this information out there I will keep myself in check. Because I want to be able to look back a year from now and see the information in black and white and hopefully watch that number go down!
Current Weight: 197
Weight Goal: 125
Daily Points: 29
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