For a little while now I’ve been using Wednesday’s as my Weekly Weigh In Day. While I love Wednesdays as they are far enough from the weekend that I’ve been able to get rid of any extra salt that I consumed over the weekend, a change was proposed to me.
I got an email from a good friend of mine, we will call him B, saying that he really wanted to start going to actual Weight Watchers Meetings. I was a little torn, because I just started to really get into Sparkpeople. Knowing that 1-He was going to a particularly meeting with a leader (Wayne) who is famous in the Weight Watchers world in our area and 2-I’m still paying for Weight Watchers, made the choice pretty easy, plus Weight Watchers has and always will be my one true Weight Loss love. Saturday morning I got up and headed over to meet B for the 10:15 Meeting.
I haven’t been to a WW Meeting in probably 6-8 months. I switched over to E-Tools only last year after becoming incredibly frustrated with the WW Leader that was near the office I was in at the time. This might sound bad to some people, but hearing that she lost 17 pounds and kept it off for 8 years isn’t motivating to someone who had a total of 142 pounds to lose, just to make it into a “healthy weight range.” She wasn’t patient and she never had a good answer for me when my weight became stuck. She was always rushed and I just didn’t feel a connection with her.
I’ve been to this new leader (Wayne) before, years ago. I immediately felt a connection with him, but over time I felt like I could do it on my own. We all know where that has gotten me. It felt like coming home when I walked into Saturday’s meeting. He greets you at the door and bounces all over the place chit chatting with everyone prior to the meeting starting. His hour long session just flies by. He’s part WW Leader, part Jewish Father, part comedian. He brings real life into the WW Meeting, so it doesn’t feel like you’re standing up to say “My name is Scale Warfare and I am obsessed with cheetos.” Does that make any sense? Some WW Meetings can be incredibly dry and feel like AA for fat people. I can’t even begin to tell you how happy and motivated I felt when I left that meeting.
Wayne is on facebook and posts updates all day long, what he’s eaten, motivational little life stories (many of which are HILAROIUS) and he even blogs. Seriously, my WW leader is a blogger, how awesome is that?
I will tell you that the scale there is about 2.5 pounds higher than my scale at home (I weighed in at home in the clothes that I wore to the WW Meeting.) So I am going to hold off on posting about losses until the scale at WW catches up to where I am on here. I am still losing; it’s just a different scale. I don’t see it as a gain, so I am not going to post it as one. The scale at home is lower than it was last week, and that is a win in my book!
After I left Saturday’s meeting, I decided to make a promise to myself. I WILL hit all of the Healthy Guidelines (fruits and veggies, dairy, lean proteins, water, vitamin, exercise, whole grains, etc) EVERYDAY this week. Guess what? I have! I’ve also decided that I am going to eat my activity points, or at least close to them, everyday. Not only does it give me more motivation to workout (sure I’ll get on the treadmill for extra food, duh!) but I know from past experience that my weight loss tends to stall when I don’t eat enough.
Hopefully you aren’t too frustrated with me for making yet another change, but it feels so good and so right to me. I am still sticking with my 30 Day Challenge, this plan fits really well with that. I am mixing up the strength training though and using the 30 Day Shred 3 days a week to accomplish my strength training goals (Jillian knows how to kick my ass in a very painful and special way.)
Tata for now,
Scale Warfare
Make whatever changes necessary to insure your success. Whatever works for you. Your mind is the most powerful tool you have, so continue to visualize your success–use empowering photos to keep you on track and continue to keep up the great work! YOU CAN DO THIS!
You have to do what you need to do to lose weight. Sometimes change is just the thing you need to re-motivate yourself. Sometimes change is fun!
Glad that you have a leader you can connect with. It makes all the difference.
PS My WW scale was always higher than mine at home too. I hated that scale. LOL
That’s great to hear you’re heading back to the meetings! I just started WW 2 weeks ago and am having a hard time getting used to their Etools. I know I’ll get the swing of it soon, but I wish it were more user friendly!
I say make as many changes as you need to to keep seeing results. Shaking things up is never a bad thing, in my book.
I am looking forward to hearing some of the stories Wayne shares, if you plan on posting them on your blog. BTW – will you be writing about weigh-ins on Wednesday or Saturday?
I hit the Healthy Guidelines everyday (well, most days), and I love how balanced my diet is when I do.
I am really excited for you! You have a “real life” friend to do it with, you love your leader and you are already familiar with WW. Success is eminent! Good Luck!
I think changing things up keeps life interesting! Plus, your enthusiasm for this decision comes through loud and clear in this post. So good for you! I’m looking forward to hearing your stories about WW, meetings, and Wayne.
Ok, I’m definitely going to have to try out Wayne soon. Love your blog and look forward to following!!!