First Week's Successes

Well, the First Week of WW is done! Yay! It can only go down from here....the weight I mean! I am very happy to report that I lost a whopping 3.2 pounds. My friend Bernie, whom I met last week, lost 5.6 pounds. Grr, I am jealous, but I am also very happy for her.



She and I are in the same boat. Last weeks meeting was first for both of us. We both had hit the proverbial bottom (or top of the scales). We admitted to each other that we were near tears with how low our self-esteem was, how horrible we felt in our fat bodies. Last week I dressed in a well-worn t-shirt, shapeless bra, ripped jeans, she came dressed in jeans and a frumpy, bulky sweatshirt. We dressed the way we felt, blah, frumpy.



This week was something new. I felt more confident and pretty. I dressed up a little, wasn't hard to go up from where I was last week. Funny thing, so did she. We both were smiling and happy and gushing about how the first week went. Some might call this the honeymoon stage, and it probably is. The hard part will be staying on track in the weeks and months to come.



I am doing this for me. to feel better about how I look and feel. Something our meeting leader Kourtney said today that I think will be this week's mantra - "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" I don't know about that, I haven't been skinny in so long and a Big Mac would be really, really tasty tonight. Speaking of Kourtney, she gives us weekly things to think about and do. tonight's lesson was to ask for help. Help on this journey of weight loss.

Who do I ask for help?



My poor husband is sick, stressed out from work that he is going to lose his job if the ballot levy doesn't pass, worried about feeding his family, so I don't want to ask too much of him. Thankfully, though, he is being very supportive and not unintentionally (or intentionally, haha) trying to sabotage me. He is proud of me for doing this, the only thing is he doesn't want me to lose my ta-ta's!

I talk to my best friend, Lori and my mother almost daily. They are great sources of encouragement and are already helping me.

So, who do I ask for help? I pondered to myself. Then it came to me, I'm going to share this blog with more people and ask the people I share it with to help encourage me in my successes and pick me up when I have my setbacks.

So, if you are reading this, please post a comment or reply and keep them coming!

Next blog - who know? I'm sure I will have something to say.....