Decisions

my FIRST decision was that I was far above a comfortable weight for myself
my SECOND decision was to do something about it
my THIRD was to join Weight Watchers
my FOURTH was to share my progress with you.

I decided on WW for several reasons. For one, I have known lots of people to go on it and find a bit of success with it. I didn't even look into it when I first heard, but then when I realized I had gained about 9lbs somewhere in the last 3 weeks I put the breaks on. How did this happen?! I just had a baby 8 months ago and I'm supposed to be going down a few sizes, not up One. So my husband mentioend WW again just to check out. I did.

The first thing that hung me in there was the testimonials and message boards. I am not too happy when I visit a website and read a testemonial from some perfect stranger and not have the ability to ask them questions. You can't possibly believe that success is real. With WW, you can talk to anyone , watch them reach there mini-goals, then go beyond that, etc. It makes perfect sense!

One other thing that really had me going was the varieties for a vegetarian - or anyone with specific diets they've practiced for years. I'm going on 14 years of the veggie diet and love it.

The kicker though: I had NO IDEA I was eating way too many calories per day. I really had that mentality that if I eat healthy foods and even healthier foods than that, I'd be alright. When I started looking into the points system and figuring out what I should be eating in order to actually burn calories instead of store them as fat - I was beyond shocked.

So, yes...this will be struggle. But I'm already winning this battle. I will do weigh-in's once a week so the pressure is ON.
I began pilates 1 month ago, so my results are a combination of diet, exercise and hopefully the proper amount of sleep - as that plays a HUGE part in all of this.

Last Thursday I just began this system and here's the results already!:
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May 29, 2008 Weight: 149-150
June 05, 2008 Weight: 142-143

That's a 7lb loss, folks! YIPEE! And what I absolutely love about pilates, aside from the fact that my arms are so sore i can hardly type right now, is that my love handles have nearly fully melted. Yes, I still look pregnant, but I'm working on that baby gut too.

Now that this is out there, the pressure will set in! Although, I think just focusing on myself I've done pretty well. I don't expect to lose 7lbs every week, but I think mini-goals will be about 1-2 (hopefully 2).

Here's to "sort of" starving....I mean working my butt off!

Cheers.