Weigh In - 7/11/2007

My weigh-in day for Weight Watchers is Wednesday. I weighed in at 223.5. The slider rounds up to 2 pounds lost, but it was really a pound and a half.

I remember when I did WW years ago and there was a big 6 pound loss, followed by 4 the next week. I knew I wouldn't see that this time, since I had already been losing weight, but I sure wish I had. It is such a nice boost.

A healthy weight loss is considered 1-2 pounds per week, so I guess I am doing well.

Press on, I say.

At that rate, I would meet my goal by this time next year. Instead of 75 To Go, I would be 75 Gone!

Checking In

I'm still here and I'm still fat, but I'm also still on Weight Watchers, which is a good thing.

Today marks the last day of my first week and I have successfully stuck to the program. The Weight Watchers online is very, very cool, if you're into that sort of thing - gadgets, gizmos, technology, you know.

I weight in tomorrow, but I just started my period, so I am keeping my expectations low.

One thing that I have learned in doing this is that my diet is actually pretty good. In fact, if I had been eating this way all along, I would not have gotten fat. I wish had I learned sooner. Oh, well.

My problem is that I lived in excess so long that now there must be a period of deficiency to restore balance. I hate deficiency when it comes to eating.

At least I gotten away from the excess on my own over the course of the last year. I am feeling really good about that.

My advice, since you asked, is to start small. If you eat 2 eggs and 2 pieces of toast for breakfast, try cutting out one of each. Or one of one. Just cut back on something. Then, when you are used to that, cut back something else.

That is how I started and I lost 15-20 pounds over the course of a year doing only that.

Weight Watchers - Day 1

No, I am not going to list a WW update every day, but I wanted to say that today was my first day on the program and it went very well. I saved points for the times of day that I know I get the hungries and tried to stick to low points foods the rest of the day.

I did not feel deprived or hungry at all.

I even ended the day with a small bowl of ice cream!

New Plan

Change of plans.

My knee is really bothering me and I am very stressed out about it. I decided that I need to jump start my weight loss by joining Weight Watchers online. I'm processing my sign-up right now, as I type.

Here's my revised plan:

• Follow Weight Watchers
• Aim for 35 grams of fiber/day
• Aim for one glass of water per hour
• Do floor exercises that do not bother knee and hand weights daily.

I decided that Pilates was too much to start with, but I was talking to a friend who saw a show about really obese people and they mad mobility issues, so they had to do exercises in bed.

Anything is better than nothing, so I decided that on days that my knee really hurts, I will do weights and other exercises from my chair.