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Monday Morning Weigh In #1
I was as skinny as JR when I was a kid. Then adolescence hit--finally--when I was about 14, and I've never been skinny since.
It wasn't until my mid 20s that it became a real problem. And having 2 kids in my 30s made it worse.
Now, at 46, I weigh about the same as I did when I was pregnant with JR, 9 years ago. And that's not good at all. Not just for the esthetics but for more important reasons. Health issues.
We have a history of high blood pressure in the family. My father has had a heart attack, bypass surgery and now has a defibrillator. The last time I went to the doctor my blood pressure was too high and the last time I had my cholesterol done it was way too high as well.
So losing weight isn't just to make me like the way I look in the mirror--which I don't, especially in ballet class. It's to make me a healthier person.
I've never wanted to do Weight Watchers. It seemed too regimented, too complicated. I'm just not a follow-the-rules sort of person.
But I looked into it this week and found out that it's actually the sort of thing I really can do.
I'm not limited to what foods I can eat--no no-carbs nonsense, or anything else that's faddy.
I can add in my own recipes and figure out the points. And the points themselves just means meal planning, something I already do that most of the time anyway.
It worked when I had to go out to lunch with the other managers on Thursday. It works at dinner time with my family--I'm just measuring what I eat a bit more carefully and not having seconds. And truthfully, that's what I ought to be doing anyway, with or without Weight Watchers.
And I'm NOT hungry all the time! In fact, I feel LESS hungry between meals, and less tempted to eat. Weird but true....
This is NOT going to turn into a diet blog. But I am going to keep track of my progress here, so that I have to stick to what I'm doing.
I've stuck to ballet class for years. I've blogged for almost 5 years.
I can do this too..............
