I Am the Incredible Shrinking Woman

Over the past few years I had gained a lot more weight
than I was happy with.  I had tried a lot
of diets and exercise plans, but nothing seemed to work long term.  It
seemed like I was always able to lose about 10 pounds
and then I would plateau and give up.  Back in February, my company
decided to start a Weight Watchers at work program. 
We would have a Weight Watchers person come and run weekly meetings in our
office and the company would pay for half of the cost.

I had heard good things about Weight Watchers, so I decided I might as
well sign up.  I had decided to train for a half marathon in
January 2006 with some friends and I knew a large part of this would mean
losing weight.  A lot of weight.  Like 100 pounds.

So how has it been going?  Well, since February, I have lost 50 pounds! 
I've gone down 3 sizes.  I still have at least another 50 to go before I
get to my
goal weight, but I know I can do it.  I know that I can use the things
I've learned from Weight Watchers and apply them the rest of my life.
I'm very excited.  Jeff calls me a Weight Watchers evangelist because
whenever the topic comes up (and these days that's a lot, as people
notice how much weight I've lost and ask me about it) I extoll the virtues
of Weight Watchers.  Seriously though.  If you are looking
to lose weight it's a great program.  You don't even have to go to
meetings - you can do it by yourself online.

In college, when I was thinner (funny, I always used to feel *so* fat
in college, but when I look back at some of the clothes I've kept I can't
imagine fitting
into them!) I was a huge clothes horse.  Since gaining a lot of weight,
this habit of mine had been channeled into shoes and purses.  Now that I'm
losing weight,
I'm loving clothes shopping again.  As Jeff says, my losing weight might
be very bad for our budget.  Good thing I just got a raise. ;)

 

Last
5 songs played on my iPod:
La Descarga del Bobo -
Willie
Bobo

Always Wanting You - Merle
Haggard

Lousiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Conway
Twitty and Loretta Lynn
All My Exes Live in Texas - Whitey
Shafer

Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key - Billy
Bragg, Wilco, and Natalie Merchant