Uncertainty and Me

Wow - I can't believe it's been this long since I've blogged.  It's not really surprising considering how crazy things have been (Christmas, work, more work and even more work). 

I made an interesting and rather amazing discovery about myself since I've last written....I don't do well with uncertainty.  A case in point - I've been on Weight Watchers (on and off - mostly WAY off) since May of '05.  I've always done on-line, except for a brief stint of going to meetings. 

When I first started doing the program, my sister was doing it as well.  While I was doing it on-line, she was going to meetings and was kind of advising me as I was figuring out the program.  She and I both wore pedometers and used them to count our steps.  She told me that whenever she clocked 2000 steps on her pedometer (which should be about a mile), she would give herself an activity point.  Sounded good to me, so I did the same thing.  After a couple of months (and lots of weight loss), I heard from several different sources that I shouldn't be counting my pedometer steps towards activity.  Which plunged me into uncertainty - should I count them or not?  And IF I count them, HOW should I count them?  (Can you tell I'm an accountant?)

Weight Watchers revamped their program very recently and included a step counter.  You can plug in your steps and it will calculate your activity points.  Lo and behold, I feel like I know what I'm doing again, so I'm completely back on track.  Back on track to the point that I've finally slipped below 180 and am feeling really good about it.  I just needed to know what to do. 

I'm also discovering the same thing about my job (which stinks right now in almost every way).  The business isn't doing well, the owners are stressed out and it's hard to say if the company will survive.  I feel more than a little obligated to stick it out, because the owners would completely freak if I left.  But staying is pretty miserable, too.  Well, a little bird told me that the owners are planning to sell the company, but can't do it for another year-and-a-half.  But just knowing what is going to happen has made me feel a lot better, even if it means that ultimately I'm out of a job.  I can put up with a bad situation for that long, I know it's not forever, so I feel better than I've felt in a long time.

<contented sigh>

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season! 

New WW...

I stopped going to the meeting back in Nov. I heard that they revamped it...it is really better?? Sounds like it from your post!

We have similar goals!

Hi!  I've noticed that you're weight loss goals are similar to mine so I wanted to say hello and that I'm happy to know that we are in this together.  I did WW several years ago and did lose a good amount of weight.  I actually made it to Lifetime Maintenance.  Unfortunately, I seemed to always be starving and, of course, that eventually led to disaster.  I swore that I would never let myself gain all that weight back but "here we go again".  Being a "diet guru" I have dieted until my metabolism is fairly nonexistent.  Knowing that, I recently (12/16) started "Doctor's Diet Program" which prescribes phentermine to assist with weight loss.  They recommend a low carb eating plan (which, after much research, agree that this is the best way to eat) along with exercise.  This is the 3rd day of taking a half pill and it really has started to help me.  I can stick with the program so much easier.  I am a healthy person (albeit overfat) and was concerned with the possible side effects of the phentermine.  They took bloodwork and vital signs and will continue to monitor my health thoughtout my weight loss.  I had to decide whether the possible side effects of the drug were lesser/greater than the long term effects of being overfat.  This has GOT to be the right thing for me because, as my blog says, I will be turning 49 this Sat. 12/23.  That leaves me one year before I hit that BIG number  and I don't want to start that phase of my life being overfat when all I've wanted throughout my life was to continuously be a healthy weight.  Anyway, thanks for listening, and I will stay tuned to how you are doing for inspiration!!.