The Plunge

I took it today. I was anxious to start, so after my dentist appointment that I sat and waited an HOUR after my scheduled time for, I headed on over to the Weight Watchers center and signed up.

Maybe it was that I was already in a bad mood from having to wait so long at the dentist's or maybe it was that after the leader handed me my card and I saw the number dreadfully close to my starting weight over a year ago, but I sat there thinking, "What the heck am I doing here?"

The meeting was made up of mostly older women who knew each other or had been attending together long enough to become friends. Well, these ladies just bugged the crap outta me! They had a comment or a joke after almost every sentence the leader spoke and then they'd all laugh and carry on. At one point during the meeting, one woman was holding another woman's jewelry while she weighed in and another woman spotted it and had to proclaim out loud just how beautiful it was and they proceeded to pass the jewelry around so that everyone could admire it!

Huh?

Meanwhile, the leader tried to maintain some structure and carried with the lesson  about dancing and how dancing makes us feel good and burn calories and let's all find a dance class in the community.

I left in near tears.

I shoulda waited til tomorrow.

So, I don't know what I'm going to do now. I am going to follow the program. Getting the new materials did motivate me to get going, but I'm really disappointed that I didn't enjoy the meeting. I'd always gotten something out of them before.

So, that was my experience today. Darn. I had such high hopes. Stupid Monday.

*Hugs*

Sorry that your meeting sucked for you  I've done WW before, at home, online, and meeting at work. You know what the meetings were the worst for me. The new program (I did the old one a few years ago as well) was great for recipes but oh-so-fandangled about exercise. I just wanted plain walking and maybe gym stuff. I felt like I should have been doing stuff that I just wasn't interested it. 

Do you have the option of WW online or at home? I did the at home one and really liked being accountable and feedback but without the pressure of other people. If not..do you have other meeting options?

It is good to have a buddy to help with weight loss, but a husband..it's like preparing extra meals for a kid..no help much

((hugs))

Oh honey I am so sorry that your first day at WW didn't go as you hoped it would. It will get better. Hang in there!

Give It To Me!!

RIGHT NOW...GIVE ME THAT stick you are using to beat yourself up!!!  Reach out and take this magic wand that I have brought to you to bring some happy thoughts and feelings into your life.  OK

Honey, I just read back over some of your post for the last few weeks and you have had absolutely no mercy on yourself.....give yourself a break....

You are YOU and that YOU is a wonderful loving, caring person but lately you have been holding yourself to a "whipping post". 

Time to step back, embrace yourself and start daily finding nothing but good things in yourself and there is PLENTY of them.

My prayers are for you to find that peace and happiness.  Blessings my friend.  Chargail

Little cake beside your name...

...tells me it's your birthday!

I hope and pray you have a wonderful day my friend!!!