Yowza - I need to stop playing around and do something

[Guest guest]

I've been pretending all along. I think I'm trying to lose weight but I'm not really working at it. I post occasionally, but I don't have any wisdom. In the few instances where I do post, I don't even follow my own advice. I will follow a food plan for maybe 6 hours. It just seems hopeless at times. My WW leader dropped 25 lbs, got to goal, quit, came back several years later and lost 30 lbs. She's a leader and she's very good, she truly believes what she's doing, she's sensitive to those who have so much more to lose. Even though she hasn't lived it herself, I believe she does understand because she's had several members drop over 100 lbs, and she was there for the whole thing.

On Friday, a bunch of us at work went out, at my suggestion, to a local landmark, for dogs and burgers and pounds of fries. I figured, sometimes I can skate these through on weigh-in. Not this time.

I gained 4 lbs this week. Now some of that is eating fries 20 hours before a weigh-in. But some of it most certainly is not.

I have done meal plans for this week, taking several meals out of a WW cookbook. I bought a bike helmet two weeks ago, but haven't been back on the bike.

Being Irish, tomorrow is a big day (grin). I'm working a half-day then going over to Mom's assisted living where we are putting on a presentation. Husband will give me a ride to work because in addition to the normal stuff, I will have the laptop and case, speakers, possibly the family heirloom statue of St. , Irish Soda bread for the office, you get the idea.

However, I need to get off my --- and really DO something, not just post about it, or comment on it at the meeting. I need to "walk the talk".

I will post again tomorrow, about what I did today to move me forward on this path.

Eileen in OR