Weight Watchers Week 2 - One Day at a Time
Posted on Jul 15th 2009 11:00AM by Karla Carrington
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| Karla Carrington |
Yes, over the span of two days, I ate an entire box of vanilla wafers. They weren't even the good Nilla brand wafers, but a bootleg store brand.
Some foods I just need to be brought into a courtroom before a judge, with my hand and lips on a six pack of bibles and sworn to a death oath not to buy. Ever. An entire box later, Nilla brand and all its bootleg vanilla wafer cousins are banned from my house.
So how many Weight Watchers points is a box of vanilla wafers you ask? Well, I wonder too because I didn't count them. I know, I know, I know! It's too early to fall off the wagon. In spite of my antics, my meager efforts did net me a loss of 2.2 pounds, but I can't help but wonder how much more I would have lost had I really tried.
This week has been better. I started planning my meals ahead and promised not to eat anything that I don't write down. know the importance of journaling, and with Weight Watchers' online eTools, it's a snap. So why don't I do it like I should? Aww, damn! I'm scared to go back and not motivated enough to move forward. This sucks!
On Tuesday, just as soon as I start to pat myself on the back for doing so well, the devil shows up at my door. It's my boss' birthday and where do they put all the buttery goodness from Momofuko Bakery -- behind me! Now, this may have been my imagination, but I'm pretty sure those cookie boxes were glowing and a symphony of angels sang Ahhhhh when the lid was opened. Then again, maybe not. Either way, I very politely turned around and asked, "Would you mind moving those to another row?" I was honest by saying that those cookies would mean the death of my Weight Watchers day, and that I have no control. Somehow saying it out loud was liberating. The fact that they very quietly took the devilish goodness away made it even easier to stay true.
Right now, I need everything about this weight loss journey to be easy. I have gotten so many compliments that there's a part of me that says, "Weight loss, who needs it?" Then the other part screams, "YOU DO, DUMMY!" My meeting leader said last week that you will only win against weight loss one day at a time. Thinking of it in terms of longevity only hinders because we become overwhelmed. Those words helped me put it in perspective. If I make today a good day and not worry about tomorrow, I can focus on tomorrow's good day when it becomes today. Till then, one day at a time.
