Most of the co-workers in the group didn't understand why I was there and usually questioned my decision publicly. Keeping my mouth shut about my "dieting" helped keep people calm and I usually hung out in the back of the WW meetings so people would leave me alone.
But now that I've lost 13 pounds and I'm fitting into some of the clothes I hung onto (pathetically) since high school I want to shout it from the roof tops. I'm so close to my goal that I can practically taste it.
Weight Watchers doesn't seem to be a real diet since I can still eat cupcakes, popcorn and chocolate, in moderation that is. WW has a point system, depending on height, weight and age you get a set number of points a day plus 49 extra points a week so you can have that Oreo cookie when the mood strikes.
It's been a really nice experience learning how to eat better. Before in the grocery store I never looked at the low fat or fat free items, but now that's all I ever buy. I try to buy the healthiest things possible which means that I had to train my taste buds to stop liking all the fat. We're even drinking fat free milk and that's more like white water.
On top of the grocery store we're doing bountiful baskets every week to get fresh produce and John and I have both really enjoyed it. It pulls us out of comfort zone sometimes when we get stuff I'm not use to cooking with.
In the beginning of WW I was having a really hard time with dinner so I went on a search to find good, healthy recipes and I came across my bible, skinnytaste.com. She makes the most delicious recipes and calculates the WW points for you. It has been my saving grace.
We tried most of her soups and pasta dishes and her cupcake recipes are all I ever use to bake with now. They don't taste "healthy" at all and I fooled John's co-workers with them, they all raved about them even more after I told them what was in them.
John has been extremely helpful and encouraging through this whole thing. He helped look up healthy recipes for his nights to cook and when I sent him to the store he always came out with healthy things. Even the King of Snacking asked if it okay for him to snack in front of me since he didn't want to make it harder on me. He deserves a medal for how supportive he was.
The 12 week Weight Watchers course at work has now ended, but I plan in keeping it up since I don't find it difficult. I dropped 3 pant sizes (Plato's Closet has been my shopping choice since I didn't want to shell out big bucks for clothes that would only fit for a few weeks) and I hoping to drop one more in the coming weeks.
My confidence has been soaring, I'm so much happier now and I'm also off my daily heartburn prescription which is saving me money. Weight Watchers is awesome and has really changed my life for the better. I hope to always eat healthier now and teach good eating habits to future children.
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