Da Curious

i joined weight watchers at work recently and my first meeting was yesterday. yes that's right, i am in weight watchers and am not ashamed to admit it here on this blog. im not even really quite sure why i joined. all i know is i was talking to one of my co workers about it and how the meetings were and counting points and poof the next thing i knew both me and another co worker had both signed up. this is what ive learned so far in just my two days being on this thing.

for one, it's a twelve week program with a meeting every wednesday during lunch hour at work. a very cheery skinny girl shows up to weigh you while we all line up like cattle with everyone giving the obgliatory atm space so our weight is "confidential". so basically my whole excuse of i have no idea how much i weigh since i never weigh myself is completely thrown out the window now. not only will i know how much i weigh but ill also get a weekly update. can anything be more horrible?

depending on what your starting weight is, you get a set amount of points to eat everyday. seeing how i weigh under 150 pounds yes amazing isn't it im allotted 20 points a day with 35 additional points a week to use however i want. sounds easy enough doesn't it but who has the time to sit down and look through their little book to figure out how many points everything is. but i did it. i sat my ass down yesterday and wrote down everything that i ate and came up with how many points i consumed in a day and i came out to 18. sounds great right?

but you see the thing is yesterday all i ate was a cup of coffee for breakfast, a grilled chicken pita, small cup of minestrone soup, bag of baked lays potato chips, a diet coke (which is zero points mind you) for lunch but as i was so busy at work, i didn't even get to eat my lunch till 3pm and then when i finally got home around 10pm i was too tired to eat dinner so i made do with a small piece of brownie and a string cheese. all of this amounted to 18 points. yups even though i didn't eat breakfast or dinner i only had two more points to spare. no wonder people lose weight on this thing, im going to be starving for the next three months!

the good thing is i haven't quite felt the effects of my hunger yet as i knew id be starting my program on wednesday so i made sure to eat a big ass piece of steak at ruth chris monday night and then gorged myself on chinese food tuesday night. so i think im still coasting on the remnants of that but come one week from now, either ill be one hungry, crabby girl or i would of given up on this plan all together.

the thing is, i feel like i could get addicted to this whole point counting thing. not saying i think ill make it this whole twelve weeks because come on now, we all know i love food too much but much like how im addicted to inputting my expenses every night to my spreadsheet, i could potentially get addicted to this too. i already kind of look forward to seeing how many points everything is and then writing it down in my little book and if anything, this might curb my drinking as one glass of wine is already four points.

im even bringing my starter packet that i received with me on the plane so i can be sure to study up so i don't fall behind since i missed last week's lesson. im not really sure what i want to get out of this as supposedly my target weight loss is 10% of my current weight but honestly i haven't been at that weight since high school so i think that's pretty damn near impossible. if anything maybe ill learn portion control such as today i learned that what i normally would of ate for lunch is close to 15 points, essentially all i can eat in a day. ridiculous isn't it?

as it's only week one i won't think too much into it and besides, i must get off to the airport now as ill be flying to detroit for work for the entire weekend. im sure ill have a pretty hard time sticking to my plan working 16 hour days but pigs can fly can't they?