You’ve probably heard the saying, "When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear". Well, I guess that I’m ready to lose my last pregnancy (yeah, right…my "baby" is 13 months) pounds — and the "teacher" has appeared in the form of Weight Watchers (?!)
I know — I couldn’t believe it either. So here’s what happened. Every three months, I evaluate the last three months and make specific goals for the next three months. (Since my finance days, I’ve been stuck on a "quarter" system.) Anyway, as I examined the various areas of my life, I felt like (as far as the things that are within my control) things were pretty much on track/going as planned EXCEPT my goal to "be at my pre-baby "fighting weight" before I turn 35 on May 21st".
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have no outside motivation to lose this last bit of weight. In fact, my mom and husband are like "you might lose your butt if you lose any weight". Well, I’m willing to take that risk!
So, as I was renewing my resolve to lose the weight, I received an invitation to a Weight Watchers event focusing on achieving "a healthier lifestyle that works for you". I figured it couldn’t hurt to get a few tips on the food front (since I’ve decided to go back to what worked for me in the past exercise-wise — Tae-bo). I’m so glad that I went. Weight Watchers is not (only) the program that I was vaguely familiar with. For one thing (and I apologize in advance to any Weight Watchers), I thought that it was primarily for extremely overweight people. It turns out that it is for them, but it’s also for people trying to lose 5+ pounds (like me!). The other two things that I liked were:
1. They now have an online program in addition to the traditional weekly meetings. I am not a meeting person, so I would never commit to attending meetings. I am a computer person, so I like the online option. In my mind, with this option I’m only accountable to myself!
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2. They now offer two different food plans – flex and core. The flex plan is what I associated with Weight Watchers (counting points). That’s great for a lot of people, but I’m just not into counting calories, however it’s packaged. I do like their core plan where I can eat as much as I like (within reason of course!) of low-calorie foods.
So, for the next three months, I’m going to be trying their online program. I’ll let you know how it goes. Who knows? Perhaps I’ll meet my birthday goal after all. (In any event, I’ll be healthier based on the effort!)
