Maybe my best approach to this blogging thing is at least try to post on my weekly weigh-in days. I don’t seem to be very good trying to post more often than that. No excuses. It just is what it is.

Weigh-in this morning was 182. That is a total of 8 lbs since I rejoined Weight Watchers on September 9, 2009. So I am averaging about a lb a week. Last time I lost a bunch of weight (oh, kids, there is always a last time at my age) I averaged about a lb a week so I feel I am right on track.
I’ve been averaging 4 days at the gym – between Monday to Friday. If I can, I get there on day on the weekend as well, but sometimes life interferes. This past week I was planning to go on Sunday but ended up hemming drapes for the bedroom instead. Of course, in the bigger scheme of things probably being able to get a good night’s sleep because the drapes block out the huge lights from the construction crane across the road that shine Directly In My Eyes was probably the better use of my time.

A friend even asked me if I was losing weight last night. I haven’t noticed a difference, but it’s nice that someone has.

I won’t say this has been easy, but it also has been less difficult than I have anticipated. I’m wondering why and I have a few thoughts. One is that there is no idea of cheating on this journey. I have to take responsibility for what I eat and why. For example, there is a BIG drawer of Hallowe’en candy a few feet from my desk at work. Last week I looked at them, read the back label, and decided that 2 WW points was really too much for a treat. If they had been 50 calories or less I probably would have had one, but 2 points was too much. Yesterday I did decide to have one, an Almond Joy, and it was overwhelmingly, sickeningly sweet. Now I don’t have any urge to have more. Of course, if someone were to offered me Cheesies I would suggest they pull their hand back fast or they might lose a finger or two. The thing is that even if I wanted them - and I’m just waiting for the craving to go – I would just have some (and only some), take the points hit and move on.

There is freedom in having no forbidden foods.

Tomorrow I am off to my Doctor’s for the results from last month’s physical. Here’s hoping that everything is just peachy. Note to self. I have to remember to order the first dose of my Twinrex vaccine and have the nurse inject me while I’m there.