Day 2 - It's never too late to be what you might have been!!!

Today I woke up with an unusual sense of focus, for the first time in months. I actually woke up on time, rather than hitting snooze for an hour and dragging myself into work at 8:30. For me, when I start the day early, I am in a better mood, get more work done, and have a general good disposition for the remainder of the day. Today for breakfast I had green tea and Oatmeal. It’s funny because this is how I usually start the day, most of the horrible eating creeps in as the day progresses. I rarely start out the day eating an entire pizza…rarely. So I am going to get a personal trainer, compliments of my father who really wants me to shed some pounds. I have a meeting with the trainer on Thursday to discuss the plan of action. In my mind, the conversation goes something like this… Trainer: So it appears you have a weight problem, you should exercise, eat less, and then you will lose some weight. Me: Thank you for noticing, I do need to lose some weight, what do you say I get my ass moving and do some exercise? Trainer: Sounds like a plan. Who knows, the convo could get deeper, but I doubt it.


For lunch I had what I like to call a “classic lunch” A Lean Pocket and a banana, a granny smith apple and a can of delicious Lite Minute Maid Cherry Limeade, it is one of my favorite drinks!! And for a snack I had a 100 calorie pack, Chips a Hoy, and I have to say it was pretty good. I bought a couple books today on Amazon, about emotional eating and binging, hopefully there will be some “news I can use” in them. I have an appointment with my doctor to discuss counseling; I’m going to try to look losing weight in a different way this time…emotionally (counseling), nutritionally (weight watchers), and physically (my trainer). The weight loss trinity if you will. In all my other attempts I have done some combination of these three, but never all at the same time.


After work I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting. I have never been so excited about the prospect of gathering with other fattys to discuss how not to be fattys. I thought it might be funny to bring everyone delicious Krispy Kreme donuts since it was my first meeting, and you should never go to a new place empty handed. But since I was pressed for time, I guess the donuts will have to wait until next week. The meeting was great and it really got me psyched about eating healthy!!!. I am doing weight watchers with a friend from work so hopefully we can motivate each other to stay on the plan. The meeting atmosphere is very lively and social, so I think I’ll have fun going to weekly meetings. I will now become one of those people who is counting points, but the flexibility of WW will be easy for me to follow. (I hope). When I left the meeting I went walking with my Mom and little brother, we mostly discussed the Mavs, who are playing tonight. When I got home I had cereal for dinner. Not to bad, I think today went pretty well.