I went. I weighed. I lost.

4.6 pounds this week, baby!  Oh yeah!!  Who's your daddy now?  You know it's me!!

Oh, I can not tell you how good it felt to see that on my weight tracker this morning at Weight Watchers.  4.6 pounds!  Woo Hoo!

But equally exciting is this:  I am now OFFICIALLY closer to 200 pounds than 300 pounds, my friends.  Yes, I am!

I am at 249 lbs.  I have finally tipped the scales....well, tipped them down I guess...into the next smaller tens' place.  Yea for the changing digit in the tens' place!

Let me reminisce for a minute and think about the last time I was 249 pounds....
It must have been sometime in the summer of 2006, right before I got pregnant with Lily.  Wow, 4 years!  I haven't been this size for 4 freaking years.  That's amazing.  Sad, yes.  But also amazing.

And today I also realized that I need some new clothes.  All of my pants are now "baggy assed" and look somewhat ridiculous on me.  I got a gift card to Kohl's for my birthday (thank you, Tash!), and I think it's about time that I go and use it.  Maybe I can get a couple of things that I can't slide off without unbuttoning.  And then maybe Lily will stop de-pantsing me on accident, because that can be embarrassing in the middle of Wal-Mart.....er...not that I would know.

And other good news...

I have a real-life-honest-to-goodness-save-a-seat-for-me Weight Watcher buddy!  For 2 1/2 years I've gone to these meetings, and though I might get a smile from someone I recognize, I've never really gotten to know anyone personally there.  You may not believe it, but I really am painfully shy and it takes a long time for me to come out of my shell.  I'm a timid turtle, I guess.  Ooh, that sounds like it should be a children's book:  Timmy, the Timid Turtle.  Don't steal that...dibs!

Last week I saw someone I actually KNEW at Weight Watchers.  She worked at my dentist's office, and was my favorite dental assistant (and I'm not just saying that because she may be reading this...she really was my fave, and I would get pretty upset if I got stuck with another girl during my visits.  No lie.).

Lo and behold, there Julie was last week with her hubby, and I was SO very excited to see a face that I recognized.  And then BONUS!  Today I get to Weight Watchers and she has saved a seat for me.  That could not have been an easy task because the meeting I go to is super-duper crowded.  People even sit on the floor sometimes because there aren't enough chairs. 

In my head I am imagining that she had to fight people off, and stood with the chair above her head saying, "I claim this chair in the name of France!  And my friend, Dorian.  So back off, sucka!" 

That probably didn't happen though.

Yeah....probably not.
But I felt that excited when I got there and saw a seat just for me!  It was a good feeling.

And then the meeting was awesome, too, so double score for me this morning.

Becky, the most rockingest (according to spell check I just made that word up...I guess that means I'll have to use it more often and lobby for it to get into Webster's....anyway, I digress)...Becky is the most rockingest Weight Watchers leader ever.  She's really funny, and she has the best facial expressions.  She amuses me, and apparently, everyone else since people are even sitting on the floor to be in her meetings.

Usually, she's very happy-go-lucky, laid-back, I-hear-what-your-problem-is-and-I-support-you-ish...
But every once in awhile, it's like she gets tired of all the moaning, groaning, complaining and excuse making that we Weight Watchers do, and she gets very honest with us.

Painfully honest.

She said something this morning that really struck me.

She was talking about tracking what we eat, and how that is the #1 most important thing for weight loss in any program, and that research proves that people who track what they eat honestly and consistently will lose weight.

And then she said, "If you know this is the #1 most important thing for you to be doing to lose weight, then WHY AREN'T YOU DOING IT?"  That was pretty forceful for Becky.  But then she went on to say, "If you aren't committed to doing this one thing that you know will work, then you are just wasting your time."

And you know what?  She's darn right.

So this week's goal is to track everything.  Even if I have to lie guesstimate...I will write it down.  Even if I'm not proud of it....I will write it down.  Even if all my points for that day and the next...I will write it down.

And next Saturday I'm going to have it printed out, and I'm going to hand it to my Weight Watcher buddy and say, "I did it."  I may even get a high-five.  :O)