I'm back.

I decided to stop wasting all the energy I was using to complain and use it to better myself. I decided yesterday to go to a WW meeting. I'm so glad I did, although the weigh in wasn't pretty. :( I forgot how great a good meeting and leader (stop laughing Brian) could be. My old meeting was convenient because it was at a WW center, but it wasn't that personal kind of meeting. It felt like a lecture hall. This was different. Its only once a week so I can't keep pushing off weigh-ins til tomorrow like I did at the WW Center. Meetings are held in a church hall. There's something warm and inviting about a church hall. We sat at tables instead of rows of chairs. Its amazing how conversations just spark up when you're staring across at someone. With all this chatter I heard all the new food everyone tried over the past week and if they were good or not. I heard of different ways people got their exercise in. I LOVE my leader. He's probably my age and he's kinda funny, but is super supportive. Instead of the "me" stories other leaders have told in the past or the fake "yeah's!" when people annouce their losses, he walks right up to that person and asks, "how did you do it?" and "how do you feel now?" Amazing. No one asks the how do you feel now. A woman hit her 75 pound loss last night and you could see real emotion from her when he asked how she felt now. She said she never ever thought she could loose that much weight. She went on to say, she knows if she could lose 75 pounds she could stay on plan. That same woman said she comes to meetings because she likes all the "new, excited members." Sounded dumb to me at first, but she went on to say members that have been on plan for a long time just want to kick the plan to the curb because it gets hard, but the new members excitement encourages her to try to be just as excited and on plan as the newbies. I think there's some truth to that.

I came on a perfect night too. The subject was all about moving, exercise and why we hate to do both. My leader made a good point....WW isn't training us to be 5K runners. All WW asks is for some movement. Sometimes I think my activity points have to be 30 min on the treadmill or something. But standing instead of sitting burns more calories. He said walking the stairs during each commercial during a 60 minute show can be equivalent to walking 1.5 miles. Housework. Playing with the kids. Anything, just move. He had an equation on the board:

E=MF

Exercise = More Food

Why didn't I think of that? Just call me Capt. Obvious.

After the meeting I went to Staples and found myself a perfect steno notepad to journal as well as a "Mom's" calendar. Its a weekly calendar that has a spot to list all the meals planned for the week as well as a rip out grocery list. How great is it to plan your meals and your grocery list at the same time. I could do it on normal paper, I know, but this is more exciting. I'm definitely more excited to cook. I also found this website that has WW recipes. Cookbooks are sometimes overwhelming to me, so this is a much easier read.

So I really have a positive attitude. Maybe the most positive since my first go round with WW years ago. I pray it continues.