Remember the old adage, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail?” Well, that was the case with me during weeks 3 and 4, so it is quite difficult for me to write this post, but it must be done. Accountability, right? I am sad and embarrassed to report that I did not attend my WW meeting last Saturday (Dec 27) or today. Not only that, but I allowed my holiday celebrations to get so far out of conttrol that I gained approximately 9 pounds during week 3, according to my scale (which is pretty closely in sync with the WW scale). What a wake up call! Now granted, it was mostly water weight/fluid retention (just as it was was when I lost it the first week), but it’s still a ridiculous gain nonetheless, so much so that I could not bring myself to attend my meeting last Saturday, knowing I had behaved so badly over the holidays. As for today’s meeting, I was all set to go when my Dad called to tell me that one of my cousins suddenly passed away yesterday at age 42 and they’re not quite sure why.. Needless to say, I am distressed over this and was in no mood to go to a meeting. I may write about this later, but it’s too painful at the moment.

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Well, it’s official. I completed my second week on WW yesterday, earning my third 5-pound star, as well has hitting the 5% (14 lbs.) mark (reduction of total body weight). This is nothing short of amazing. I say amazing because, not only did I manage to lose again this week (in the midst of this food-laden holiday season), but I dropped 6.2 pounds, bringing my two-week total to 16.4. That means $60 more added to the rewards fund. My goal was to lose between 3 and 5 pounds, so as you can imagine, I am dancing and singing in the streets right about now.

This is particularly great news in light of the fact that I decided to reward myself with wine and cheese last Saturday (Dec 6) in celebration of the 10.2 loss. Problem is, I was only supposed to have a couple of glasses of Merlot (8 oz. each), but they somehow multiplied into 4 glasses. I also had an 11 oz. (cooked weight, without the bone) T-bone for dinner on Wednesday evening. And that’s not all — on Friday, I had a generous piece of carrot cake at my office Christmas dinner (that’s in addition to my plate of salad, croutons and rotisserie chicken breast).

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I completed my first week on Weight Watchers (WW) and what a fabulous week it was; successful beyond my wildest dreams. My goal for this week was to lose between 3 and 5 pounds, so imagine how overjoyed I was to realise that I had dropped 10.2 (see photo above). Yep! That’s right people - 10.2 pounds! And for this feat, I actually received not one, but two five-pound stars on my first week. And just think, I haven’t even started my exercise regimen yet (the 8 Activity Points (APs) in my stats below are from doing housework — and I didn’t even use them). Simply awesome! Now mind you, I do realise that the majority of this weight loss is fluid and, dare I say — poo poo. I figure I probably lost somewhere between 3 and 4 pounds of actual fat, but that’s how it always starts for me; excess fluids and crap are always released first during the initial process.

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