New Week 1

You might not know this, but I'm the Queen of "Starting Over". I do badly a few weeks at anything, and BAM! I've decided to take a do-over. Now this might sound like a positive thing, except I generally take my do-overs a third, fourth, fifth, or HUNDREDTH time. 

Yep. Queen right here, y'all. 

I'm determined to make this time different, though. I started Weight Watchers again back in November, a week before Thanksgiving. I rocked it a few weeks and then fell off...and never truly got back on. Sure I did fine a couple of weeks here and there. Mostly, though, it's been five months of dreading my weigh-in, feeling guilty about going over my points for the week, and making excuses. Well...no more. 

Yesterday was my "new" first weigh-in. I know it doesn't change the past; I'm still using my original starting weight. And I am down about 7 lbs from that. The point is, I'm making a resolution to track every bite, get my activity in through my Active Link, & attend meetings. That's right...I'm considering myself a Weight Watchers newbie again. 

I know you're wondering what sparked this change. Well, of course, it's an event. As I've mentioned before, I travel a lot for my job. I've had a good many meetings this month, and at every one I'm the "fat girl". I'm tired of it. There are a lot of things going into that I would prefer not to get into on a blog, but let's just say I want some positive attention for a change. Anyway, I have something called the "Governor's Conference on Tourism" in August. I know I probably can't hit my ultimate goal, but I want to lose as much weight as I can (in a healthy way) by that time. Plus, my birthday is in August, and what a birthday present! 

Now that's not my sole motivation for losing weight. I have a TON more...that's just what lit a fire under my butt this time. So hopefully I can keep this motivation going and surprise EVERYONE (including myself) in August!