Weight Watchers

During my pregnancy I was pretty good about gaining weight. I started my pregnancy with a few extra pounds so my doctor didn't want me to gain too much weight. By the end I only gained 21 pounds. It would have been 24 but I got REALLY sick a few days before I delivered my baby - that's all you need to know. By about a week or two after given birth I had lost 13 of those pounds. Just 8 pounds to go!!! Unfortunately for me I started having these starving feeling. I just couldn't eat enough, I was always hungry. So I began to eat a lot and the weight started piling on. Of course I didn't weigh myself so I was in denial as to the extent of the damage.

When I went to my ob/gyn a few months later I had regained all of my pregnancy weight and more! I was upset and began thinking about starting a diet but didn't really do anything about it. At Thanksgiving I saw my cousin and his wife who had both just lost a lot of weight recently by joining Weight Watchers. Harvey and I decided that maybe it would be a good idea for us to start it too (he gained a little more than me during my pregnancy).

I spoke to a coworker, Mary, about how I was going to join and another coworker happened to also mention that she wanted to join too. Mary decided that maybe we should have it at work. I called Weight Watchers and got the pricing info and Mary spoke to our boss. He agreed that not only could we have it at school (I don't know if I ever mentioned it but I work in the business office of a private school) but that the school would also pay for it! I was so excited. Mary and I got a large group of interested people together and began the program.

It has been six weeks and I lost a lot of weight. My goal was to lose 10 pounds by the time of the wedding. I had five and a half weeks from the time that I started until the wedding. By the end of the fourth week, I had lost 10.6 pounds and by the end of the fifth week it was 13.2 pounds. I think that I am one of the people that had lost the most at my school.

Since I have really been good, my treat was that I would allow myself to really pig out at the wedding. I was so excited because they had a sushi bar (I love sushi but don't have it a lot) and I just kept eating at the buffet. I knew that I would put on a few pounds from it but it was worth it. After stuffing myself at the buffet, I could barely eat any of my meal. I was really full and I think that it has to do with my new eating habits since I have really been watching my portions more carefully. Now, I eat almost everything I did before but I watch how much of it I eat. I will not be weighed this week or next week since the school is closed (the business office still has to work but no teachers are here) - so we cancelled the meetings. This week was busy for me but I might try to go to an actual meeting at a Weight Watchers location next week. I know that I might have gained a little back but I still feel good.

So my first goal is to get to my pre-pregnancy weight. After that I would like to lose another 20 pounds but if I at least get to my first goal I will be happy. Weight Watchers usually sets a goal weight with you after you have reached your 10% goal, which I haven't met yet so I guess we will see what they say.

I think that I am going to put a weight loss bar so that everybody can see how I have been doing.