Weigh-in: Week 3

I lost another 1.6 lbs. this week.  Not quite what I was hoping for, but still pretty respectable.  I'm now 1/4 of the way to where I want to be by the end of the year.  The going will probably be a lot slower, but I'm going to do my best to stay on track.  Hopefully in a week or two I'll be able to drop another Point from my daily allotment.

Total pounds lost:  10.2

I knew it!

The apartment was kind of nasty when I moved in.  The floors were dirty, there was some pretty colorful growth in the tub (along with at least half an inch of water caused by a large amount of hair that was blocking the drain), the countertops were dirty, etc.  My first couple days were spent getting the place in order.  My roommate had described herself as a "clean" person in our correspondence, so this was not what I had been expecting.  I thought that perhaps the person whose room I was taking was responsible for the mess, but it would have been quite difficult to achieve in the short period of time between my roommate's departure and my arrival.

Anyway.  One of the first things my roommate said to me after I got back from work, was, "I've never seen the apartment this clean."  I was tempted to reply, "Yeah, well, it wasn't that hard," but managed to bite back everything after "yeah, well."  But really -  how hard is it to wipe down the countertops and table when they're dirty, and sweep and vacuum the place once a week?  Break out the mop occasionally?  Spray the shower with those little bubbly guys?  Hmmm?  I am not a tidy person, but even I can manage that.  She's probably a very nice person, and we'll probably have a lot in common, but I knew she wasn't clean!

On a related note, my roommate seems not to have cleaned her (large amount of) old food out of the fridge/freezer, and has simply dumped a ridiculous amount of new stuff in there with no regard for what she already has, or the fact that I need some space to store my food, too.  I may have to promote a fridge clean-out soon, just so I can have room for my relatively few and generally compact foodstuffs, without having to dig through all her junk (Really, 36 eggs?  In addition to the dozen that have been in there since May (at least)?  She'd better be baking up a freaking storm.).

She also brought a bunch of stuff to add to the silly amount of stuff she already has here (clothing, hats, books, board games, etc.).  Keep in mind, this person will (presumably) be moving out of this apartment after she completes her degree in a year or so.  The place she is from is not close to here.  Not even in the same region.  Although even if she got a job in town and took a nicer apartment up the street, it'd still take several trips to move all that stuff.  I don't really care, except that I'm afraid the trend will be for her stuff make its home in the common areas, which I don't think will be conducive to my enjoyment of this space.  The situation will be monitored.

None of this is a big deal in the greater scheme of things, but it amuses me, and it keeps my life from being too dull, without making it too exciting. 

In other news, I still have 4 points left for today - 6 if I eat my activity points.  I think I might have some popcorn.  Or maybe a popsicle, if I can locate it under my roomie's multiple bags of frozen chicken.

We Meet at Last

My roommate is supposed to arrive here tomorrow.  We'll be meeting for the first time; she left to spend the summer doing academic things in Europe a week or two before I moved into our apartment.  We're Facebook friends, and I suppose being around somebody's ridiculous amount of junk stuff can give you an idea of who they are, but I'll be interested to meet her in person.  Especially since she left the fridge full of her food before she hopped the pond for three months.  Who the heck does that?  There were moldy hotdogs sitting in there when I moved in. 

Anyway.  That's something to look forward to.

Weigh-in: Week 2

I lost 8.6 lbs. this week!  That's not quite as much as I had hoped for, but I still think it's great, especially considering how much I deviated from the plan.

I got my first 5 lb. sticker to go on my bookmark.  Hopefully I'll be able to add another 5 lb. sticker to it next week.

I cooked a couple of WW entrees I haven't tried before last night, and I've stocked up on fruits and veggies, so I should be pretty well set for food for the week.

Total pounds lost:  8.6

Tuesday Check-In

It's still the first week, but I think I've done okay so far.  I haven't been great about adhering to the plan (in fact I did really badly yesterday), but today I got back on track.  I have been watching my Points and trying to hit most of the Daily Guidelines.  According to my scale I've lost almost 10 lbs.  I'm going to keep trying to stick with the plan (since I know it works when I do it), and see what sort of results I have on Saturday.

Weigh-in: Week 1

Went to my first weigh-in today.  The scale showed slightly higher than I was hoping for, but I wasn't surprised by the number.  I weigh 128 lbs. more than Weight Watchers' height-weight chart lists as the healthy maximum for my height (based on BMI), and 149 lbs. more than my personal goal.  Definitely a lot of work to be done, then.

My first major goal is to lose 10% of my starting weight (standard WW), so I'll be working on that.

Beyond that, I'm hoping to drop 40 lbs. by the end of the calendar year.  We'll see.

Greetings Earthlings

Hi.

I'm very, very fat.  I don't know exactly what an optimal weight would be for me, but I need to lose close to half my body weight to obtain to a "normal" BMI for my height.  To that end, I am rejoining Weight Watchers, and I am going to try to introduce more physical activity to my daily life.

I've been fat for most of my 20-odd years, and have gotten fatter as time has passed.

Now I'm at the point where I am uncomfortable in my size 22 jeans, and had trouble fitting into a seat in a lecture hall (never mind getting the slide-out writing surface to lie flat over my leg).  I also feel more lethargic than I have at lower weights, hate the sight of myself in the mirror, have no social life to speak of, and can't see how I'll achieve my other, non-weight related life goals.

So, time to do something.

I'm hoping this blog will provide me with some additional accountability for my actions related to weight loss, as well as additional motivation.

My plan right now is to try to update this blog three times a week, on Saturdays (weigh-in days), Tuesdays, and Thursdays.