Two of my friends are struggling with weight too and both of them decided to join Weight Watchers. What? A sensible diet? I am way too fat for a sensible diet. And I am poor. I can't afford to pay money to have someone tell me I am fat. But they convinced me that it was worth a try. Actually they would share the information with me. All I needed to do was buy the pointplus calculator. So I ventured out to the Weight Watchers store last week.
Ladybug had a dinner date so I had some time to relax and get some things done. So I headed there first. And then I felt bad. Go in, get a calculator, and leave. Does that mean I am stealing? I mean I am taking from my friends what others are paying for. And maybe it was worth paying for. So I asked if they had any literature I could look through to see if I could make a decision about joining. They don't. You join first and then they share the information. I get it -- trade secrets. I don't like it. And I wasn't ready to join without the information. So they told me I could sit through a meeting first and then make a decision.
Fine. I stayed for the meeting. I was early for the meeting so I waited. Finally the meeting started. Is was run by a happy New Jersey divorcee. She had a kids magic wand which she waved over the member's head as she announced their successes for the week. And as she waved the wand it would make noises. Oh my!
There was very little said in the meeting that I did not know the answer to. Knowing and applying are apparently 2 different things. I am knowledgeable...I just don't like to apply it.
Then after the general member meeting was the new member meeting. Oh that pissed me off. It was me and 2 other people. A mother/daughter team. Each one weighed about 140 pounds and they were at least 5'9". Really. I weigh twice you and I am 5 inches shorter. How can we both need the same program. Here is a hint...if you can show up to a Weight Watcher's meeting wearing a mini summer dress - and looking good in it -- you don't need Weight Watchers.
But I decided to join. Really. In the end I thought that accountability might help me to lose weight. If I have to step onto the scale in front of someone other than Ladybug maybe I will work hard to lose weight. So I joined. And got weighed for the first time. By a very happy southern belle man.
I walked out with enough literature to be for an entire semester long class. I am slowly working my way through it all. Please let this work.
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