Hola! I found this rather amusing, seeing as how I have several things in my closet that tend to make me feel somewhat depressed as I move them off to the side knowing full well that my fat a$$ is NEVER going to get into them again. Actually, even if I could get into them, I couldn’t actually wear them, because they’re like ten years out of style. Of course, fashion follows certain, almost predictable cycles, and it’s just possible (if not too probable) that I might at some time find myself in the right size at the right time to wear them.

Well, yesterday I finished up my seventh day counting WW points. I lost one pound. ONE. I mean, is that crazy, or is it crazy or what? I NEVER went over my allotted 22 points, and NEVER used any of the 35 so-called “bonus” points. Well, let this be a warning to those of you out there who are under the age of fifty: If you have weight to lose, LOSE IT NOW! If you think it’s tough now, wait’ll you’re over fifty and see how tough it is after your metabolism makes a lazy river look like it’s exceeding the speed limit. This is SO not fun!

And, from what I’ve read, it looks like in my case, at least, I’m probably not eating enough to keep my metabolism properly revved up. Imagine that! Me! Not eating enough! What a concept! Well, the one pound loss is actually a good thing, as it at least broke through the plateau I’ve been hovering on for the past three weeks. But now I’m going to try the “Wendie” plan, whereby you eat fewer points some days and more points on others - it supposedly tricks your body into continuously burning off calories because it doesn’t have the opportunity to establish any kind of pattern for itself (low intake = survival mode, while higher intake = calorie burning mode, because your body is figuring there’s plenty more where that came from and there’s no need to conserve or go into hibernation.)

I think I’ve got today (low day) figured out. The higher days - and really high day - remain to be worked on. Oddly, I have very little taste left for sweets or starchy carbs, so I’m really going to have to figure out how to increase my intake of *healthy foods* I guess….maybe some trail mixes, which can add up points-wise and you eat  the danged things almost unconsciously; just keep snacking on them, which would be murder on the low-point days.

DH turned 61 today. He walked around all morning saying, “I’m sixty-one, now”, and shaking his head in disbelief. The he said, “What’s sixty-one supposed to FEEL like?” Well, don’t ask ME! I’m not even sure I’d WANT to know, for pity sakes! Oprah says that fifty is the new 30, so I guess it stands to reason that sixty is the new forty. I told that to DH, and he felt a little better. My personal worst birthday, if you can believe it, was my thirtieth. I grew up in  a generation where it was said “Don’t trust anyone over thirty.” Then I turned thirty, and realized I could no longer trust myself. It was disconcerting, to say the least. I’m actually enjoying this prelude to my “golden years”. My kids are all grown and living on their own, I’m married to a great guy (finally; I was married to the old, not-great-at-all guy for over 20 years) and I’m pretty okay with my life right now. Too fat, but I guess every ointment has a fly or two in it. I’ve lost 24, have 20 more to lose, and then I’ll look like Demi Moore’s grandmother. LOL! Nah. More like Sharon Stone’s granny, since my hair is ashy blonde (I’d actually prefer it to be silver, as DH has this wonderful, thick curly silver hair, but I’m stuck with what I’m stuck with).

Just a quick return to the WW point system for a moment - What has been surprising to me is that I’ve actually had some difficulty - especially over this past weekend - in getting ALL my points in. I did a run out to a farm stand one town over from ours and stocked up on a lot of fresh veggies like tomatoes (our neighbors are back, so I can’t steal any more from their neglected garden), summer squash, zucchini, onions, green & red peppers, cherries, strawberries, eggplant, etc. A LOT of veggies are actually 0 points, as are the strawberries. Just as an example, yesterday (Sunday) I had a Fiber One bar for brekkie (2 points); summer squash, zucchini & onion chopped and seasoned with a little garlic and fresh ground black pepper  - cooked with pretend butter spray (less than a point: maybe .5 points), a Boca Burger (.8 points) and two thick slices of fresh tomato (0 points). Since that only gave me @ 4 points altogether for brekkie and a (very filling) lunch, I went ahead and had a WW ice cream bar for another 2 points. Now I’m up to 6 points, right? So, for supper I have a baked half chicken breast (3 points), brussels sprouts (0 points), a small baked sweet potato (2 points) and sliced tomato (0 points).  11 points. Another ice cream bar. 13 points. Later, some cherries. About 20 of them. Let’s say 3 points at most. I’m up to 16 points, and I can’t force anything else down my throat. There’s NO WAY I’m going to eat another 6 points.

Hopefully, I can figure things to get all my points in today. I’d like to really stick closely to the recommended pattern of eating here, and see if it actually works for me.

Stay tuned,

 Tah!

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