I'm Back W.W.! Did you miss me?

I have painfully rejoined forces with Weight Watchers (WW) Online. I have a love/hate relationship with this wonderful company.

I love it because I know it works for me. I can pretty much guarantee losing 2 lbs. every week without fail when I follow the plan.

I hate it because when I sign up for WW, it usually means I have eaten enough junk food to propel me into the "gaining more than my allotted 10 lbs." mark and I am deciding to get serious.

My friend Julie B. and I have told ourselves that we have this "number" in our head that we always refuse to let ourselves go over. Hers was 5 lbs. Mine was 10 lbs. (My dreams and goals are smaller than hers.) :-)

Well, don't mean to out ya girlfriend, but me and her, well, we are back on the plan. We are back on the wagon of point counting and coke rations for her and Caramel Machiatto rations for me.

I will brag on this friend of mine because apparently she is already down 2 lbs and I'm sure looking smashing (as she always does!)

I just got on the scale this morning for the first time since we moved. And, since I KNOW I packed my scale to come to the apartment and hmmmm, it never made it here - I broke down and bought a cheap one at Target.

I did this because when I tried to weigh myself at the gym today with one of those dumb doctor's scale thingies, it kept making me push the little lead square up and up and up - WELL over my actual weight I am sure. It was disturbing me to my core and I said to myself "I can't take this pressure. I am just buying a digital one and I am being done with it!"

I did buy a digital one. I am done with it. The scale numbers were not friendly to me and, sniffle/sniffle, they hurt my feelings. Did I really put on that much? Is this why my stomach hurts after buttoning my lovely Ann Taylor jeans I love so much? Is this why when I put on a perfectly nice fitted t-shirt that I have a beautifully rounded muffin top greeting me over the tops of these jeans?

Well, I am serious girlfriends. David and I are officially on the wagon of weight-loss here. I understand Alana is on the big "D" (diet) as well and not super excited about it either. I read her blog about not making a certain yummy dessert on the 4th due to this lovely new state of healthy eating.
I don't hear guys speaking of this ugly season of life where they are trying to pull off some of those love handles. Why are we always blessed with this topic of conversation? I know. I know. We're just lucky I guess.

I am off to think of happier thoughts. Little Girl is now in bed for a much needed nap. I just ate a most delicious - 7 point- Lean Cuisine meal with Butternut Squash Ravioli's, pecans and veggies (really good), and I am going to have some time in my devotional and do some price comparison work from my grocery receipts (did I mention we are starting a budget right now too?). When you buy organic food, you have to cut back somewhere. My grocery bill is double what it used to be before we started getting healthy.

Last exciting thought before I go. Our gas prices just shot up to $4.19 a gallon today.

Thank you. I think I'll walk everywhere now. It sure would give me some of my WW points back!