If You Wait Until . . . .

This is something I posted on the WW website back when I first started WW ~ I thought about it after talking to Nanci last nite ~ so much going on in her life but she's still trying to journal and 'do it'! So let me share "If You Wait Until . . . . "

They say if you wait until you can afford to have a baby (children) you never will ~ so true ~ it's kinda the same thing when joining Weight Watchers or starting a healthy eating plan ~ if you wait until the time is right you will never do it.

I was doing that ~ waiting ~ week after week ~ trying to do it on my own without much success ~ so ten days ago I just did it ~ and what happened the first week . . . . out of town family here for 4 days and having dinner at John's mom's house ~ she's the Paula Deen of Colorado you know ~ but I was determined to keep on track ~ journaled everything ~ watched my portions the best I could and I did succeed.

So now we are on week 2 and what happens ~ let's see, Thursday I ate out because I had a lot of points left in the day (weigh in day, I ate very lite before going to meeting) ~ Friday was John's birthday so we went out to dinner ~ last nite we decided to go look at new cars when John got off work so we ended up eating at Village Inn (veggie omelet ~ yum!) ~ and tonite we are going to (of all places) Red Lobster with his family for his birthday ~ OMG! ~ I guess I should be glad I'm on WW because I am far more aware of what I'm eating instead of just ordering and eating all without a second thought ~ AND as I start week 3 I'll be going to visit my mom and there will be even more eating out ~ yikes!

But I will keep on journaling my food and doing my best ~ it's hard sometimes because I just want to splurge and eat it all ~ but I remind myself that not only will that not be good but that overstuffed feeling sucks too ~ and I know I have the extra points but already using them little by little (and that's how I should be using them right?) ~ so wish me luck ~ off now to clean and hopefully get in a good walk (activity points!) before dinner tonite ~ why Red Lobster?? Why?? Oh yea ~ it's HIS birthday ~ lol!