It's Tuesday, 5 days into Weight Watchers. Several times in the last few days I felt a strange emptiness inside. I thought it was my loneliness and a realization of a half a lifetime wasted with nothing to show for it. Turns out, it was hunger. I've eaten pretty much the same stuff that I live on as a single guy who lives with a dog. Frozen Marie Calendar dinners, Lunchables, pizza, Milkbones. But now those foods have points attached to them. Which I thought would just make them heavier. Turns out, it just makes them proportional. So instead of having 4 pieces of pizza, I have 2. As long as I have the points left in my day. My first day, I ended up with 13 points left over. But I was full and didn't want to eat any more. Then I heard my mom's voice in my head...."Scotty, finish your points! There are starving children on Weight Watchers in India who would love to have those points!"
I just couldn't do it and went to bed with those damn 13 points just hanging there.
The next few days, I was able to come closer to my limit. We will see on Friday if it's had the promised results. Now, I am a veteran of weight loss programs and know that if I put up big numbers on Friday, it will be mostly due to water weight, which is always the first to go when starting a new program. And since I am retaining the equivalent of Lake Mead, it could be a big loss. On the other hand, if it's only a couple of pounds, I will have to lower my points limit and no one wants that....do they?
You make a good point.
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