Lisa Hood

I’ve struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and last night I attended my first WW meeting. Fat people are diet experts, so I’m not sure Weight Watchers is going to provide some amazing revelations, but it’s beneficial to repeat the basics. Last night the topic was working thru a plateau.

I think the program, centered around weighing in each week and positive feedback, is the only way to manage weight long term. Consistancy is the key to all successful endeavors or failures, because we see the results of what we consistently do. I do think the accountability to weigh in every week will help me. I tend to procastinate…’I'll diet tomorrow’, ‘I’ll exercise next week’, ‘I’ll start when vacations are done’. Any excuse to put off change. Then time just slips by and I realize it’s July already and I was going to start exercising in January.

Instead, this year I’ve gained 35 lbs. I was 189 in December, before the holidays, 200 by January and now 235.

When I lost weight before, I swore to myself I would never be 200 lbs again and here I am, wondering how the heck I gained it back. Trust me, I know that I binge. I celebrate with food. I soothe my discomfort with food. I manage stress and disappointment with food. I need to find something else to turn to: drawing, writing, reading, walking, meditating. It’s just not easy to refocus my attention.