Let's Try It Again

Back in 2005-2006, I very successfully followed the Weight Watchers program (on my own) and lost about 65 pounds.  I didn't have a scale for about the first two weeks, so I'm not exactly sure how much it was but somewhere around that number.  I did fine with my weight all the way until after Wyatt was born and wow, has it been a struggle since.  I don't have as much to lose as I did before but I still would like to get back to where I was pre-babies.  There was a brief period of time when Wyatt was about 2 or 3 months old that I tried the full Weight Watchers experience and though I was successful, I ended up quitting.  Between trying to get along with a newborn, a 2 year old and going through our DIY family room remodel, working hard on a diet and trying to find time for exercising was just more than I could handle.

A little after Wyatt's 1st birthday, life calmed down enough to try the dieting and exercising thing again.  I tried all kinds of things- Weight Watchers' online version, bootcamp workouts, personal training and even counting calories using just a little spreadsheet I made up myself.  While doing a little reflective thinking over the last few weeks about all my weight loss attempts, I came to realize a couple of things.  First, my exercise routine is fine.  I like to go to the gym and sweat it out so I don't need to spend extra money on a trainer or bootcamp classes.  Secondly, I realized that the diet part was where I struggled and that nothing worked for me as well as the Weight Watchers did two years ago and way back in the day when I did it for the first time. So this past Thursday, also known as payday, I signed up again and went to my first meeting this morning.  The plan has changed a bit since the last time I tried it which I think will be much better at getting me to eat healthier.  I don't really want to share what my goal is but when I am done, I will be happy to announce how much I have lost.

I am not sure if I would have shared all this if I wasn't trying to blog every day- it was the only thing that came to mind about what is going on with me right now.  Maybe the accountability of putting it out there will help me to do well.  So here's to the new PointsPlus program and hoping I do as well this time as I did 7 years ago!