NUM3ERS

November 13, 2007 at 10:26 pm (Weight Watchers)
Tags: 25lbs, bridge, recommitting, results, unexpected, walking

I didn’t expect much tonight.  I had a really bad night, consumed A LOT of Motrin and hardly got any sleep.  All I wanted was to be down 0.8lbs so that I could get my next 5lb sticker.  What I was NOT expecting was to be down 3.2 POUNDS!  I also was NOT expecting to get the 25lb disc that Weight Watchers gives you for hitting that landmark.  It looks like a 1″ silver washer with ’25’ engraved in it (really, that’s exactly what it looks like, I’m not posting a photo….). 

Sometimes it can seem overwhelming knowing how far I still have to go and how long it’s going to take so I find it easier to break it off into nice, manageable chunks. It’s Tuesday night, last week is officially over and I am again, for the 11th time, recommitting myself 100% for the next 7 days.

When I don’t feel like making my lunch, or I resent having to haul a week’s worth of toiletries and clothes to work and back on Fridays and Sundays, or I don’t want to go out into the cold, dark morning and get on the Skytrain with all the weirdos and then drag my sleepy ass over the bridge, I think of the numbers.  The number on the tag inside my pants, the number I’m heading towards and the number of pounds that I have shed in the last 10 weeks.  I also think about the number of hours of planning and organizing and thinking and writing and talking about this that I’ve done.  And I am not going to let a single second of that number be wasted by not doing everything that I can to be successful every week.

So here’s to the next 7 days!