Back in the saddle again

Children know how to capture your best angle

I will just come right out and say it. I rejoined Weight Watchers. Six years ago I was a member and did really well. I got down to my goal weight and was able to maintain it for quite a while. Fast forward through marriage, two kids, and getting complacent and I found myself at the same weight I was when I joined WW those many years ago. Through all the weight gain I have attempted to restart WW but for some reason I kept giving up. Literally one day after rejoining I would just go back to my terrible eating habits. Over time I decided that the reason WW worked for me in the past was because I was single, childless and lived at home. There was nothing to worry about or concern me except... me.

After Google-ing meeting locations here in CA for several months and then chickening out I finally mustered up the courage to ask Tyler if I might try it one more time. He was nice enough to head home from work so I could use the car to get to the meeting. When I did WW the first time it was on the "Points" system. After I left they were transitioning to the "PointPlus" system. And now that I am back they are doing "SmartPoints". The points may have changed but the feel of the meetings is still pretty similar.

I have now been successfully tracking my SmartPoints for one week. Last night was my first weigh in and I lost 9 pounds! What!?!? Yes, this was probably a lot of water weight but I had a theory going in to weight loss. I lead a pretty active lifestyle. I am not out running marathons of Crossfit-ing it up but I do walk to about 80% of the places I go. The theory I had was that if I could just get my eating under control I should have no trouble at least starting to ditch the pounds. And it was true. As soon as I stopped eating an entire plate of cookies in one sitting the number on the scale started to go down.

Of course there are differences this time around with WW for me. There seems to be quite a bit more stress in my life (I wonder why...) so I have to learn to find a new coping mechanism for stress and burnout instead of plopping on the couch and munching. Luckily that is WW whole new approach. They really want people to find something that they like to do that is just for them. It can be as simple as adult coloring books, but the coach said it should be something you enjoy that you take mental care to actually make time for everyday. At first the only thing I could come up with was this blog. The problem with that is it is not very realistic to write a blog post everyday... for me at least.

It took a few days but I finally came up with an idea. I made an Instagram account for Ruby the Pug. Creating an Instagram for your animal is probably the social media equivalent of being a crazy cat lady. It is fun. I myself love looking at other people's pug Instagram accounts and I like taking pictures and it is simple and easy to find time for.

Here is her link

And here is my before picture

I had my personal photographer capture this gem. It is technically not the true before picture because it was taken a week after I started. 

In other news, Tidus had his 9 month check up. 

He is 27 1/2 inches long (25%)

21 lbs 1.6 oz (75%)

Head circumference 48 cm (98%)

The weight and head size did not surprise me one bit, but I was shocked at how short he apparently is. You would never know it looking at him. We think he is going to be a sturdy muscle man like Grandpa Opfar. 

And Ted is almost 3! It is coming up quick! We may have some fun plans for his birthday... or we may not. Tyler and I are terrible about procrastination... but we are awesome at spur of the moment fun!