First Post

I still have to go back and look up the name of the brilliant person who gave me the name for this new blog. Thank you, brilliant person! I hesitated over the title because it might imply that I am not already hot, and will only be hot if I am thinner. But you all know better than that, right?

I thought I'd do one quick post here to commemorate my first day back at Weight Watchers. In the spirit of starting over again, I will even tell you the weight: 246.6 pounds. I don't know my highest weight ever, but last time I did weight watchers, I started at 267 pounds, I believe. My lowest weight was 213 pounds. My current 10% goal is 25 pounds, a nice round number. That would put me at 221.6 pounds. And so there you have it.

I decided to go back to Weight Watchers for several reasons. First, obviously, I have gained back some of the weight I lost (33 pounds, to be painfully exact) and I am less comfortable at this weight than I was at a lower weight. Second, I ended up in the hospital last week with gastritis, and one of the recommendations for that is to lose weight, and I want nothing to do with that kind of pain and those needles again, ever. Third, my cholesterol is borderline, and I would like to lower that number as well. Noble goals, aren't they?

My mother found out I was in the hospital, unfortunately, because I knew exactly what was coming when she called. I explained that I had a problem similar to acid reflux and she said "Oh, I had something like that too!" Pause. "I joined Curves, you know! I lost two pounds!" Translation: "It is because you're fat. Lose some weight." Yeah, thanks for the sympathy there. But I can't stay away from Weight Watchers because of that, so on we go.

They have changed the points system a little bit, and for the better, I think. Rather than just being based on your weight, they also take into account gender, age, and what you spend your day doing. (So as a Starbucks barista, since I was on my feet all day, I would have gotten two exctra points per day.) I ended up with a 30-point daily target. (It will go down by one every time the tens column in my weight goes down.)

Today I am counting points, but this evening I am having a dinner party and will probably just consider it as my Flex points for the week. I am going to see if I can hit 30 points every day this week. It seems like a pretty doable target, and since all this week I've been extra restricted on my eating (no alcohol, no coffee, no greasy foods, no spicy foods, no tomatoes) I think I should be able to make it.

I'll keep you posted! It's good to be back.