Irony: having writers block the day after I was told that I was a born writer and should try to get my blog published. I've had a number of ideas for this post throughout the last week, but I can't seem to remember any of them at the moment!
I did have a fairly new and interesting experience this week - in a good way. This past weekend I came back to my apartment. I started back to work today, so for the last few days I was getting myself settled back in to the apartment and into my work routine (aka getting out of bed at the crack of dawn). I had planned to slip back into my old Monday night class, but over the summer one of my coworkers and his lovely wife had also joined Weight Watchers and they go on Tuesdays. He invited me to join them on Tuesday, so I thought that I would give it a try before I got too settled into my old ways.
The class was a little smaller than the other two that I've been to, and the leader was a temp, but it was nice. The interesting experience was, though, that I actually had friends there! At my very last meeting before I left here in May, one of the bosses showed up at my Monday night meeting, and that was nice, but these were people who were truly going through the exact same thing I was. They experience what it's like to be adults trying to live a healthier lifestyle while living and eating on campus. (Granted, they haven't quite gotten the meal plan eating on campus experience yet, but it'll be cool to actually have someone to share that struggle with!) Someone who understands the weird hours that this job comes with, and the effect that that can have on your eating habits.
Just after the meeting started, another woman I know from work slipped in. Apparently she and my coworker have been walking together every morning! (They invited me to join them, but they're both like a foot taller than me and I fear I would need to actually jog to keep up with their brisk walking pace!) After the meeting we got to chat for a few minutes (she was sitting on the opposite side of the room from us so we couldn't talk during the meeting), and I had no idea that she'd been reading my blog for months! One of my other coworkers had given her the link...who knew people were spreading the word?! Well, it was this lovely woman who complimented my writing and suggested I try to get published. Coming from someone who works with some seriously intelligent people (not that I don't, but it's a whole different level), that was a real compliment for me!
After the meeting, there were several of us who hung around outside chatting for a few minutes...those I knew, and some I didn't. I've never had that happen before! Usually everyone just leaves...it was pretty cool! I don't know that it happens on a regular basis, but I liked it. Thanks to the support I get from all of you, I've never felt like I was doing this on my own, but having friends/coworkers actually there with me is a really nice change.
Initial weight: 257.2
Week 29: -2.2
Total weight loss: -48.6
Current weight: 208.6
It's so close, yet so far away!! I'm 1.4 pounds away from hitting a total loss of 50 and 8.6 away from that elusive 200 that I haven't seen in a loooong time. I have gotten a few people reminding me that I haven't updated my picture in a while. I meant to at the beginning of the summer, but just kept forgetting! Then I just decided I would wait until I hit the 50 lb mark to make it special - so, hopefully, you'll see one next week! Plus, it was kind of cool coming back to work today without any of my coworkers seeing me since May - I got tons of compliments!!
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