January 17, 2012

January 17, 2012
Oh wow… what a wonderful weekend! Even though it didn’t start off the way that I wanted it to be – on Thursday morning, when I walked out to my car to go to work, I found that I had a boot on my car! OMG… I was so embarrassed!! Thankfully it was taken off, but I wasn’t able to make it into work because they came around 3:30 or so to take it off! I was so upset about the whole situation. Even though I got a ton of things done around the house, I would have rather been at work.
But because I was at home cleaning, I sat down and watched the episode of Dr. Oz that Jennifer Hudson (spokesperson for Weight Watchers) was on. And because of her inspirational words and the transformation that she made on Weight Watchers, I decided – thru tears – that I was going to join Weight Watchers too! So I texted Joel this long message telling him that I have come to my lowest point in my life (which was true) and my weight… and I needed to do something about it and NOW! I told him that I wanted to change my life for both him and our little princess monkey. But most importantly, I needed to finally do this for myself.
So on Friday (my scheduled day off), it was an emotional day for all!
I had my appointment with Dr Davies… and we walked out of there with some very good news. After she sat down with the three of us (Mayalis came with us to the appointment), she told me that she was going to put me on some medication to make me ovulate again. She also said that I would have another ultrasound and have some blood work done. Well, I have the ultrasound and while I am getting dressed, she came in and told me that she saw follicles of an egg. OMG! Are you serious??! She told me that she wouldn’t put me on any medication and that she thinks that I might be able to get pregnant on my own! So she told me buy an ovulation kit and keep an eye on it on the results so that I can get pregnant as soon as my body thinks it’s the right time.
She also told me that if I’m not pregnant in a month, to let her know… so crossing my fingers that I will get pregnant on our own! ☺
So Joel, Mayalis and I had a wonderful afternoon together as a family… it was great!
Joel got me my second pair of Dansko shoes that he said that he would get me as a Christmas present… and I know, it’s not Christmas anymore but I don’t care that it isn’t! LOL!
We had lunch together… and we went to a couple of stores to get some stuff too.
Finally, we went to Weight Watchers together and I signed up.
I weighed in at 233.2… OMG!!! I don’t think that I even got up that high while pregnant!! So since I signed up pretty late in the day, I decided to start up on Saturday morning as my first full day. And I decided that I would go to my first meeting on Monday.
Saturday was nice… I went out with my mom and Mayalis and met up with Joel at my aunt Diane’s house. He was going to be going to a concert that night with my cousin Ricky so it was just easier to meet up with him at Diane’s house since he was going to be going there to pick up Ricky. As usual, we had a wonderful time there… and of course with all the wonderful things that were being passed around, I was able to control my urges and keep myself in check with my points.
Sunday, we were at home all day working on the closet….I couldn’t wait until that thing was finally finished. Again sticking to my daily points… I even made 1-point (each) mini-chocolate chip cookies! And I don’t bake! LOL!! And I have to admit that they were pretty good… even Joel thought that they were pretty good.
Monday the 16th, we didn’t work so it was all about finishing up the closet! And I have to say that it is all done! I have all my clothes in my closet!! I am so happy with the end result of my hubby’s hard work. He did an absolute fabulous job on my closet. Mayalis even has more room in her bedroom to move around. It’s a great feeling! Now I just need to finish up the odds and ends of the mess that is around the house and I will feel even better.
But here was the icing on my weekend – I lost 1.2 pounds!!!!
YIPPEE!!!
I went to my first meeting last night and every week we are weighed in before the meeting starts. So when I got there, I took my coat, sweater and boots off and got on the scale… expecting to see the same number that I saw on Friday… but when the receptionist told me that I was down 1.2 pounds and that my PointsPoints value had gone down, I thought that she had made a mistake. I asked her to repeat herself and she told me that same thing… I had lost 1.2 pounds since joining on Friday the 13th of January. A member since the 13th of January, started on the 14th of January completely and here, now the 16th of January, I’m already down 1.2 pounds?!??! OMG!!! I am finally going to start seeing results!! Thank you Weight Watchers and thank you for being an inspiration, Jennifer Hudson!!
So here we are, January 17, 2012… and I am a whole 1.2 pounds lighter! I am so proud of myself! Now I can’t wait to see what next week’s results are going to be. I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I am going to see a brand new me this year!
2012 is going to be my year… this is going to a great year for me!