Soon To Be Skinny Sooner

The trick wasn’t so much making it through the day. I’d already decided that I wasn’t going to make myself miserable by forgoing so many of the once-a-year treats Turkey Day offers, so I enjoyed and even indulged some. I did use some of the techniques I’ve learned on the journey, such as waiting 20 minutes before going back for seconds and taking plentiful portions of veggie and salad. Mrs. s2bs also made almost all of the dishes, and found recipes on Weight Watchers that made the sweet potato souffle, the turkey and the stuffing not overly-ridiculous, calorie-wise.

The bigger issue proved to be getting back on the road. I did take in a dinner and a next-day lunch of leftovers, which wasn’t what I was hoping to do. However, we did make one big decision that I think will pay off in the long run. We didn’t take any leftovers home. The banana pudding, pecan pie and pounds of turkey stayed with my mother-in-law, and we came back to a fridge full of the stuff we know we can eat and manage. That, I think, will help keep my day or two of decadence from becoming a surrender of some of the gains I’ve made. I’m hoping to break even at weigh-in this week, and move down the road from there.

Boomer Sooner (OU has as much right as Texas does to the trip to Kansas City) and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

My wife made an interesting comment to me today:

“S2bs (not really, but play along), ever since we started Weight Watchers, we haven’t been using Tums hardly at all.”

And, she’s right. I can’t remember the last time I had heartburn, especially not at night. Before we changed our ways, so to speak, I would take a dose of Tums at least once a week. I wonder if the changes in the types of foods we are now eating is more responsible, or the fact that we simply aren’t eating as much. Either way, I think it’s a better way to live.

Boomer Sooner, and, for the last time until the post-game, Beat Texas!

-s2bs Sooner

Weight Watchers, like a video game? I’d never looked at it like that, since my gaming has been limited almost exclusively to NCAA Football, Madden, and NHL Hockey. However, this article makes a comparison that actually makes some sense.

Well, the walk to the game went exceedingly well. My wife and I agreed to get a ride home if we felt worn after the game. That really wasn’t much of an issue, as the 1.5 miles and about 40 minutes didn’t really wear us down at all.
However, rain and copious amounts of lightning forced as to call an audible (yeah, terrible, I know. It’s been a long weekend):) about the walk home. We took off at halftime (look, the Sooners were up 50-0, and it was pouring) and camped out under the parking garage before making a break for it. A fraternity brother of mine picked us up, and we drove home.
Still, a great day. I know that we can do the walk there and back without killing myself, which is something I couldn’t have done at this time last year. Secondly, I stayed on program and within my points limit (Weight Watchers works on a points system). I made appearances at both a pre-game and post-game party, and, while it wasn’t all carrot sticks and yogurt, I managed to limit myself to one pre-game beer and one corn dog at the stadium. Last season, it would have been 3-4 beers and some M&M’s and chicken fingers to wash down the corn dog.
So begins the new way of watching football. Better than the old, I think.

At my Weight Watchers meeting last night, the leader tells me (I got there early, for a change, so no one else was around) that she needs a doctor’s note to let me stay on the program. I found this curious, since I’m lighter and in much better shape than I was four months and 90 pounds ago (Yeah, I’m bragging. Sue me.). I would have thought that they might need a doctor’s note before I began, to be sure my weight problem could be handled by their program.

As it turns out, that wasn’t the issue at all. Apparently, I’m losing weight too fast, about 4 1/4 pounds a week (This is another example of the reason it’s important to know that mean and median are two different things. Some weeks I drop as much as 11 pounds and others are no loss or even gain weeks).

Apparently, this raised a red flag in the HAL 9000 at Weight Watchers HQ. Now, I’m not particularly worried, since this seems to be fairly common whe very obese people start on even healthy diets. Still, seeing a doctor is probably a good idea, especially since I’ve heard gallstones suck the big one.

Stay out of trouble this weekend. Or, if you don’t, at least wear clean underpants. This used to be my mother’s biggest concern. Not that something horrible would happen to me, but that the authorities would haul me in while wearing three-day-old undies. I never understood why this bothered her so, since a) of all the bizzare and gross things I might have done as a kid, not wearing clean clothes wasn’t one, and, b) if I get hit by a bus, even shorts pulled from the dryer five minutes prior aren’t going to stay clean.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith

-s2bs Sooner