Cannibalism is not supported by Weight Watchers

Happy Green Day! It's been eons since I've attempted to post anything longer than would fit in a Facebook status update, so I may not be all that cohesive.

I had a fun morning at work yesterday when the electricity went out right at 8:45--actually the whole shopping area went out. My manager had to get on the phone with the electricity folks and assigned us meaningless tasks like dusting. Slave driver. Anyway, one of my coworkers Mat, showing much foresight, started a debate on who we should eat first if things got desperate enough. Never mind we had a cafe full of food and weren't trapped in the building by any means. I, being obsessed with the point value of everything I eat, immediately began to fret. "I don't know how many points people have!" Luckily, this turned out to be a non issue as the electricity came back on at 9:30. So much for an interesting day.

Today, I went to get a crown put on my back tooth. A crown is more extensive than a filling, but not yet a root canal. It is also more expensive than a filling and what I bought with my tax return. Whoopee.

As everyone knows, I've been on weight watchers for a month now and today was the first day I've eaten out since I started. Go me. I've lost 7 pounds and can't tell any difference. Maybe I just have really compacted, dense fat. I find that the more overweight someone is, the more disdainful the looks when I tell them I'm dieting. My coworker told me "It's normal to be 20 pounds overweight. You're an American!" I didn't bother to ask what that made her, as she is at least 50 pounds overweight. Super patriotic? Others have given me the diets-don't-work lecture, assuming I'm so stupid as to start eating badly the second I get to my desired weight. Yeah, I want to lose weight, but there's a reason I'm doing this sensibly instead of eating nothing but salad everyday. If you're gonna stick with it, you gotta do it for life. It's so weird--you think your lifestyle change is going to affect you the most, but other people act like they've got just as much invested in your behavior as you do. I'm baffled as to why some people care what I eat.

Other than that, I've been gaining some new bad habits, such as Farmville. I'm not sure why I bother to cultivate a virtual hobby farm. Maybe I miss Virginia more than I thought. At least I don't have to get up at 6am to help build a chicken coop or weed my crops--no sunburn or chicken poop involved. It's a vast improvement.

Thanks for tuning in----Rebecca