31st
January 2013
The
meaning of life is to live life. Jon Blais
Last day of
January, wow it’ll be Christmas again before we know it! It’s weigh day for me again, don’t they roll
round I’m hoping for my pound off, it’ll be my third consecutive week if I get
it and I’ll be thrilled. Not because I’ve
lost a pound (heck losing weight is something I’ve got down to a fine art when
it suits me) but because it’ll mean I’m finding a balance between indulgence
and healthy eating and that is my ultimate goal. This week I’ve had a bit of what I fancy, I’ve
sat less to earn those ProPoints on my pedometer (9 yesterday) and I’ve tried
to make mealtimes good healthy food when possible. Oh and most importantly, I’ve enjoyed every
mouthful of food I’ve eaten apart from the fish and chips Tuesday night but
when I’ve stopped enjoying – I’ve stopped eating! When I’ve felt full – I’ve stopped
eating! And if I’ve stopped paying
attention – I’ve stopped eating!
I nipped to
Sainsbury’s yesterday, I had planned not to shop this week but I caved, I needed
onions and ended up with a half price leg of lamb (£10) for Sunday dinner (you
can’t not take up a bargain like that! I
also looked at the frozen fish because anything had to taste better than
Tuesday’s £5.05 effort at the chippy.
They had offers on the Young’s fish they looked like this;
(battered or breadcrumbs 7pp each)
(battered or breadcrumbs 6pp each - 50p each bargain)
(battered or breadcrumbs 9pp each)
I personally prefer
breadcrumbs to batter so I’ve had me some of the 6pp ones, with 200g of
actrifry chips (9pp), I’ll have a fish and chip supper for 15pp a third of that
portion from the chippy!
I haven’t mentioned the Dispatches programme
that was on earlier this week because I don’t think it deserves mentioning, Very poorly
researched and completely untrue in some areas. It was a far cry from intelligent,
balanced, investigative journalism that’s for sure! In it however they made a comparison of 100g of WW bread at 7pps and 100g of Hovis at 6pps. Guess
which one is which;
For a number of us with a weight
problem - we're all about the quantity! We eat with our eyes!
I don’t very often buy Weight Watcher
products because I don’t need to, I’m happy to use my calculator to ProPoint
foods (some people like the convenience of having it already done for them) as
I did with the fish in Sainsbury’s, it’s not difficult and it keeps me
healthy. Just like someone with an illness
who takes medication has no qualms about taking it to stay alive, I have no
qualms tracking and ProPointing because it helps to keep me healthy and alive! Thanks to Weight Watchers I have a very
healthy balanced approach to my eating habits these days, I don’t deny myself
anything, I don’t do guilt when I overindulge but I do see it’s important to
take care of my body and find a balance because I matter and I’m important enough
to want to bother!
I’ve loved the feedback and support
we’ve received since it aired and one particular statement yesterday was brill,
two members came in and said “did you watch that drivel about WW, I’ve just
been talking to one of your old members in the street and she said, “Bev’s
never told us to eat Weight Watcher food, I actually remember her saying once, Weight
Watchers don’t have special superlean pigs running round in bikinis that they
make their bacon and ham from.” Yes that
is one of my lines, they don’t have special pigs, they just weigh it out, ProPoint
it and package it up so you don’t have to, and of course you pay for that privilege.
You also pay for the meetings
because it’s a business and I have to earn a living and I’m proud of that
because I’m doing something I’m passionate about, I’m selling a product I
believe it (when I worked for a lock company, a butchers and a greengrocers I
didn’t always agree with what I say being sold!) Millions of pounds are spent on research and
training by Weight Watchers and it works, heck if you join at the moment, it’s
free membership and a free meeting, we can’t really give you more than
that. Why do we let you have the first
week free, because we know it works and we’re pretty confident you’ll come back
the second week. By giving you that
first week, it means you can afford to spend a tenner on the calculator so that
you can ProPoint anything and you don’t have to buy special foods. I work a 50 hour week and that doesn’t
include the time I spend on the phone to members, answering texts and emails or
on facebook offering support to people I’ve never even met! Yes I’m passionate about helping others feel
as happy in themselves as I do now, if I was rich I’d still do it, and I wouldn’t
be fussed about a wage, but I’m not so I have to earn a living.
Damn, I promised myself I wouldn’t
go off on one and get off my soap box after watching that rubbish but obviously
I just can’t help myself! I’ve seen too
much success to hold back I’m afraid and I think what’s impressed me the most
is that those who haven’t succeeded YET have admitted it’s not Weight Watchers
fault, it’s their own – I just love that people are taking ownership and hold
themselves responsible for their own behaviour, that in itself is
priceless. I love that members who join
these days don’t just say, “I wanna lose weight”, they are now saying, “I want
to lose weight, make long term life changes, I want to enjoy the journey” Oh
yeah that’s what I’m talking about, there are no quick fixes, it’s not a race anything
worth having – is worth working for.
So here’s to yet another delicious day and to always Eating Gorgeous xx
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