If anyone ever needed a catalyst for change, this picture surely will do it for you. I've been assured several times I do not actually look like this. It was blamed on the angle of the photographer, the fact that I'm looking down, and whatever else pops into people's brains, but there it is. That picture was taken on June 7th at my friend Taylor and Dan's. He put it on his facebook and myspace and I was mortified. I immediately sent his wife an e-mail requesting it be brought down for fear others would see it even though I'm not tagged in it. I notice that request went unanswered but that did allow me to steal it and put it on here, so I guess it's a blessing it was never taken down. Public shaming is a successful tactic when wanting people to perform a certain behavior. Like when they publish the names of dead beat Dad's in the paper or make a billboard of people who are late on their taxes to get them to pay. I just got a wave of panic thinking about this picture being displayed on a large billboard down Veterans Parkway.
Let's get real honest for a second. I look like Java the Hut in this picture. (Star Wars geeks is it spelled the way it sounds?) It is not ok to look like this and it makes me want to bitch slap the people around me for not giving me a heads up to the fact that I was ballooning back out like that. Grrrrossss!
This weekend has gone ok. When I use to do Weight Watchers regularly I still did my version of it. I was good during the week and then had what I called "free weekend", which meant the weekend was free game. I had decided that is not the route I would take this time. I would actually follow plan and do it the right way. Well, that was until last night when I had 3 glasses of wine at Taylor and Dan's and somehow free night popped into my mind and I completely justified it. I ate some Carlos O'Kelly's dip and some chips and then decided on the way back to Marc's that we should definitely stop and get some Chinese. Gew. Remember that sweet n sour chicken I wanted to beat Marc in the head for earlier this week? Well I totally got it. The weird thing though? It didn't taste as good as I thought it would. I think part of me felt so bad for "giving in" that I couldn't enjoy my gluttony in full. It was good but I didn't eat much of it. I covered the rest and told Marc to eat it for lunch today. I logged on to Weight Watchers today and tracked all my food and drinks from yesterday. I actually didn't do too bad for a "free night". Today is the last day of the week. The head start I got on the 10.4 in 2 weeks challenge is coming in handy. I'm only .1 lbs ahead of schedule now. Eeks!
2 comments:
Sarah, you are doing great! 1) you are mindful each day about your consumption. 2) you recalibrate as soon as you err. Keep up the good work!
facebook is the worst for that – people tag you and won't take it down because they like how they look in the picture with you. "i love us together!!!!"
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