What are you waiting for?

Wow!! What a day!!

Didn’t really expect to get the results I got on the scale today. I thought I had done better this week. I did track most of the days. Guess those days that I didn’t track and couldn’t remember what all I had eaten weren’t so “weight loss friendly.” I even felt thinner a couple of days ago.

Oh well……………no looking back.


At my WW class today, the discussion was about “Pal Power.” My leader asked about the pals we have with us on our weight loss journey.

I know that I am very blessed. There isn’t anywhere that I go on a regular basis that I don’t have those who care about and support my weight loss journey--home, family, coworkers, friends, church, water aerobic buddies, even folks at McAlister's Deli.

But, one specific “pal” came immediately to mind. I met this pal through my WW class. We did not know each other prior to meeting in class. She and I have a lot of weight to lose, so we kind of gravitated toward each other in class over several weeks. We support and encourage each other. We understand each other and the journey that is ahead for us. Typically, when one is weak, the other is strong.

In class, we talked about the fact that sometimes our pal can become our “partner in crime.” We discussed ways to avoid that happening by having some accountability folks who you necessarily spend a lot of time with...........at least, time around food choices.

We also talked about how our pals can encourage and try to motivate us toward making healthy choices; but, ultimately the choice is ours to make. No one can force healthy choices on us.

I shared with some of my pals that mental tracking doesn’t work and asked how many weeks do I have to mentally track to prove that to myself? And from that comment, received THREE threats, I mean challenges, to track this week. One challenge included not only tracking, but weighing and measuring also. YIKES!!!! Another challenge included a threat as to a consequence if I didn’t show a completed tracker to her next week. Again, YIKES!!!

Thennnnnnnnnnnnnnn, after class, I made my regular every other Saturday trip to see my Mom and spend the afternoon with her. Mom has had a rough January-March. In fact, there were a few weeks in there that she refused to get out of bed and was having lots of bad headaches. She was not very chatty and her memory was not good. One Saturday, in particular, I truly thought I should call my sister and brother, Mom seemed to be slipped away right in front of me.

Well a couple of weeks ago, she popped out of it. Her eyes were bright again, she was getting up and participating in activities around her and she was chatting again.

Today, to further prove to me she is “back,” she asked me about my weight. How much more I had lost. Oh uhhhhhhhhh…………didn’t want to tell her that I’ve not lost more, in fact, I’ve been gaining/losing the same 10 pounds the last six months.

Mom: “How much more weight have you lost?”

Me: “Ummmm, not much. In fact, I’ve gained 10 from my lowest weight since beginning this journey. I can’t seem to get going again.”

Mom: “Well, what are you waiting for?”

Me: “Ummmmmmmmmmm, I don’t know.”

So few words, yet so powerful?

Well, what…………..are you…………..waiting…………….for???

So, I have asked myself over and over since those words came from Mom.

Cynthia, what are you waiting for?

WHAT are you waiting for????

What? Are? You? Waiting? For???

I do not have an answer. So, what choice do I make? Do I keep waiting on whatever it is that I’m waiting on? OR, do I get busy and do what I know to do to make those scales tip down?????

WOW, what a day! I have a choice to make: just keep waiting or JUST DO IT!!! I have plenty of pals encouraging me and cheering me on! I have three threats, I mean CHALLENGES, to do what I know to do. What more am I waiting for?

Success!! I’m waiting on SUCCESS!!!! I’m waiting on the weight to just fall off my body.

Okkkkkkkkkkk, now that I’ve answered that question, what now? Obviously, the weight isn’t going to just fall off my body. At least, not without some specific actions on my part.

How do I achieve success on this weight loss journey? I weigh, measure and track everything that goes into my mouth. I limit myself to my daily PointsPlus and maybe some weekly PointsPlus allowance. I get to the Y at least two days this week. I daily get my GHGs (good health guidelines)—which includes water, healthy oils, multivitamin, activity, fruits and veggies, dairy, whole grains and lean proteins.

Oh, and another thing------------sleep. I will do my best to get to bed by 10 PM every day this coming week. (OOPS, don’t even look at the time this was posted. LOL!!)

Those are MY choices!! I like those choices. Let’s do this thing!!!