Unfortunately, I then went to the meeting, which was the worst meeting I have ever experienced (Comparing it to other weight loss meetings, since this is my first Optifast meeting). Last week the other members had told me the leader was a snooze... that turned out to be an enormous understatement! He literally sucked the energy out of the room. He droned on with no passion or excitement. It was one hour of sheer torture. I enjoyed the other members, but every time the conversation steered back to him, it died an immediate death. After the meeting, I wanted to eat an entire bag of potato chips, that is how unmotivated I felt. I had so many little triumphs during the week that I was dying to share, and I did get to speak a bit, but the reaction from the leader was like rain on my parade (To put it kindly - I really want to call it something else).
No problem, though - the new me handles things immediately and does not let them fester to then pop up as something much bigger and lead to my going off the fast. The new me protects the fast!
So I signed up for a new meeting, which means that next week I will only have a six day fast until my new weigh in. That's okay, tho, I'll adjust because I am prepared that next week may not be as a big a weight loss anyway.
Today was a stressful day - I had to deal with some school, family, and friend issues. Actually it was one of those days when the issues just keep on piling up! And I handled them all well. I'm very proud of the fact that I did not once turn to food, which I certainly would have done in the past.
My cat, LC, weighs 8 pounds. I lost an entire cat this week!!
Dang, there's a typo on LC's thought balloon... if you knew her that would make so much sense.
Hooray for you! Glad you made it through the first week! Keep on truckin'.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great first week. Congrats to you. I bet you feel terrific. I'm so glad you took care of yourself in regards to your class leader. You're paying the money to do Optifast ... why should you suffer through with a horrible counselor? They make a huge difference. Even though going to my current clinic is out of my way, I will continue to do so even after the first 20 weeks are done (when we are allowed to switch) because I just love my counselor's spirit. Anyway, just wanted to say yay for you!!
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