The Dateable Dork

Dudes, I lost 3.4 lbs!  : )  I am so, so excited about this.  They say that you typically lose more during the first week than an average week, so I’m not expecting this every week, but I’m still pretty psyched about it!  I am really proud of myself for sticking to the guidelines so strictly all week, and especially for sticking to them today when I could have easily given myself a treat as a reward for the first week’s success.  In fact, I think seeing the results this week is really strong motivation to keep going and focus on what I want.  Images of me in my bikini with my slimmer body have been floating around in my head all afternoon, and I can’t wait to get there.  Yay for taking the first step!

Also, today was my first real WW meeting (last week was more of an administrative meeting), and it was so incredibly motivating and inspiring to be in a room full of other people who are in the same boat as me and who have also done really well this week.  It was so great!  Everyone was cheering each other on, and our facilitator is so encouraging.  Now I see why people say it’s so important to go to the meetings – it really gives you that extra push to keep going. 

I have been floating on a cloud all day.  Not sure if I mentioned this on the blog earlier this week, but I have been noticing that my pants are the tiniest bit looser when I put them on in the morning, and my butt doesn’t look like it’s busting out of them during the day.  It’s a great feeling – both mentally and physically!  I’m more comfortable, feel better, and look better (at least I think so).  And get this: I even refused my favorite snack this afternoon, opting instead for my cup of fresh blackberries that I had brought from home.  Trust me, this took a will of steel.  Go me.  : )

To add to the Weight Watchers excitement, I have really been having a fantastic week.  You already know about my good annual review on Monday, and yesterday I managed to negotiate the swapping out my so-so project partner/support for someone much more organized and efficient.  You have no idea how much less stressful this is going to make my day-to-day office life.  I can’t wait to make the official switch later this week!  Also, I just found out that an old college friend is making the trek to New York in a few months, and I’m really excited to see her again.  How great!

And finally, I know I haven’t had much excitement on the dating front these days (sorry!), but I really couldn’t care less about that right now.  This WW thing has been consuming most of my non-work focus, and the rest of my attention has been focused on the warmer weather and associated frolicking.  And besides, I have my little vaginal procedure scheduled for two weeks from now, and I know I’m going to be out of commission for a few weeks after that, so there’s no use starting anything up now anyway.

On a related note, the counter over at the Virgin’s blog recently reminded me that it’s been over 200 days since the last time I had sex, which is seriously unheard of for me.  At least I can blame the majority (but not all) of it on STD/health-related issues, but even so… damn!  That’s a hell of a long ass time.  Virgin, when did you get laid again?  I forget how far I am behind you.  To my dear readers: if you are having great sex these days, please tell me all about it so I can live vicariously through you.  The dirtier, the better.  Kthxbai.  : )