I'll be happy when I get back to my regular meeting, though. It's hard not to feel like a total dork when you go to a meeting where everyone else knows each other and you don't know anyone. I was expecting a lot of talk about how the new program went, but I guess for most people it didn't change all that much.
There was this one guy who kept complaining, in a really loud and booming voice, about how stupid it was that "if I was losing before with the number of points I had, that I should have to go up 6 points a day and expect to still lose." He was complaining because he had gained, though after listening to him say the same exact thing two or three times about how unfair it was that he had to eat all these extra points, I said, "I'll take them." The leader said a lot of the guys went up 6-8 points. I guess the days of the guy joining WW and immediately losing 8 pounds are on their way out. Maybe, just maybe, it would be safe for women to join with their husbands now, but I certainly wouldn't do it. My husband doesn't need WW, but even if he did, I have seen enough couples in the meetings where the guy is bragging about how he "helps" his wife by yelling at her to put down the snacks. If my husband did that, I'd be tempted to choke him with a 2-Point Bar and say it was an accident. "I don't know how it happened, Officer, I guess he just got too hungry and forgot to chew it. He's been so good on his diet."
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Yayy, Jen! I'm proud of you for sticking to your plan this week and seeing the results.
ReplyDeleteMy leader said that one reason the points were adjusted was because when the plan as originally devised was really based more on women's nutritional needs and that men are very different. So you're right, it's quite possible that if men are eating where they should be on the new plan, those huge losses may be a thing of the past.
But I'm with you about wanting to choke a husband who behaved the way that guy in your meeting did.
Congratulations Jen!! Just 10 pounds away. How sweet is that?!
ReplyDeleteI loved your last sentence. I laughed out loud, but it still didn't wake the hubby.