The Skinny Cow Girls

One week ago today, a few friends of mine got together to embark on a weight loss journey. We all are former Weight Watcher clients, but given our current financial status (stay at home moms), we can't really afford to go to the meetings, so we've decided to meet once a week, and conduct our own support group. Last week, we all weighed in for the first time, and got each other all pumped up and excited about getting this weight off! One of the girls named us the "Skinny Cow Girls", and that is indeed our goal! We will all take turns hosting the weekly meeting at our homes, weigh in, trade tips, and recipies, and give support to each other so we can all achieve our goal. First, I have set "small term goals". I would like to loose 10 pounds by Thanksgiving. I think that is a reasonable goal, and totally acheivable. At today's weigh in, I was down 3.4 pounds (WOOO HOOO!!!). It was a rough week. I had a hard time in the beginning, because I felt hungry all day long ( a mental thing with me, just knowing I "can't" eat was torture!). But by the 3rd day, I was doing better~no longer feeling like I was going to chew the cabinets off the walls! The key to it all for me, is going to be journaling what I am eating. I don't really even think it is necessary to write down the points everytime (which I most likely will do), but just writing down what you eat kinda gives you a visual of what all you're taking in. And best of all, my wonderful hubby is now on board, and ready to loose weight. We are finally on plan together! Usually, it's me and not him, or the other way around, but finally we are both on the same page, so that is going to be HUGE! I absolutely need his support, or you can just hang it up! I can't eat healthy if I see him enjoying all the burgers, fries, and peanut butter! So, here I go, really ready to loose the weight and feel and look better....We won't weigh in for another 10 days because of scheduling conflicts with us all, but I will post another weight loss victory at that time! (The power of positive thinking!!) Until then....
J