Sour Cream and Onion Pringles, I Have a Boner to Pick With You!!!
Pringles, I love and hate you for existing on this pretty planet of ours. Why in the hell do I find those damn perfectly shaped chips in my pantry and why in the hell can I not stay away from them!
So, I’ve been going to Weight Watchers (WW) for 7 weeks now and have managed to lose 21 pounds and I am damn proud y’all but I’ve got another 20 to go, although my husband says I’m crazy and that I’ll be too skinny. Ha, that’s never been my problem I can assure you. As an aside, we had an interesting discussion at our meeting last Friday and I’d like to mention it to all of you.
Now, Oprah has bought into WW and I was impressed with that and our leader told us that she looks amazing and has successfully lost quite a bit of weight herself. I can attest to this because, y’all, the program is completely different, easier than ever, the super terrific WW app that makes keeping track just a damn piece of cake, my group leader is awesome, and it’s successful! So the ladies and gentleman at my meeting on Friday got into a discussion about the goings on at the WW headquarters.
Evidently the CEO of WW is stepping down, I know not why but then we got into a discussion about the marketing of WW and how the few commercials we do see don’t really feature Oprah who is one helluva money maker, lets face it, plus they don’t really emphasize how different and easy the program has become. I mean brag WW about the ease of your program, brag about your fabulous offices, app, and your fabulous group leaders. Interview regular people like me and let me get on my soap box because now I can get up there now that I’m 21 pounds lighter. Get people excited to see what’s what and damn it y’all, utilize Oprah!! Come on this should be a duh! Don’t have duh moments like me, have ah-ha moments like Oprah!
We also talked about the fact that WW is down something like $11 million, my group leader used to teach 20 meetings a week and is now down to 7. Something is wrong and maybe that’s why the CEO has stepped down because of failing this fabulous program backed by science and research for years and years and it works y’all but I will say this, like anything it’s slow and steady, a commitment, and you have to go to the meetings because you learn so many new things, meet great people, and get inspired. It’s like an AA meeting only we are all addicted to food and eat for the wrong reasons and eat the wrong things. Ugly facts but true facts.
Okay, so I am on my way to successfully losing this weight and by the grace of God, keeping it off this time because this will be the third or maybe the fourth time I’ve lost it but I can’t keep the damn stuff off. This time is different, I can feel it!
Alright so here I have to say ROLL TIDE, y’all because my team had me and my husband on the edge of my damn seat last night. Ole Miss gave us a run for our money and we finally beat them after being beaten by them the last two years. Thanks for a great game fellas!
Well, my husband and I have what we call ‘couch tailgating’ so we were really whooping it up last night and I had a few shumalings and was feeling very very happy happy. Y’all know that forbidden phrase called ‘getting the munchies?’ Well, that don’t sit to kindly with someone who is working so damn hard to lose this God forsaken weight.
Hello, sour cream and onion Pringles, where have you been all my life?
DAMN IT ALL!
My husband went out to grab a beer from the frig and I practically dove into the pantry containing the container of sin chips that I was about to get crazy happy with. I DID NOT want my husband to see my greedy crazed face as I shoved a stack of sin chips into my unhinged jaw and inhaling them into my person and probably just put all 21 pounds back on damn it. I freaked the hell out because I was running out of time to be caught and quickly wiped my mouth off, capped the can, and threw them back into the ‘sin-try.’ As my husband came back in, I feared there were still some sin chip crumbs hanging from my face so I quickly exited to the bathroom to clean my face up and hide my sin. What in the hell is wrong with me?
Coming back out to sit down and couch tailgate some more because now we were watching the Auburn game, I was so pissed at myself and plan on confessing at next week’s meeting. But wait, my husband has gone to the bathroom, yay, another opportunity!
Dashing into the kitchen and diving into the pantry again, I repeated the same horrific sin again. In my frantic inhaling of these damn chips, I dropped some on the floor but never fear, I have 3 K9’s at my house so my evidence was eaten rather quickly. I heard my husband coming back out and quickly shoved the sin chips back into the pantry.
WHAT THE HELL? WHAT HAS TAKEN OVER ME?
So, this morning, as I’m sitting there eating my WW perfect breakfast, I observed a couple of chip crumbs on the ground positioned tellingly right in front of the pantry door prompting this blog today and I chuckled to myself followed by shaming myself. I know better than to succumb to those damn sour cream and onion Pringles and that, folks, is a huge food trigger for me and I didn’t even know it. I don’t usually eat chips at all so this is new for me.
One of the other things we focus on at WW besides food trigger awareness is that the scale does not define you and I love that. Because I have lost 21 pounds my confidence level in myself has sky-rocketed. I’m walking around my bedroom/bathroom naked in front of my husband instead of hiding in a towel or waiting to take my clothes off when he leaves to get in the shower. It feels real good, it really does. I’m wondering if when I lose the other 20 I’ll go damn streaking because I believe my confidence will just be out of control?! Just kidding, although that’d be a trip!
If any of you are looking for a new route to losing weight, eating and being healthier, having renewed confidence in yourself, and any other reason you have, WW is for you. You deserve to do this for yourself so go for it and know that I’m in the trenches with you.
One other thing, I am going with my mom and I believe that is THE key to success, having a partner. My mom is doing fantastic too and we have daily discussions and confessions about the program. I love you,Mom! Glad we are in this together!
Y’all hang in there, you’ve got this!
Love y’all!! ♥
