Sunday Soundoff

First and foremost, I apologize for not staying for the meeting today. I did stop at Amy's and weigh in and I was down. Total, according to the scale tonight, I'm down 11.2 but according to my scale in the morning and the scale at work, I'm down 12-12.4. So either way, down is done. If we go by Amy's scale, I did reach our group goal of 2 lbs lost. Well, actually then I lost 1.8 but that's okay. I still look at it as a 2 lb lost in my book as I don't tend to weigh myself at night. But weighing at Amy's keeps me honest and on track. Anyway, I did not make it due to some marital tension and a project for Emily being Student of the Week that I forgot about until tonight. Go figure. So I weighed and left. I really wanted to stay but I was not good company. And thanks Amy for everything you said. You really are a kindred spirit and a true friend (says Hannah Montana... ha ha ha....)

Second, I finally got around to starting to dig in to the pile of Self magazines I have next to my bed. I somehow got roped into a 2 year contract for this mag and I have a whole stack waiting to be read. So I started to get to it. I found a very interesting tidbit. According to a report in The Journal of the American Medical Association, dieters who tracked intake and swapped tips online lost more weight than those who didn't. I thought was very inspiring for us!

Something else for a good cause I found. On Facebook.com, you can add the application Takes All Types to your profile, sign up as a blood donor and receive text or email alerts when your blood type is needed in your area. I thought this was interesting.

And a third thing that I thought was interesting. Well I guess this makes four... If you have trouble sticking with going to the gym or exercising in general, you can go to the website StickK.com and this will help you reach your goals by allowing you to place a wager on your resolve. If you fall off the wagon you lose your bet to a designated recipient - a favorite charity, church? (I'll check on that one). Now that's incentive!

I'm going to go and read some more. I'll post more tips soon!! Thanks for being the best Weight Watchers/or any diet group ever. I feel like I have so much support and love and faith and this is what I think I always needed.

Love ya chicas!
Molly