Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Weight Watcher. Weight casual observer, more like.

I've been spending some quality time over the past couple of days with the WeightWatchers website and I'm fascinated. I'm not sure if i'm impressed or appalled but I'm awed. I can see it becoming an obsession.

So, what took me there? Three things over the course of a few weeks: my boyfriend commenting on my weight because he's worried I'll get diabetes, or keel over with a heart attack or something (the irony of this coming from a 40-a-day smoker is not lost on me); a moneysavingexpert email outlining how you can combine 3 codes/offers and end up £4 in profit if you sign up for 3 months and; standing on a set of scales. I was housesitting, saw scales and wondered - I've put on 7 kilos, or just over a stone, since I wrote this blog. I know this because of the adorable kiwi habit of weighing you everytime you want to do something fun.

Put it this way - I am currently too fat to skydive.

Now, I'm 35 years old and have never dieted. This makes me pretty rare amongst british women, I suspect. I like to eat, I don't really like to exercise, I'm not that bothered about how I look. But Himself is right - it isn't healthy to be my current size. Besides, if I put on any more weight I'll go up a dress size, and I have better things to spend my money on than new clothes.

Hence, Weightwatchers. What do I have to lose? (insert your own joke here)

Apart from your credit card number, they don't ask much. Name, weight, height. And then a target weight - they suggest 5% of your current weight initially. That makes a lot of sense - achievable, but enough to see a difference. And then it runs whatever sums it is they run and tell you what you can eat

Woohoo! I can eat 36 propoints a day and 49 extra a week! what the hell that means, I'm not sure. But it seems quite a lot.

Maybe this is do-able?

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