[TUESDAY'S TALLY]

So, last week my dear friend Kristin announced that she was going back on Weight Watchers to lose a few pounds before her cruise and issued a challenge to all of us to keep track of our own weight loss progress right along with her.

Well, I have to admit that it took me a week to get to this point. At first I thought...yes, I am totally going to do that along with her and post my results on my blog, but then....well, then I am accountable to all of you. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I was seriously stressing about it. I am the queen of starting something with fabulous intentions, and then....when it gets hard....I quit. You must all now know that this is not an easy thing for me to admit. I am a bit more prideful than I should be! :) However, it is time for me to face the music! And so, thank you Kristin! I will be joining you and any others that would also like to participate in what I have now dubbed "Tuesday's Tally". Each Tuesday I will weigh in, and no, you don't need to know just how much that number is....but I will track here, on my blog, for all the world (ok, that is a bit cocky) to see, just how my progress is going. The losses AND the gains (heaven forbid the gains).

I will be counting my points with the best of you! I so love Weight Watchers. I love it because it keeps me on track, but the better the food you eat, the better you feel and the more you get! This is the lesson I am learning this time around. A few years ago I had lost about 25 on it, but I didn't make great choices and ended up cheating, or starving most of the time. I like to think I know better now. I LOVE that I can have an enormous Spinach Salad with lots of beautiful red, orange & yellow peppers, celery, carrots, a sprinkle of dried Cranberries and Raw sunflower seeds for just a couple of points! Plus, I just feel so much better than I did before.

So, off I go! This is my first week, and now the pressure is on (I don't know why the pressure NOW, when last week the thought of being in a swimming suit in a few weeks wasn't...go figure)! I will meet you back here, next week with the results of my first week.
If you want to join us, you can either leave it in comments on my blog or Kristins, OR you can be brave and post it on your own blog, for all to see! :) It can't be that bad really....we are all friends here....right.....right?!

Oh, and maybe I should post monthly pictures of myself. Maybe that would help in the progress. (how many points are there in Humble Pie?) Well, here you go.......
Yeah, I know...predictable! Yes, I was talking on the phone, to Carrie in fact, and Ryan was trying to get me to get off the phone so we could go on our little picnic. This was his tactic...it didn't work. I mean, yes, I did eventually get off the phone, and it wasn't much longer, but I had business (yeah, business...that's right) to tend to, and I needed a minute. :)