March 22nd marks my one month anniversary of being a dedicated member of Weight Watchers. One whole month! And I did it! I took my crazy busy life (work, grad school, a 10 hour movie marathon, wine club, PIZZA!) and I managed to successfuly make it through my first month of Weight Watchers.

I think I've lost about 7 lbs so far, and I have to say that I've really worked hard for it. I've only got 20 points to use each day, and that's not a whole lot. I had to completely change all of my eating habits. Granola in my yogurt? Gone. A bowl of ice cream to reward myself for working out? Gone. Or how about a glass of wine most nights with dinner? Gone. Eating an entire sleeve of Thin Mints at once? Well, sadly that habit has been broken too.

New habits have set in, and now I get up at 6 a.m. four days a week and run 3-4 miles before I even wake up my daughter for school. Sure, I'm sound asleep by 10 p.m. but I've put in a good workout before the day even starts. And I'm eating salads for lunch every single day, and making smarter choices for dinner. I feel great, and you know what? I can fit into my favorite pair of jeans again! I'm so Lucky!

I've always struggled with my weight, sometimes better than others. I've always been very active, I run a lot, and I spend a great deal of time at the YMCA (did you hear that they are lowering their membership fees?), but my body was like: Okay, you want to eat that bowl of ice cream? Let's put it right here! and then it was attached to my hips and I couldn't zip my jeans.

I am sad to report that I haven't been to Kopp's once in the past month. I'm really sorry Kopp's, it's not that I don't love you, it's just that a scoop of tiramisu custard in a waffle cone is something like a gabillion points! (I just checked, as I write this tiramisu is the flavor. I didn't know that. Jeez, way to make a girl feel bad about her decision! I think it's calling me like an old boyfriend who just won't give up. Or like Natalie thinking Matty is her soul mate on Big Brother, that girl is so clueless. Did you hear that tiramisu: YOU ARE CLUELESS!!!)

So here's to one month down and a bunch more to go!

(Cross posted @ Thoughts Outside My Head)