Good Riddance

Ham Pants | noun | Sweats or loose-fitting pants that you wear during and/or after consuming mass amounts of food. Also known as cookie pants (Scrubs) and by the generic term of fat pants.

I'm saying goodbye to my ham pants. I took the plunge today and finally signed up for Weight Watchers Online. I’ve done Weight Watchers in the past but always did it on my own, never paying for a membership. It’s completely possible to download a free app and do Weight Watchers without ever giving them a single penny, I’ve done it multiple times and usually had success. Unfortunately, that success was often short-lived. I would get sick, move, go on vacation, start school… something always came up that derailed my plan and caused me to lose sight of my goals and gain the weight back. I don’t believe that simply paying for an online subscription to Weight Watchers will help me avoid these pitfalls, but I do feel differently about WHY I’m doing it this time, and I feel ready to make this change and maintain it. That’s why I’ve decided to invest in me. I never paid for Weight Watchers before because the service always seemed unnecessary and too expensive, meanwhile I had no trouble *treating* myself to a fancy coffee at Starbucks at least once a week. If I can treat myself to a $5 coffee every week, then I can invest $5 in my health every week.

I’ve only ever done the original points program. Points plus didn’t really appeal to me for whatever reason so I just never gave it a go, but I find the new Beyond the Scale program much more intriguing. I’m no longer just doing this to lose weight, I also want to be healthier, and I’m excited to see that this new program seems to encourage eating ACTUALLY healthy foods, rather than highly processed low-fat-high-fiber foods. They’re also attempting to entice you to be more active by rewarding you with fit points. I play video games so the thought of racking up points for being active is pretty awesome to me. Even better? Weight Watchers is running a promotion where if you buy two months, they’ll give you your third for free, plus they’ve waived the $20 activation fee. I figured this was the perfect time to truly give the program a try. If after three months I decide that the service doesn’t offer enough to justify the $20 monthly fee, then I always have my free app. ;)

Stay tuned for updates on my progress, my thoughts on Weight Watchers Online, and healthy recipes!

Savannah