Failures, misfortunes and successes

We'll start with the success. I have been doing Weight Watchers for 7 weeks now, and have lost 18.1 lbs! I honestly thought I wasn't able to lose weight. I have been going to the gym at least 5 times per week, some days 2 times per day when it fits into my schedule. I do cardio every time for 35-45 minutes, then I do either my upper body or lower body on weights for about a half an hour. This is something that usually fits into my schedule and it was going great until...

This past week I started my new promotion at work, so now I am a Residential Advisor rather than a Youth Counselor. Don't get too excited, although it might look good that I am getting promoted, I am unfortunately still making the same amount of money. Anyway, this new job comes with hours of my own choosing, but since I have had doctors appointments this week, the hours I have chosen to work have interfered with my gym time. I only went to the gym 3 times this week, and I have been eating random leftovers out of the group home refrigerators. Not the healthiest choices. Since I haven't been doing well anyway, on Friday my roommate and I decided to get a Domino's pizza to share. It was delicious. I knew I was in trouble for my weigh in that happens every Saturday, but I felt that I had completely earned whatever weight gain I received.

On Saturday, I avoided that scale like it was the plague. Although I knew I deserved it, I still didn't want to see my hard work from the previous weeks being wasted. I finally got the courage and just told myself I had to do it. I stepped on the scale ... 201.9, I stepped off the scale thinking it had said 219, but then I got back on the scale to make sure ... 201.9, I stepped off then stepped back on ... 201.9. Weird, the scale must be unbalanced or something. I picked up the scale, shook it then put it back down and stepped on it ... 201.9. I repeated this several more times just to make sure it wasn't lying to me. Still it was the same. I had lost 3 more lbs this week! Even with all my random eating and my pizza, I didn't hold back on the pizza either. I ate a lot of it.

Later at the gym I stepped on the more high tech scale they have there to check my weight again and it was one pound more, but I was wearing a lot heavier clothes then when I weighed myself at home. I was so excited! I am very determined that I stick to this now, I know that it works and I can help myself so much by losing weight. Also I found out yesterday that I have super high cholesterol, even after I have been exercising and losing weight and eating better. I don't know what I am consuming to cause myself cholesterol. Hopefully I can do something with that. I thought only old people dealt with cholesterol. I am getting old though. 26 next month.