National Body Chaos!

Lordy…this morning was truly an experience. I went to my WW center for an 8:00am weigh-in. I lost my pre-Christmas gain and I’m back to my lowest recorded weight of 219.4 lbs. I am determined to see 215 by the end of the month. The 220s are so last year. :p

There was a new weigher at the center. When it was my time to weigh, she tried to give me shit for wanting to use my regular scale:

Diva: I want to weigh on that scale…
Scale Bitch: Well, no one works at that station on Saturdays, so I’m going to weigh you here.
Diva: I’ve weighed on that scale for almost 3 years. The other weighers have never had a problem coming down to this station to weigh me.
Scale Bitch: I’ll let you do it this time, but I’m also going to weigh you on another scale so you can see it’s exactly the same.
Diva: I don’t care if the reading is the same. I have been doing this for a long time and I’m comfortable here. Guess I’m a creature of habit…whatever works, right?
Scale Bitch: (After seeing my numbers) Wow, you’ve lost a great deal of weight…how wonderful for you.
Diva: Uh huh, thanks…

I hate having to break new people in! Especially this lady…she had that pompous “I lost 4 lbs total to reach goal and now I’m an expert” sneer.

After WW, Chesty and I headed to the Dallas Galleria for the challenge weigh-in. Oh my goodness…when we got to the 2nd level, there were already over 600 people lined up! We got there 90 minutes before the store opened and some of these people had been there since 6:30am. People were camped out like they were waiting for damn concert tickets. There were lawn chairs and blankets. The funny thing is that a lot of people were munching on pastries and drinking their fancy latte-with-a-triple-toe-loop-spin-combination drinks. LOL That’s it…load up on the sugar before you weigh-in. Anyway, Chesty and I decided we weren’t going to wait hours in the ridiculous line, so we left. While I did want some of the freebies, I don’t need the Bally’s membership and I think that’s what truly caused the mad rush of folks. Most people pick January to get fit, but some can’t afford to join a gym at that time because of post-Christmas finances. The challenge offered a free 3-month membership and people went apeshit. It was good to see so many diverse people ready to slim down…hopefully everyone keeps their commitment past the 3 month mark.

After the Galleria, we headed to LB so I could get dress pants for work. JerseyGirl returned my call while I was in the dressing room and we gabbed like normal. LOL I was just standing in my undies chatting away..until Jersey reminded me that I was in a dressing room and maybe we should talk later. :p

I walked out of the store with a nice pair of 14/16 slacks…love it, love it, love it. I guess that makes up for today’s drama. Of course, I don’t know what tonight will bring.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

-C
406/219.4/170