This Little Piggy..Went for Mexican Food!

Sooo.....dieting has been my way of life since I was about 13.  I wasn't a true fat kid until about the 6th grade.  Growing up in a small town there isn't a lot to do except eat...obviously.  I wasn't too bad off until college.  Now, some people will tell you to "beware the freshman 15!" I'm here to tell you to "beware the sophmore 50!!!!" I started to gain weight and didn't really care, I was so busy in college the only time I had to eat was in the middle of the night at Waffle House while I was trying to cram for an exam, learn lines for a play, or just trying to avoid doing any work at all...and since you only wear sweatpants and pajamas in college you don't really notice the weight!  After college I was so busy trying to get a job and I was so poor the only thing I could afford to eat was Ramen (yummmm)! I finally landed my dream job and am working so hard on my career, but it's time I work on myself as well.  Last year I set a goal for myself to run a half marathon by my birthday.  Well a few bumps in the road and needless to say my birthday is next Monday, and I am no where near a half marathon in fact I'm not even close to a half mile!  In all fairness and excuses I was on a really good track until about December when I had to have my gall bladder removed.  After that I was pretty unmotivated to get back on the track.  I had lost over 50 pounds and since my surgery I have gained almost all of it back! After some coaxing from my best friend Bernice Bernice and a few co-workers I have taken on the challenge of Weight Watchers, which I will refer to as Piggy Farm (thanks to Bernice)! I am very skeptical of Weight Watchers because I don't understand how I can still eat a Whopper and fries and still lose weight.  However I agreed to give it 100% and really try it!  I am at week 3 and have lost a total of 17 pounds, 7.5 the first week, 6.5 the second week and 3 pounds this week.  So it's working...so far!  Even with my small amount of weight loss I am still a true fat kid and have my fat kid moment's daily!!!

Take today for example...
Each week a group of girls from the office decides to go to lunch together.  We had decided earlier this week to go get Mexican food and Cactus Jacks (only the greatest Mexican restaurant within a quarter of a mile)  Now you know you are a fat kid when you wake up and your first thought of the day is "Hooray! Today i get Cactus Jacks for lunch"  All morning I watched my computer clock thinking about the greatness I would order at lunch, all of a sudden I get a call from one of the girls "Val, after Cactus Jack's can we get a snow cone?" Now my immediate thought is "OMG did I win the lottery today!??!?! Not only am I getting Mexican Food but a Snow Cone?!, I'm in fat kid heaven"  Now on a side note, the Mexican food was incredible and I have never inhaled chips and salsa that fast in my life, but I did remember that would be all of my points for the entire WEEK so I needed to take it easy on the snow cone.  So...I had a sugar free snow cone.....still amazing and still 0 points!!!!!

I will always be a true fat kid!!!