Today was my first weight watchers meeting. The meeting startedvwith my first weigh in, and I am a little embarrased to say that I weighed in at 295 lbs. Using my weight and a few other pieces of information (age, height, gender) I calculated that I get 42 points a day. I am a little worried about this, as that doesn’t really sound like a lot of food. I have a little book to keep track of what I eat during the day and to track the points, which I keep in another little book that has a listing of foods and their point values. It also has a little sliding card scale in it to help me figure out a foods point value based on its nutrition label. I think, this first week at least, is going to be tough, mainly because we have no food in the house and no money to go shopping. I fully plan to give this my best attempt and try to follow the plan, I am hoping to make it work, lose weight, and change my eating habits and life style to help maintain any weight loss I do achieve. I am also going to try to find the time, hopefully each night, to do some exercising via Wii Fit. Finding this time is also going to be very difficult, perhaps even more so than tracking my food and learning to eat better. Wish me luck!
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Children’s Art Showcase
Yesterday I had the opportunity to go view Kylie’s art gallery exhibit at school. Each year the children of the Children’s Institute supply art for the Children’s Art Showcase. Each child has at least one piece of art that they created, and most of the rooms (maybe all, I am not certain) have a piece that all the children of that room helped to create. This is actually the first showcase that I was able to make it to, and it was very nice. All of the artwork was very interesting and unique, and I am very happy that all of the children have the opportunity to express themselves in this fashion. I only took a few pictures, but they can be found here. I did, of course, make certain to get pictures of the piece of art that Kylie created, which I think is beautiful and expressive. She seems to enjoy doing art work and expressing herself artistically, through painting or dancing or even playing music. I look forward to encouraging these activities as much as I can as she grows.