The Incredible Shrinking Woman

OK, so a couple of months ago my sister, Sarah, and I (Sarah's the normal married one, not the troublesome 20 year old) were shopping and I realized that my apartment had been missing one very important element.... a scale. Now, typically, I am not a great fan of the scale, and I have in the past made it a mission to avoid scales and the evil numbers they report. But, for some reason, that particular evening, my judgment was impaired and I decided to test one out. I was appalled at the number. I quickly and easily convinced myself that the number could not possibly be correct. After all, with the number of people who, like me, had tested the scale in stores, the scale could very easily have been mis-calibrated. This incident, however, left me wary. After we walked around Linen's and Things a little more, my perplexity over the scale episode got the better of me. I went back to buy a scale of my very own. Once back at my apartment, I set the box on the table. I stared it down for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, I worked up the courage to remove it from the box. Once arranged in the bathroom, I held my breath, stepped on and shut my eyes. After the profuse sweating stopped and my heart stopped palpitating, I pried open an eyelid and glanced down at the number. I had been correct at the store; the scale was not calibrated correctly. The number on my now very personal scale was actually higher than the one that had shown up on the one in the store! I was mortified! Once I got over the hysteria and stopped seeing brightly colored spots, I realized something would have to be done! I began watching what I ate; walking with my parents’ dog and a few weeks later I joined Weight Watchers. I’ve been doing WW for 6 weeks now, and I am pleased to announce that I have lost almost 10 pounds. If you count the 5 and ½ I lost before joining WW, I’m down 15!! This of course is very exciting. When I go back to school on Friday, I will be 15lbs lighter than I was when I left. In addition, thanks to a day at the beach today, I’ll also be returning with a tan! I’m going to sign off for tonight! I just wanted to share my triumph and my struggle. After all, I’m 15 lbs down, but I have a long, long journey to go.