My first plateau

I've only been losing about .4 lbs a week for the last couple of weeks.  Between my monthly womanly issues and a cold that's hung on for over a week, I think I'm actually doing ok when it comes to weight loss.  I don't want to eat anything, but then I get hungry so I eat, but then my tummy gets upset that there's something in it.  I can't win this battle. 

The big news, though, is that I'm officially diabetic.  I go to the nutritionist this Friday and the clinician, to get all trained up in how to eat and care for myself so I don't start losing body parts or kidneys.  Or eyes.  Yeah, fun stuff, huh?  The good news is, if I eat properly and exercise I should be ok.  Since this is exactly what I've been trying to do for the last 3 years (yes, I've been doing Weight Watchers that long), maybe it won't be a great change to my lifestyle.  I've already been making changes.  After my diagnosis I did the dutiful thing and informed my family (so they could be watchful of this), and that's when I found out two of my grandparents also had diabetes--one on each side.  So I feel a little better about developing it now.  It's not totally my fault for being overweight.  It probably would have happened eventually anyway.

Drama Club has picked up--we're into rehearsals for the next play, and they're going really well.  I've been thinking a lot about the different types of friendships that I have, and in the Drama Club it seems that when I show up they're all really glad to see me.  Occasionally I even get a "Julia's here!"  For someone who's used to being in the shadows and has the ability to slip out of social events without anyone noticing, that's kind of a big deal.  Almost as big as when my nieces get all excited because I've come to visit them.  Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

So the big family news is this: Danja's pregnant (the niece that got married last June), her older brother David is getting married in April, and my niece Natalie from a different sibling is getting married 3 days later.  Since David is getting married in Portland, OR, and Natalie is getting married in SLC, that's going to be quite a trip. At least it occurs before the play performances!  Although it didn't completely miss the Tech Week rehearsals.  I'll have to get someone to cover me for that, but that's ok. It's only one rehearsal.

Just wanted to put in an update since there's been kind of a lot going on and it's all been pretty involved.

3 down, 49 to go...

No, that's not a football score. I've determined to lose one pound per week for a year. That's 52 pounds by next January. Technically I decided to do this on January 9th, 2012, starting with the Believe Weight Watchers program that Jennifer Hudson has been telling us about on the commercials. Then I found out Jennifer is a whopping size 6. Yeah, I said it, she's a size 6. I got to thinking, if she can do it, I can do it too! But that's next year. This year is one pound a week. Which is a good, sustainable rate of weight loss. I'm doing Weight Watchers, and every Monday I enlist all my Facebook friends to support me in my goal by posting how I did. And how am I doing? This is the fourth week, and I've lost three pounds. So I think that's pretty good. There will be weeks I don't lose, there will be weeks I lose a lot, but as long as the average stays good, I can keep it up. And I have this odd desire to start my running program again.

In other news, Shannon and I took a tour of DC on a Segway on Saturday. Segways are very fun. Zooming down the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue (cuz that's where the bike lanes are) was also extremely fun. Freezing my hands and toesies off, not so much, but that's ok. Once in a while is not bad. The weather was supposed to be a lot warmer, and later that afternoon it rained, but we missed the rain and the pictures I took turned out great.

Getting ready to start out

In front of the Capitol Building, East Side

In front of the White House
(South Side--the North Side had protesters)

Totally doing this again--they have a monument tour in the summertime where they go around to all the monuments. And hey, if I ever get a niece, nephew, sibling, friend, etc come to see me again, we're totally doing this!