Weekends and Weight Loss

So, I joined Weight Watchers yesterday. And, already I'm a total failure! LOL I'm going to keep trying, but DAMN! This is harder than I thought! And I haven't had to cook a family dinner yet. I'm really not looking forward to that.

I'll be curious to see how things go during the work week. I already know I'm going to have to give up my daily Chai Latte at Daz Bog. But, I don't think that will kill me...it may hurt a little, but death seems unlikely.

I've picked up some snacky kinds of things that are 1 or 2 points, but I can just see me eating these all freaking day long then having no points for dinner. I thought this point thing would be just perfect for me, given the admittedly inconsistent habits I have about plotting and recording measurable things. Oh well...I'm just going to work it out. And, if it's just not working for me, I'll try the Core Plan. There are no firm limitations on how much to eat, there is a food list to go off of and a spectrum of comfort to stay within. Maybe that was the way to go, at least in the beginning.

I also made yet another decision about school last night. Late last night. I've been obsessing for a few weeks now about what to do about school. Even after spending time Friday at Community College of Aurora, I was really still looking at other options. Then, after meeting with the counsellor, I was completely convinced that I would not be going to school there.

I spent literally hours online last night looking at accredited online universities. I actually found one that looks just like what I'm looking for - Western Governors University. They even have an IT program that has a Database Emphasis. Yes, very intriguing! And you come out of the program with nine top industry certifications. The only problem...cost. It's somewhat less structured than I thought I would go for. You work with a Mentor, develop a 6-month term plan and whatever you pay the same for the term whether you accomplish 3 competencies or 9 competencies. Oh, and the thought of basing an education off competencies seemed strange to me at first, but after a while, this was what really made the option so interesting to me.

Anyway, the decision I made was to damn the torpedoes and continue with CCA. Get those blasted general education requirements out of the way. I still have time to figure out what to do about the rest later on. WGU will accept some transferring credits, or at least count some competencies as completed from those gen ed courses. It's an interesting option....

We went out for dinner tonight at IHOP. Grampa Harry is a big fan of the place. I had a spinach and mushroom omelet that was really out of this world. Out of my points total, too. (sigh...)