WW lost a long-time and loyal customer on Wednesday. Me. It’s been four years (next week) since I became a member and in November three years since I made goal and became a Lifetime member. Over the years I’ve paid WW so much money that I could own them by now, but I’ve always been happy to do it since they helped me change my lifestyle. They helped me create a Cathy who both eats right and exercise. Something that I never thought would happen… I haven’t been at goal for the last two and half years. The holiday season rolled around right after I made goal and somehow my body rebelled on me with gaining 5-6 pounds in just a couple of weeks. Since then I’ve been been gaining and losing the same pounds over and over. Sometimes I’m as much as 10 pounds over goal and sometimes just barely above my goal weight.
Over the last three years I’ve also been through getting laid off (made redundant), changed jobs twice and had three major deaths in the family during a period of 10 days. Since food is and always will be my passion I’m surprised that it hasn’t affected my weight more. Regardless of 10 pounds on or off I’m still the same size so I haven’t really worried about it. My life has changed in so many others meaningful ways so worrying about a couple of numbers on a scale hasn’t been my priority.
My leader who had been me from day one never worried much about it either. If I had gained at my monthly meeting she cheered me on and if I had lost she praised me. But most of all she knew my journey and was proud of what I had accomplished. Sad to say she decided to leave WW in April after 15 years as a leader. I almost cried when she told me because she has always been my pillar of strength. At her last meeting I promised to keep going to meetings and be a member, but on Wednesday couldn’t take it any longer.
From start the new leader hasn’t exactly been my cup of tea. She lacks both passion and motivation and is dead boring during the classes. As usual my weight has been going up and down. This last time I had gained some more and I’m now 10 pounds over goal again. Not good, and I really should get a grip on myself, but her comment was just plain rude - Stop eating! You would start losing weight again if you stopped eating. I got pretty perplexed by her comment, but said something about that my motivation is gone. Eating right and exercising is just a routine nowadays. I need to spice up things. Here I was expecting some good advice and cheering, but she just kept talking about stop eating and everything would be fun again. By then I realized she had no idea what she was talking about and that I could do without her. I wish I had said – Lady, you just lost a very loyal and long-time customer, but I just left.
I still haven’t decided if I will try another day and meeting. In my heart I know that I need WW to help me continue on this life long and very bumpy journey. But right now I just don’t know…
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