It’s after midnight on the first of January. I’ve been on Weight Watchers for 34 whole minutes.
Thirty five minutes ago, I sipped the last of my champagne. Before that, I ate a small, slow-cooked calf, washed it down with a bucket of red and consumed France’s entire annual output of smelly cheese.
“What do you think?” I ask my partner as we cleaned our post-feast teeth. “Have I lost weight yet?”
Day 1 – New Year’s Day.
The thing about telling the world you’re on Weight Watchers – or at least the people who occupy my world – is that you say this:
“I’m doing Weight Watchers. Just want to shift the 2.5kgs I’ve put on since moving in with my partner and the 2.5kgs I’ve been talking about my whole life.”
And they hear this:
“I will not eat again. Ever.”
But in reality, I spend most of the day screaming, “I AM allowed to eat,” every time I put a grape in my mouth.
I spend the rest of it saying ‘bugger it’, consuming 20 of my 30 permitted SmartPoints™ in white wine and eating pasta. And a bit of fruit cake. By the time I hit the hay, I’ve downed an additional 20 SmartPoints™ on top of my allowance.
Not good.
But it’s so much bigger than what I’m putting into my mouth. With Weight Watchers’ new Program, Your Way, it’s all about lifestyle. This time around, instead of just reaching for a specific goal, a perfect ‘number,’ I’m reaching for a whole new lifestyle – a lifestyle based around three pillars: Food, Fit and Feel.