Happy Wife, Happy Life...

I love my wife. I am one of the fortunate ones. I married my best friend, with Melody. I brag of the fact that she is the only girl I ever kissed, and the only one I have been with EVER. That is the kind of relationship stories are made from. I personally don't know of any that can brag of that fact. I tease and say we have been happily married for 5 years, but we've been married for 27! I love her to death. Anytime I do something I either want her along, or can't wait to tell her about it. She is a saint to put up with me. I think she has a bad sense of smell, bad vision, and a little bit of a mental disorder to put up with me that long. She did a wonderful job raising our three sons. At times, it wasn't easy because you could've added me as her fourth boy to raise. It is because of her that I embarked on this journey. Thank you Hon, for pushing me!

I enjoy Weight Watchers. The support you get is terrific. The weekly meetings encourage me even more to go and succeed with my weight loss. To do this beside my best friend is even more exciting for me. When Melody succeeds, I get excited with her. She has more knowledge of this program, and she has become my personal coach through all of this. She tells me what I can and can't eat. She is the driving force behind me. It is because of her though, I find my one fault in Weight Watchers. Weight Watchers encourages you to eat all you daily points. They say, "You can't lose weight unless you eat." I agree with them to an extent. Here in lies my problem. Right now I get 71 points a day, and she only gets 29. I can eat a good meal at lunch, mind myself at breaks, and then get home and still have 50 points left to use. She can do the same thing and when she gets home only have 12 points to use. I get it that she has less weight to lose and that she is a woman,  but it is hard to try and eat dinner when you have the capability to eat 2 Big Macs, a large fry and a large soft drink, and still have points left over, then you look across the table and she is eating a small salad and a water. It's tough for me to do! I end up feeling guilty and get me a small salad and a water. It is my job to provide for her, and to give her all I can, not for her to eat rabbit food, while I can eat steaks. I know these things are designed to work, but the guilt I have usually leaves me with 20 - 30 points left over at the end of the day. Understand this, I am not starving myself because of this, I'm still eating till I'm comfortable, just not full anymore. I still am eating healthy. I get my proteins, veggies, milk and all the other goodies required of me, I just feel like right now I got too many points.

I did learn something new today. Sonic has apple slices and will substitute them in place of tots. Instead of a burger and tots, I got a grilled chicken wrap and they let me switch the tots for apples! Add the fact that I drank a medium unsweet tea, instead of a large cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper, and will call it a good lunch today! Now that I've been not eating certain foods for over a week, the cravings have been hitting even harder, but that's a story for later.