CHECK-IN: Thirsty THURSDAY 3/28/2019 - All are WELCOME!

linda72 , have fun on your trip to Ft Worth---I love that town!

Good morning.

Still cold---in the twenties now but going up to the fifties later. I will move my tomato plants out to the sun for a day trip and then back into the garage tonight.

Off to a Weight Watchers meeting in a few minutes. Yes, it is a MEETING, lol. Santa Claus has a workshop but Weight Watchers will always be Weight Watchers to me and the Weight Watchers meetings will always be meetings.

TTYL. KOKO.

DebDoesWW,  great news! What a relief for you. Yippee!

Morning all.I'm in.

DebDoesWW Great news.I'm happy for you and I know you are relieved.

linda72 Enjoy your trip.

fullmahina Enjoy your meeting.I refuse to call them studios also.

Good morning. I’m in.

linda72 , happy tripping in Ft. Worth.

fullmahina , I got a mental image with the following headline: “Retired nurse runs sanitorium for preemie tomato plants.” LOL

DebDoesWW ,

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Yesterday I spent an intense few hours with the kitche/bath designer coming up with a plan for the master bath and kitchen. They will come tomorrow to do blueprints and preliminary renderings, then Saturday I get to go to their showroom to pick cabinets, appliances, etc.

This morning I’ll be in cooking class for Tuscan cast iron cooking.

The sky is light gray right now; there will be rain; then we are supposed to have sunny Spring weather for the weekend.

That’s it.

KOKO

DebDoesWW , doing the happy dance for you!!! WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!

zazzles , I hope you enjoy the design process and end up with the kitchen and bathroom of your dreams! We will be expecting a photo essay. 

Okay....my take on the meeting. Excuse me but I am going to use the ol' familiar terms here.

The leader was okay, as was the weigh-in lady. They all approached me the minute I stepped through the door. As I had registered online already I didn't have to fill anything out. They introduced themselves, shook my hand (?), asked me my name and wrote up a "Hello my name is _____" badge and handed it to me. They were smiling mightily throughout the whole process. Even though I had been to that center in the past, I didn't recognize any of the staff. 

Then I was directed to the weigh-in area and the weigh-in lady wanted to see my phone. Okay, even though I told her I had been on WW before and Freestyle and was familiar with the app, yada yada. So I pulled up the app and handed the phone to her and she speedily checked everything that had to be checked to see if it all matched up to what they had on their computer. Yes, it did.

I got weighed (ugh) and she wrote the results in my little booklet with neither a glance at me nor a word. Handed the booklet back, gave me a few materials and I went and sat down.

About those materials. Wow, WW is really cheaping out on the written materials. No food guides, no pamphlets except for the Welcome booklet that is full of glossy pictures and little else. It's basically a big fat ad. Hey WW? You got me already. Now give me some concrete information, not an infomercial. 

Oh, and the card with the weekly topic ("Find an activity buddy!") and a recipe on the back. Again...wow.

Now, the meeting. The leader spent the first ten minutes talking about recipes that required buying the WW foods available at the center and the "invite a friend" thing. Sigh, okay. The next twenty minutes weren't bad, members talked about the activity topic. The leader invited members to share their success and quite a few hands went up. Members announced their weight losses and their was a lot of applause. It was pleasant enough.

Not terribly inspiring but not painful. Just kinda meh. But I am here for accountability weigh-ins and anything else I get from this will be a bonus. I didn't stay for the "Getting to Know You" session, not wanting to hear about the wonderfulness of FS and Connect, thank you. I'm a little cranky right now to begin with and didn't feel I could stay all smiley during that session. I might have snapped.

When the meeting was over and we all were marching out the staff stood by the sidelines like Walmart Greeters, grinning and nodding and repeating "have a good week!" over and over. It felt all phony and staged. Stepford Guides.

That said, I shall be back next Thursday after a week of weighing and measuring with MFP, hoping for a decent weight loss.

I’m in.

Deb: Great news!
Linda72: Enjoy your weekend.
Fullmahina: Glad you got to your meeting. Sounds pretty much like mine Tues morning.
Zazzles: enjoy planning your renovation.

Heading over to workout then to pick up a few necessities. Have a great day everyone.