Heavy hands.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.

~ Author Unknown

When I woke up this morning the first thing I did was check to see how tight my rings were on my fingers. My rationale was that the looser they felt, the more weight loss I would show when I got weighed today. Bad news...they were really tight. So I made my way to the shower, not feeling real hopeful about what the scale would bring. I have been a lifetime WW member for 10 years, and believe me, it was a lot easier to lose weight when I was 40 years old.

I have a dear friend who is just a few years older than me who used to tell me "Just wait until you are 50, it is next to impossible to lose weight." I didn't really believe her, I figured it was just an excuse. Boy was I wrong. Not that it's impossible, but is twice the effort that it was 10 years ago. I hope I am not starting to sound like I'm obsessed with my weight. Those who have known me longer than we'd like to admit will tell you that my mother was very (100lbs +) overweight. Her health suffered dramatically, and it not only affected her, but it's ravage of her body took it's toll on both my sister and me when we cared for her the last few months of her life. I don't want my children to have to deal with an elderly mother who didn't take care of herself. And, I do have that new baby coming, I need to be a physically fit grandma.

So off I went to my meeting with my friends, professing all along how good I'd been all week. I was still feeling how tight those rings where when the scale revealed that I had lost 5.6 lbs! Which only proves one thing...I carry my weight in my hands.