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OK, that title is actually a misnomer. After all, I've been on Weight Watchers since 1971. Since I have not been locked into my house for those entire 37+ years, I have traveled. The difference this time is that I'm following the new Momentum Plan and — contrary to past excursions — I am hoping to actually lose weight, rather than merely maintain.
Wanna know what I discovered?
OMG! This is not an easy process!
I am the newest member of a speakers' Mastermind Group with Rich DiGirolamo, Anita Paul, and Margie Thomas. They (now "We") meet four times a year in various parts of the country. Each meeting lasts two days with a day before for socializing. That means four days of being on the road, which means four days of not being able to weigh and measure everything. Well, to be honest, I don't weigh and measure everything, but when I'm at home, I've been much more careful lately. Also, since last week's weigh-in caused me to stay flat, I am really hoping for a loss this week. I know these minor plateaus are part of the picture, but I'd prefer them to be a smaller part of the picture.
In the recent past, when traveling, I'd go on a "modified Core plan." That meant, that I'd eat what I wanted in small servings and only at meal time. I would only eat one serving when I did eat. I would not bring food into my hotel room. I would rarely eat between meals. I would walk whenever possible and I would drink lots of water. That served me pretty well because I would usually come home at about the same weight as I left, which was all I wanted. However, this time, I'm hoping for a loss.
So, how do you lose weight during the holidays while on the Momentum Plan? Wanna know my secret?
I'm out of town right now, specifically, I'm speaking at a foster parent conference in Yakima, WA so I'm eating out every meal. I do pretty well when I'm out of town. I've discussed that before. Anyway, I'm by myself and the waitress comes over to me. Overall, she was close to excellent. She was fast and very friendly. She got the order right. She even laughed at my jokes.
Her: "Can I get you anything else?"
Me: "Peace in our lifetime."
Her: <chuckle> "My shift ends too soon."
Me: "Big tip if you can do it."
Her: <chuckle again>
However, if you're a waitress and you're reading this posting, I have a piece of advice to you from countless folks, who I'm sure all share this opinion:
This is my busy travel season. (If you’d like to read some of my columns on travel click here. If you’d like to read some other postings in this blog about travel, click here.)
The good news is I can pay my bills and I get to meet a lot of people who are really cool. The bad news is I have to subject myself to the airlines’ special brand of customer abuse for the next few months. (If you have not traveled on an airline in awhile, you’ll find the clip — sent to me by my good friend Rich DiGirolamo — below from Mad TV very funny. If you have been on an airline recently, you will find it recognizable, causing much groaning.)
Just came back from a presentation in Wenatchee, WA to the Washington Municipal Clerks Association (WMCA). You never know where these things will come from. I did a presentation to the Northern California clerks last year and that lead to the CA clerks and that led to Washington, with Oregon coming in September. I also met the president of Alaska association of municipal recorders and it looks favorable for working with them too.
What a great group of people! I don’t say that simply because of all the work that’s coming out of meeting them, but also, because these are people, by their very nature, are into trying to help people get what they want. Let’s face it; you don’t enter pubic service for the money.
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
You probably noticed I was gone for awhile again. (Or maybe you didn’t; but I certainly did.) I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) winter conference, this year held in San Francisco. NSA does this at least twice a year to help those of us in the association better our craft. (Of course, if you go to a convention of speakers, you’re lucky to get a word in edgewise.)
I drove down with a good friend of mine, Scott Hammond (of BecomeABetterFather.com). Whereby my style of dieting is to try and avoid everything I can, eat basically salads, and keep everything out of sight, Scott seems to just manage his intake better than I do and is more diligent than I about his exercise regime so he frequents different restaurants than do I.
Although we don’t travel together a great deal, we have a few times and each of those times, there is the required stop at In and Out Burger. Every time I tell someone we stopped at In and Out Burger, they go all gonzo on me, almost drooling in some sort of Pavlovian response to the very name. I don’t think I got as much of a reaction when I told people I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre as when I told them I ate at In-N-Out.
"Wow! Isn’t it great?" they ask. "You’re so lucky!" "Don’t you just love it?"
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