It's conference time at work, so we don't have kids.
After meeting all morning to discuss things like protocols and matrices with our various specialists, everyone decided to go out to lunch.
Except me. It's Thursday & I weigh in today. I stick to my oatmeal breakfast & yogurt lunch. If I deviate, I'll have to chop off a leg from my octopus.
Okay - don't panic, it's not a real octopus. It's a contest with my TOPS club. Everyone who wanted to play made an octopus from yarn. Whoever gets through the couple of months the contest runs with the most legs still on their octopus wins the contest.
Since I'm maintaining my goal weight, I don't have to lose, but I have to weigh in either at or below goal (I have a 10-lb leeway - 3 above goal, 6 below) to keep my legs on my octopus. I have a hard time staying at or below goal, and this kind of contest motivates me to stick to my guns and get my workouts in, etc. The regular TOPS members (still not at goal weight) have to either stay the same, or lose to keep their octopus legs.
I don't have a problem staying away from the goodies & treats (today it's peach pie & Do-Si-Do's), but when everyone leaves you alone at lunch, it kind of sucks. I could have gone along & just had iced tea or something, but they were going mexican, and the warm fresh made chips on the table would have probably been more temptation than I could manage.
Wish me luck on my weigh in!
Well as long as it’s convenient
7 hours ago
3 comments:
Hi Tina,
Thanks for the comment on my blog.
My aunt is way into Tops and is probably one of the thinnest people I know!
Good luck! Too bad mom is out of it, it was doing really well for her too! I just forget to eat lunch about 3 out of 7 days of the week and that pretty much keeps me in my clothes!
FYI - I lost 1/2 a pound last night, so I was under goal & the octopus was safe!
Kind of funny though, some ladies are SO reluctant to cut off a leg, they are putting them in "casts" with masking tape. Then they pass them around for signatures!
Hee - I guess that just means they don't have to make a new octopus when we do the contest again...
:)
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