Well, I feel like a bad dog who’s walking around with its tail between its legs…I did the unthinkable today, and I still can’t get over the fact that I did it. I swore that I would leave and never look back…but I did it. I’m still in shock myself…I don’t think it has quite hit me yet. (Dramatic, I know.) Let me back track a bit…
About 2 weeks ago I received a phone call from a # I wasn’t familiar with. Fearing it was this dentist’s office that has been stalking me to make an appt (I’m lame. Yes. Something I’m not afraid to admit.) I didn’t answer. A moment later, I received a voicemail. I called it up and listened. It went something like this:
“Hi Kelly, this is “girl with a really preppy name that talks like oh my god way too fast and uses the word ‘like’ too many times in one sentence.” calling from Pure Weight Loss, formerly L.A. Weight Loss. (You know, the evil evil place I’ve discussed on numerous occassions in my blogs.) I’m calling today with a really special offer to you, our former client (because our business is doing terribly, possibly because we work on commision, and must restort to high pressure tactics and motto’s such as “the more they cry, the more they’ll buy”…just a guess?). When you first started here, you paid for 86 weeks of weight loss, (and basically signed away yours, as well as the soul of your firstborn child). When you left, you had used only 1/2 of your weeks. What we’re doing is offering all your weeks back to you for only $50.00. Yes, that’s right, 86 weeks of weight loss in our center for only $50.00. What’s the catch you ask? Absolutely nothing. We just want to see your bright, shining face back in here. (Ok, perhaps I creatively edited that last sentence…but you get the idea.)
I instantly deleted the message, tossed the phone on the passenger seat on my car, and giggled to myself. “Yeah right.”
Fast forward to last night. For whatever reason, I started to really think about my weight loss, or lack there of. I was thinking about how I’ve been with Weight Watchers 2 times now, and how both times, I’ve seen very small progress…and how the scale always seems to creep back up on me. Now please don’t get me wrong. I love WW, and feel it’s an excellent program…I give them major props. At the same time, I realized that it just wasn’t for me. So I cancelled my membership with them. On a whim, I did it. After I did that, I researched a few other options. I looked at the Medifast website. Nutrisystem. Hell, even good ol Slim Fast. But nothing was really clicking.
And then I remembered the message from “talks too fast girl.” So, against every fiber of my being, I called her today. I’m still not 100% sure why I did, but I did. And I laid everything out on the table. I told her how I was extremely successful with their program, but their lack of professionalism, as well as used car salesman tactics were a major turnoff. I asked her what the catch for signing back up was, and she assured me there wasn’t one. I said I’d think about it, and perhaps stop on in after work. She said they were open until 6…and I said, “Well, nevermind then. I work until 5:30, and can’t possibly make it there by 6.” To which she replied, “I’ll wait for you. Just come on by.”
So I went.
And I signed up.
Again.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Yeah, I know.
It was so crazy walking back into that place after 2 years of avoiding it like the plague. I felt like George Costanza from Seinfeld after he got back together with his old girlfriend Susan…after swearing he was done with her the first time.
But I did it.
And you know why? After all is said and done…after every crazy drink, powder, pudding..insane diet I’ve tried….after every point, portion and calorie I’ve counted in my life, this is the one thing that has worked. It took my 2 years to realize it, but it worked. I lost 100lbs. 100 frickin lbs with these clowns.
And I’ll do it again.
110 to be exact.
110lbs to get to my goal.
Yeah, I weighed in on their scale at 260.4. Have some more pumpkin pie, eh Kelly?
So here we are, back at square one. But Christ Almighty, I’ll do it this time. I’ve done it once with these people, and by god, I’ll do it again. Time is slowly ticking away…why wait any longer?
Here goes nothing…
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