Paper Clips

     Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a great start to the weekend! Sorry for the lack of posts...I have been busy spending time with my college roommate! We had a lot of fun, laughed a lot, and ate/drank just a little too much! Oh well...we don't get to see each other too often so it was well worth it!
     As you all know, I am doing Weight Watchers to help myself become healthier and lose a little weight..nah a lot of weight. The first two meetings that I attended we had a "substitute" leader because the regular Monday gal was on vacation. I really liked Teri and was a little sad that she would not be our leader...until I met Marilyn last Monday. She is a breath of fresh air. She is energetic, encouraging, and a former FAT MAMMA. Marilyn is all about finding ways to constantly remind herself (and others) that she is on a journey and trying to do her best to live a healthy lifestyle. So when she asked the group how many people needed paper clips, I was a little confused. The normal Monday people were all excited that the "paper clips were back" and they quickly passed around a box of colorful paperclips. Some people took a few and some people took none. Marilyn informed us that this is a method that she uses to help keep herself motivated. For every pound she loses she adds a colorful clip to her chain. Marilyn's chain is now 50 clips long! There were chains of all different lengths in that meeting...some just 4 or 5 clips and some 20-30 clips! Some people keep their chains hidden and some people have them proudly displayed on their purses and or somewhere else very visual.
     Of course I was very excited to start my chain! I chose my 9 clips (can you guess what color scheme I went with) and made my chain! I decided that I am going to put my chain around my rear-view mirror.Hey, at least it isn't baby booties I am hanging, right!  Why my car, you ask? I am always in my car. At least a couple of times a day and sometimes spending hours a day in my car. Placing the chain in my car will serve as a constant reminder that I am this journey and that I am choosing to make better decisions. I am very excited to watch my chain grow. I am sure there will be weeks that it doesn't grow (probably this week) and there will be weeks that it grows a lot! The longer the chain, the less of a FAT MAMMA I will be!