A Saturday in for a change
I went to my WW meeting on 10/3 and much to my avail, they hadn't fixed the problem with my account.
Something I forgot to mention in my last post was the mechanical error that had occurred with their new computerized weigh in process.
On the Saturday of 09/26 when I went to weigh in the lady told me I had already weighed in for the week and that I couldn't weigh in again.
I told her "Ma'am I assure you, I haven't weighed in this week. Last week I weighed in up in Napa, but I haven't weighed in this week"
(She was already snippy with me, and that's when I used my "Ma'am" voice", when I "Ma'am" someone that means I'm getting pissy and if you continue to be a JERK I will rip into you in the NICEST way possible...she didn't persist so no ripping happened)
"Well it won't let me weigh you in, cause it says you've already weighed in" she snapped back at me.
"Well, what does it say I weigh."
She looks at the screen and says "Oh... it's saying you weighed in at 135 lbs"
"Well now, that is sounds off to me. 'Cause if I weighed that I wouldn't be at Weight Watchers, now would I? Please remove it so I can weigh in"
"I can't"
"Why can't you?"
"I don't know how"
Ahhh... that's where the rudeness came from.
Then she calls over another lady who knows more about those confangled computers than she does. And the nastyish lady who attempted to weighed me in who was frustrated with HER mistake and was taking it out on me YELLS to the lady "Grace, can you come over here. The computer is saying she's lost over 100 lbs this week, and CLEARLY that's not possible" She shouted this across the room, I found this to be rude, and not very friendly, and for someone who's paying for a service to help me lose weight I was a bit offended how she said it.
The numbers people weigh are personal, and the way she shouted, bothered me. Almost like she was putting ME on blast for her mistake... but relating it to how I couldn't possibly weigh what was on the screen... those numbers are FAR off for me. I shouldn't be looking at 135 on my weigh in record, it's not my weight, and reminding me of HOW far I have to go really sucked, especially in the manner she did it in.
I watch them futz around the computer for a while, they BOTH get impatient because people are lining up behind me and the nicer one asks if I can just get as a visitor and they'll sort out the mistake by next week.
"Thanks. For valuing my time." Since I lost that week I just left.
Now then, I go in on 10/3 to get weighed in that and 135 pound weigh in is STILL in my log. It's been a week, they assured me they'd fix it but to no avail, it's not fixed. Luckily the meeting leader, Steve, is the one who weighed me in. Out of all the people at the Oakland Weight Watchers meetings on Saturday, I like Steve the best. He looks at the screen and he says... Your weight from last week is off, and we need to fix this. This isn't fair for you to be paying for something that's broke, so let's fix this together. He had never tried to fix a mis-weigh-in... and he's pissed that the gals from last week didn't alert him to this problem and haven't resolved it. After trying to fix it himself, he's confused about the user interface and he looks at me and says "Amy, you're on a computer daily, would you like the give it a try?" I take the mouse, and three clicks later my correct weight is in there and he's stops me and says "How'd you do that... can you show me so in the future I can fix this for others?" "Sure, I said" I show him how I did it. Then I have him give it a try. He does it correctly and he weighs me in. And I was down .4
Why I like Steve: He is SUPER positive, remembers me from week-to-week and even takes the time to know a little bit about me. And since he knew that I'm on computers... I don't think he knows what I do for a living, but knows that it's on a computer, 'cause when I've spoken up in past meetings it was about me not getting much exercise during the day cause I'm on a computer. Still, it was nice to be useful and get what I wanted.
I leave the meeting feeling good, and listened to which will make me want to go back and continue being successful.
I'm especially proud that I didn't let the computer-Illiterate gals from the previous week get to me, and I was very diligent with my points for the following week.
That evening I stayed it. It was the first Saturday I can remember in.... well I don't know HOW LONG that Matt and I stayed in. I made a beautiful Turkey Bolognese sauce in the crock pot. We did chores, cleaned up the house, and that night we watched Heat which neither of us had seen before. It was SO nice to be in my apartment and not have anything I HAD to do. The last time I spent a whole day in my apartment I was sick and stayed home from work. It's pretty sad, that the only times I've spent a whole day in my apartment have been when I've been sick. It was so nice to enjoy being home, and just have a nice night in. Since the weather is getting colder, I'm intending on planning a few more weekends at home, where I can fill the house with good smells from the crock pot and catch up on movies and or do quiet activities like read, or crafts.
With this loss of .4
I have 37.8 pounds until my goal.
My Questions for you with this post:
How are you doing with your goals?
What are your favorite warm weather recipes?
Thanks for reading! .
Something I forgot to mention in my last post was the mechanical error that had occurred with their new computerized weigh in process.
On the Saturday of 09/26 when I went to weigh in the lady told me I had already weighed in for the week and that I couldn't weigh in again.
I told her "Ma'am I assure you, I haven't weighed in this week. Last week I weighed in up in Napa, but I haven't weighed in this week"
(She was already snippy with me, and that's when I used my "Ma'am" voice", when I "Ma'am" someone that means I'm getting pissy and if you continue to be a JERK I will rip into you in the NICEST way possible...she didn't persist so no ripping happened)
"Well it won't let me weigh you in, cause it says you've already weighed in" she snapped back at me.
"Well, what does it say I weigh."
She looks at the screen and says "Oh... it's saying you weighed in at 135 lbs"
"Well now, that is sounds off to me. 'Cause if I weighed that I wouldn't be at Weight Watchers, now would I? Please remove it so I can weigh in"
"I can't"
"Why can't you?"
"I don't know how"
Ahhh... that's where the rudeness came from.
Then she calls over another lady who knows more about those confangled computers than she does. And the nastyish lady who attempted to weighed me in who was frustrated with HER mistake and was taking it out on me YELLS to the lady "Grace, can you come over here. The computer is saying she's lost over 100 lbs this week, and CLEARLY that's not possible" She shouted this across the room, I found this to be rude, and not very friendly, and for someone who's paying for a service to help me lose weight I was a bit offended how she said it.
The numbers people weigh are personal, and the way she shouted, bothered me. Almost like she was putting ME on blast for her mistake... but relating it to how I couldn't possibly weigh what was on the screen... those numbers are FAR off for me. I shouldn't be looking at 135 on my weigh in record, it's not my weight, and reminding me of HOW far I have to go really sucked, especially in the manner she did it in.
I watch them futz around the computer for a while, they BOTH get impatient because people are lining up behind me and the nicer one asks if I can just get as a visitor and they'll sort out the mistake by next week.
"Thanks. For valuing my time." Since I lost that week I just left.
Now then, I go in on 10/3 to get weighed in that and 135 pound weigh in is STILL in my log. It's been a week, they assured me they'd fix it but to no avail, it's not fixed. Luckily the meeting leader, Steve, is the one who weighed me in. Out of all the people at the Oakland Weight Watchers meetings on Saturday, I like Steve the best. He looks at the screen and he says... Your weight from last week is off, and we need to fix this. This isn't fair for you to be paying for something that's broke, so let's fix this together. He had never tried to fix a mis-weigh-in... and he's pissed that the gals from last week didn't alert him to this problem and haven't resolved it. After trying to fix it himself, he's confused about the user interface and he looks at me and says "Amy, you're on a computer daily, would you like the give it a try?" I take the mouse, and three clicks later my correct weight is in there and he's stops me and says "How'd you do that... can you show me so in the future I can fix this for others?" "Sure, I said" I show him how I did it. Then I have him give it a try. He does it correctly and he weighs me in. And I was down .4
Why I like Steve: He is SUPER positive, remembers me from week-to-week and even takes the time to know a little bit about me. And since he knew that I'm on computers... I don't think he knows what I do for a living, but knows that it's on a computer, 'cause when I've spoken up in past meetings it was about me not getting much exercise during the day cause I'm on a computer. Still, it was nice to be useful and get what I wanted.
I leave the meeting feeling good, and listened to which will make me want to go back and continue being successful.
I'm especially proud that I didn't let the computer-Illiterate gals from the previous week get to me, and I was very diligent with my points for the following week.
That evening I stayed it. It was the first Saturday I can remember in.... well I don't know HOW LONG that Matt and I stayed in. I made a beautiful Turkey Bolognese sauce in the crock pot. We did chores, cleaned up the house, and that night we watched Heat which neither of us had seen before. It was SO nice to be in my apartment and not have anything I HAD to do. The last time I spent a whole day in my apartment I was sick and stayed home from work. It's pretty sad, that the only times I've spent a whole day in my apartment have been when I've been sick. It was so nice to enjoy being home, and just have a nice night in. Since the weather is getting colder, I'm intending on planning a few more weekends at home, where I can fill the house with good smells from the crock pot and catch up on movies and or do quiet activities like read, or crafts.
With this loss of .4
I have 37.8 pounds until my goal.
My Questions for you with this post:
How are you doing with your goals?
What are your favorite warm weather recipes?
Thanks for reading! .