This is Your Ass…This is Your Ass in Lululemon…

Week: 30
Pounds Lost: 47.4

Okay, time for those of you who took psych in university to dust off your freudian theory. Because I’m going to talk about my ass again today! Yes, it was only two weeks ago that I was looking for advice on how to handle the newly found problem of butt cleavage, and here I am again talking about said butt. Can you say "fixation" children?

Well, to be fair, I am really writing more about having finally, finally made one of my most cherished and secret milestones – to buy (and look decent wearning) a pair of lululemon pants! I had originally set it as an ultimate goal – to lose XX pounds and then treat myself to a pair of lululemons as a reward. But then one day about six weeks ago I went to the mall with my youngest to do some Christmas shopping, and while we were waiting to drive into our parking space, I heard a terrible smash & crunch. Yup, you got it! Another mom (in the EXACT SAME van, even down to the colour) backed into me. To be honest, the whole experience was more of an inconvenience than anything. The speeds were incredibly slow (she was backing up in the single digit speed range and we were stationary), so nobody was even remotely hurt (despite the fact that her 8 or 10-year old son was not wearing a seat belt – in fact, he wasn’t even seated, rather kneeling on the back seat looking at me through the window!). But there was a ridiculous amound of damage to my van (they ended up having to replace a headlight, the front bumper & a side panel) and, strangely, I was quite shaken up. I’m still nervous backing up my van in a parking lot!

In any event…after the accident I decided to go into the mall anyway. I made a beeline for lululemon and bought these pants:

just a note on the pictures…I cut off my head on purpose because it’s been way, way too long since I had my brows waxed and I’m having a bad hair day! Oh, and I’m covering up the spilled coffee on my white t-shirt (why do I always spill coffee on the WHITE shirt?)…

And yes, this IS my ass in lululemons! My daughter picked out the colours – they match my woefully underused lululemon yoga mat that I got for Christmas last year 🙂

Yes, I know lululemons are outrageously expensive. Yes, I know much of their clothing is no longer made in Vancouver but is now oustourced to (what are undoubtedly sweatshops in) China. Yes, I know they are designed for yoga class and I haven’t taken a yoga class since summer (hey, do I smell a New Year’s resolution coming on?). But I wanted them. Now. Not when I finally lost 50 lbs. Not when I weighed 150. Not when my BMI was 25. NOW. So I broke my own rule of not buying anything for oneself during the lead-up to the holidays. And it was worth it!

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Saturday was my last weekend teaching before the new year, so I had to just run into Weight Watchers, weigh in, and run out, but what a bad meeting to miss! They have changed their program and how you calculate your daily points range is completely different. It’s no longer based entirely on current weight, but takes into account a number of factors, including sex (men start with at least 6 more points than women), age, current weight and daily activity level. To the cynical, it may seem that Weight Watchers is trying to keep people on the program longer by slowing down their weight loss – especially men, who notoriously lose weight at a much better clip than we women do.

To me, it seems perhaps that they realized that the program was in fact very effective when adhered to 100% (but I doubt there are many who adhere to it 100%!). They say it’s dangerous to lose more than 2lbs per week (sometimes that danger is worthwhile, especially in the case of people with a lot of weight to lose: e.g. is it harder on your body to weigh 300lbs or to lose 5 lbs a week?).

In any event, my new points range is only 2 points higher than it was before (I gained a point for my age and one for being somewhat more active than a person who sits at a desk all day and then on a couch all evening…) But my hubby’s now got 6 points more per day than before! We’ll have to see how things go this week: we’re actually both within 10lbs of our official Weight Watchers goal ranges, so it’s time to think about achieving our lifetime member status! But that’s fodder for next week’s post. See you then!