Fat Class Recap 5

Let me be completely honest.  What I'm about to say is freightening... but it's the truth.  I'm not sure if it's a result of the lack of food or just a basic change of heart, but my fat class mates are starting to grow on me.
That's not to say they are not still annoying.  Course, they totally are!  And, they are definitely still dramatic, especially Jed.  I can't even remember exactly what he was going on about last night. 

But, I entered class with Cathy going on about Ginah (the instructor).  "I told her I can't planning my week like that!  And, she hasn't called on me since!"  Apparently, quite disguested with the expectations of our instructor.  When we first enter class we must write on the board our number (total meals eated, total calories burned, etc).  The first thing two things are listed as PC and WS.  PC is phone call.  EVERY week people say, "WHAT IS PC??"  No one remembers it means phone call.   We are REQUIRED to make a midweek phone call to Ginah on Thursday mornings, updating her on our progress.  A very annoying requirement.  Maybe even worse than having to eat the food.  It's silly and ridiculous and when we don't do it Ginah fusses about her having to call us (which is HER job).  But, that's a whole other blog.  WS is weekly summary.  We calculate totals on a paper and then report out. Yesterday Cathy says, "That's just STUPID!  If you are putting your numbers up on the board, then you have OBVIOUSLY done your weekly summary!!!!  DUMB!"  And, that's where it started.  I realized that despite these people's annoying comments and habits, they were also frustrated by some of the silliness of the program.  Again, this could merely come from the fact that I'm on a very low caloric intake and therefore unable to make intelligent decisions.  Anyway, I began to feel a connection. 

Last night we were required, for the first time, to put up our 4 week weight loss.  Here's a breakdown of how our friends are doing:

Persons Name/4 Week Total Weight Loss
Waverly                   10
Jed                          23
Cathy                      11
Shoeless Wonder    7.8
Paulie                   16.5
Me                          15

Yes, my friends, I'm down 15 pounds.  Whoo hooo!!!  I lost 5.4 last night.  It was great to have a loss after last week's disappointing weigh in.  Waverly walked into class after I had already put up my numbers and she looked around the room with an fierce expression and said, "WHO's CHRISTY!????!"  I didn't answer.  Her question sounded angry so why would I want her to know who I was.  She turned to Shoeless Wonder, who was next to her, and said... "Who is that?  I should have already lost 15 pounds!!"  Shoeless Wonder turned to me and said, "Who's Christy?"  I was like... uh, me!  Then she turned back to Waverly and said, "Oh, it's the baker...Betty Crocker!"  (Last time I was Rachael Ray.  Will I be refered to as a different cook each week?)

I was asked to create a cookbook for the class of HMR recipes.  I suggested they try google first -- since that's pretty much where I stole the recipes.