Round Two - Fat Class Recap 1

Well, the second round of fat class was surprisingly informative. I had been dreading sitting through the intro class again, since I'm 13 weeks in. I mean, what can they really tell me that I don't already know. A lot, apparently. It was incredibly informative to sit through the introductory material again. A great refresher. Just picked up on some things I had forgotten or perhaps missed on the first go round.

As for my fat class mates? Well, there were three repeat offenders (me, Cathy - the one with influx, and the guy who's wife is also doing the diet in another class -- think he's lost 40 pounds already). There were only 7 newbies with us. So, a total of 10 in the class Monday night. I was there with a colleage, Liza. She's new to the diet and has been watching my progress (along with others from my office). We've all done fairly well and I think she's anxious about not doing as well as the rest of us. I just try to remind her that every body responds differently, and this isn't a competition. Liza took LOTS of notes. Pages and pages, actually. That's good. I didn't and I now see there was a lot I didn't remember.

Ginah was the teacher again and I told her the next day that it was really very good for me to sit through it again, especially considering I'm seeing this all through a new lense. I wasn't doing the fruits and vegetables last time. So, I didn't really listen to everything they said about that... or it didn't register. It was relevant, or important.

Several members of the class looked like they only needed to drop a few pounds, and it made me wonder what they were doing on this program. Then there were others that definitely needed to lose more. There was a guy who stood for most of the class. I'll probably just call him the Stander. At one point he asked the Married Repeater about a shake he made using a pudding. The Stander was really intrigued by the things you could add. "So, you just put a whole box of that pudding in the shake when you do it?" he asked innocently. I thought Ginah might have a heart attack. "Not a whole box... just a tablespoon," she strongly stated.

I missed Paulie. While she and I were not really friends before the diet, we have certainly been there for each other through the last 13 weeks and she is definitely a good friend now. It was weird not having her as part of my experience.