Calling for Backup

I mentioned on New Year's that I've decided to re-join Weight Watchers this year. I've always had great success with them, derailed only by things like pregnancy.

And Danielle's margaritas.

Determined to be able to wear my pre-pregnancy clothes (or go shopping for more) I joined the All New and Improved Weight Watchers program.

There have been quite a few changes. Enough that I can't just rely on my memory and old eating plans.  So, armed with the new PointsPlus calculator, I went to the grocery store, Elizabeth in tow.

Within fifteen minutes, I was calling for backup.

"Chad? I need to you to come to the store and pick up Elizabeth."

"Why?" he asked, obviously distracted.

"First, she thinks my calculator is a cell phone and she goes nuts for it every time I try to check a label."

"Okay..."

"Then...I have no idea how many points things are worth any more, so I'm checking every label. I'm starting to freak out."

"You don't need to freak out."

"Easy for you to say, Mr. Eat What He Wants and Then Have Seconds. I'm trying to figure out what kind of pasta to buy and while typing in the information, Elizabeth is throwing all the fruit out of the basket. I let her out thinking she wanted to help, but she took off down the dairy aisle while I was looking up egg whites. "I took a deep breath,  "I'm trying to avoid things with HFCS, buy things that are low point and look for sale items."

"Did you remember to grab the coupons?"

"Coupons?? Coupons??" I screeched. "Do you have any idea of the type of pressure I'm under right now? And you want me to check for coupons?"

"Well...yeah."

"Get here," I whispered in a voice I didn't recognize, "or I'm not going to be responsible for my actions when I get home."

"Calm down, baby. I was just teasing," he soothed.

"This is not a teasing matter. I'm 2.4 seconds away from hijacking the bakery and eating my weight in bread."

"I'll be right there."

On the plus side, I've lost 3.4 pounds this week. Probably because, in the end, I bought fruits, veggies and egg whites and spent most of my time figuring out the points for a bottle of wine.