OH! I forgot to mention that last week, my writing partner took me to to see her nutritionist, Sheryl Westerman. From what I gather, she's sort of like the nutritionist to the rich and famous here in Atlanta. My collaborator isn't exactly wealthy, but she felt Westerman offered her exactly the kind of one-on-one support tha worked for her. And, after 18 months of being a client, my friend has lost about 62 lbs.! Bravo! I think that's a pretty healthy rate to lose weight too. Just think! If I'd stuck to my guns the first time I went to W.W. I could be there by now too! O.K. that line of thought is depressing! Let's just look ahead at what will work for me now!
I can see that if I need to do something different, but not totally different, to get more constant results. There was something about W.W. that worked for me to lose 30 lbs in the past. So, I need to pin that down and not throw it out. I don't think it works well for me to have W.W. meetings 20 min. way down a congested road with many shopping distractions along the path. I also don't think it works well, anymore, for me to go to meetings early on Saturday mornings. Not sure why, but it doesn't. So, I tweaked my W.W. approach.
I asked Westerman what she offered me that W.W. couldn't and she said one-on-one guidance, but good nutritional advice is good advice. Mostly, she works with people who wouldn't have willpower if they didn't have someone holding them very personally accountable. (Does this means she has a spanking room? LOL)
Otherwise, Westerman and I think W.W. will work better for me. It's cheaper and I need to learn to have self-discipline to survive living around food the rest of my life -- even when I am not with a counselor. I asked Westerman if she'd heard of The Maker's Diet. She'd heard of it, had the book, but had not read it. I asked her if she kept a kosher diet. She did, but did not elaborate. (She's jewish and had Hannuka gifts from clients in her office when we arrived to see her.)
I did not get very good answers from Westerman, or any free advice, because she was very focused on asking a lot of questions about our writing collaborative. She's curious about what people do outside of her office to help her clients with the psychological aspects of food. I also don't think I set a very good impression. Making a great, professional, attractive, clean-cut, intelligent first impression is something I used to do all the time, but I seem to have lost my sea-legs for it in the last seven years. Through diet and exercise, I aim to get back to my old, more confident, classy and composed, self.
At Westerman's, I looked kind of sloppy in my gym suit and I didn't have my hair done yet. She is a very classy, upscale, polished South African. Her questions about our work also made me uncomfortable. I didn't want to talk about work or share that side of myself with her unless she needed work from us -- which she didn't, she was merely probing to find out how logically or soundly our business partnership was established and I felt her curiosity went into the zone of "none of your business;" but obviously, my partner shared a lot of personal stuff with her like you might with your therapist. I know food has a big emotional element around it, but on my first "date" with someone I don't want to dive-in head first into the maneure.
So, I gutted it out with a big dose of gratitude to my partner for taking me to see her. I am glad I had the opportunity to meet Westerman and to see what it's all about. It's also very nice to know that someone new in my life, my writing partner, cared enough to share with me what works for her. That's great support!
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