Under 300—More Than Just a Number
Saturday May 2, 2026: It was probably the most nerve-racking drive to a WW meeting I’ve ever had. I’ve made that trip in the late ’80s, again in the ’90s, the 2000s, the 2010s—and now the 2020s—but I don’t think I’ve ever felt nervous. I was not nervous when I went in August of last year for the first time in a long time, I said I was going and I went. I kept telling myself that it didn't matter, it was just a number. I kept telling myself that my self worth wouldn't change regardless of the out come. It didn't and it hasn't. However, even as I told myself it was just a number on a scale and weight was a fickle thing that can hinge of so many things besides just what you eat. We are talking sleep, mood, what you drink, when you drank it, restroom breaks and regularity, it all goes into the end result. There was a nervous tension in my car and no matter how much I tried to lose myself in the podcast I was playing, my mind was thinkin...