So yesterday I totally didn't write my points down at all after 8:45 am - and its funny how, by the end of the day, I felt like I must be SO FAR over my points that there's no point in trying anymore for the rest of the week... Then this morning, I went and figured it out - and yeah, I had gone over, but only by 7 and I still have more flex points left! So, this whole writing points down thing really is a good idea, I think - even if it helps you realize that you're not messing up as much as you think and you really should KEEP TRYING!!
So, for today (Saturday):
Points 23:
snitches of elan's breakfast -3 (what a silly use of 3 points! UGH)
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday...
Muffin in night -2
Breakfast -3
((Updated on Saturday morning: Hmmm... looks like I'll have to try to remember the rest))
yogurt -3
casserole -4
muffin -3
pb&j -3
smoothie -6
WORK +2
pizza -6
pudding -2
LEFT:-7
(flex points left 21)
Breakfast -3
((Updated on Saturday morning: Hmmm... looks like I'll have to try to remember the rest))
yogurt -3
casserole -4
muffin -3
pb&j -3
smoothie -6
WORK +2
pizza -6
pudding -2
LEFT:-7
(flex points left 21)
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Another Day... We Can Do This!
I know that almost everyone who reads this is also working on their own weight journey... so I'm including you in this too... WE CAN DO THIS!
Today's points (23):
Treadmill +2
Froot Loops -4
muffins & coffee -5
soup & grilled cheese -4
making muffins with kids -4
casserole -5
rice krispie square -2
work +2
crackers @ work -1
casserole -5
vitamuffin sundae -3
LEFT: -6
((flex left now 28))
Today's points (23):
Treadmill +2
Froot Loops -4
muffins & coffee -5
soup & grilled cheese -4
making muffins with kids -4
casserole -5
rice krispie square -2
work +2
crackers @ work -1
casserole -5
vitamuffin sundae -3
LEFT: -6
((flex left now 28))
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Battling the Mind
So, I've said it before, but I'll say it again... its all in your mind. I can't believe how much my thinking affects my perception of myself, which affects how I act and what I eat and whether I exercise - i.e. I have felt like a failure and therefore when I look in the mirror, I see nothing but fat, and so I eat whatever to comfort myself and don't even bother to exercise.
I KNOW.
It sounds stupid.
But that is the way my brain works and I know its the way a lot of people's brains work - sadly.
So, yesterday, I went to a WW meeting and I didn't want to pay to weigh in cuz I'd already done my weigh in for January, but I decided to be brave and get on the scale before I went. I almost didn't cuz I thought I'd probably gained about 5 pounds over the past 3 weeks -because that's what I thought and I convinced myself when I looked in the mirror that I looked 4 pounds heavier and everything.
But I was brave, and got on that scale, and guess what? I haven't gained anything - at all! I am exactly the same weight I was 3 weeks ago.
I was shocked. Really shocked. And after I found that out, I went and looked in the mirror and suddenly couldn't see that extra fat! How ridiculous!
Anyway, I'm carrying on with my attempts to get my eating/exercise and weight back where I want them. I'm still 8.6 pounds above my WW official goal weight and actually about 20.6 pounds above MY goal weight for myself. I would like to get there one day - lots of people think I'm silly, but I'm not. I would really like to have that buffer between MY goal weight and my WW goal weight, so that if something happens and I start to gain like I have over the past 7 months, that my high weight would still be a healthy weight for me - and one that I can still go to the WW meetings for free!
Okay, so todays points (23 total):
Mini wheats -3
Treadmill +2
yogurt & crackers -2
muffin & cheese -4
coffee -1
1/2 grilled cheese and veggies & elan's leftover icecream cone -5
supper-4
vitamuffin -1
WORK +2
spaghetti and veggies at 11 pm -5
vitamuffin and icecream -3
LEFT: -1
I KNOW.
It sounds stupid.
But that is the way my brain works and I know its the way a lot of people's brains work - sadly.
So, yesterday, I went to a WW meeting and I didn't want to pay to weigh in cuz I'd already done my weigh in for January, but I decided to be brave and get on the scale before I went. I almost didn't cuz I thought I'd probably gained about 5 pounds over the past 3 weeks -because that's what I thought and I convinced myself when I looked in the mirror that I looked 4 pounds heavier and everything.
But I was brave, and got on that scale, and guess what? I haven't gained anything - at all! I am exactly the same weight I was 3 weeks ago.
I was shocked. Really shocked. And after I found that out, I went and looked in the mirror and suddenly couldn't see that extra fat! How ridiculous!
Anyway, I'm carrying on with my attempts to get my eating/exercise and weight back where I want them. I'm still 8.6 pounds above my WW official goal weight and actually about 20.6 pounds above MY goal weight for myself. I would like to get there one day - lots of people think I'm silly, but I'm not. I would really like to have that buffer between MY goal weight and my WW goal weight, so that if something happens and I start to gain like I have over the past 7 months, that my high weight would still be a healthy weight for me - and one that I can still go to the WW meetings for free!
Okay, so todays points (23 total):
Mini wheats -3
Treadmill +2
yogurt & crackers -2
muffin & cheese -4
coffee -1
1/2 grilled cheese and veggies & elan's leftover icecream cone -5
supper-4
vitamuffin -1
WORK +2
spaghetti and veggies at 11 pm -5
vitamuffin and icecream -3
LEFT: -1
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Trying to Track Again
I have been spinning my wheels this month and I have a ton of emotions about it and this whole weight loss/maintenance/weight gain thing... and I have had a new post open on this blog SEVERAL times this month to come and blog about it all, but I just don't even really know what to say. I'm sooooo frustrated, but I really can't give up, or I'll just keep gaining and gaining and easily would be waay heavier than I've even been before, I can just tell.
SO, I'll keep plugging away at it. I was doing really well for the first 2 weeks of January (even lost 0.6 pounds the over the one week where I weighed in), but then our boss gave us a "Christmas Bonus" of 2 weeks of free staff meals to eat while we're working and somehow, in my mind, that translated to "there is no possible way to stay on track while having free delicious boston pizza food and now i have to lose all control"... what can i say... my though processes are just kinda wierd.
BUT, I do want to keep at it - I do want to lose weight and I really don't want to be out of control any more.
SO, I am going to do the one thing that works for me, and that is force myself to track and the only way I can do that is by posting it here for you all to see... I know, its so exciting too... sorry.
Here we go:
Points (24 total):
Froot Loops -4
yogurt -1
chocolate bar -2
latte -2
lunch -6
chocolate chips -1
v itamuffin & whip -2
LEFT: 6
SO, I'll keep plugging away at it. I was doing really well for the first 2 weeks of January (even lost 0.6 pounds the over the one week where I weighed in), but then our boss gave us a "Christmas Bonus" of 2 weeks of free staff meals to eat while we're working and somehow, in my mind, that translated to "there is no possible way to stay on track while having free delicious boston pizza food and now i have to lose all control"... what can i say... my though processes are just kinda wierd.
BUT, I do want to keep at it - I do want to lose weight and I really don't want to be out of control any more.
SO, I am going to do the one thing that works for me, and that is force myself to track and the only way I can do that is by posting it here for you all to see... I know, its so exciting too... sorry.
Here we go:
Points (24 total):
Froot Loops -4
yogurt -1
chocolate bar -2
latte -2
lunch -6
chocolate chips -1
v itamuffin & whip -2
LEFT: 6
Sunday, January 17, 2010
An Excellent Idea
Check this article out if you have any time:
http://donmilleris.com/2010/01/01/living-a-good-story-an-alternative-to-new-years-resolutions/
Its about how making new year's resolutions rarely works, and how to "live a good story" instead - which sounds like a great idea to me. I'm going to give it some thought and try to follow his steps to planning a story for myself for this year!
:o)
Check it out!
http://donmilleris.com/2010/01/01/living-a-good-story-an-alternative-to-new-years-resolutions/
Its about how making new year's resolutions rarely works, and how to "live a good story" instead - which sounds like a great idea to me. I'm going to give it some thought and try to follow his steps to planning a story for myself for this year!
:o)
Check it out!
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