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Weekly Weigh-In!
Hello ladies, it's weigh-in day!
How did everyone do this week?
Halloween is upon us! Are sweets a challenge for you? Do they call your name from the bottom of the pantry? If so, do you have a plan to survive Halloween without sabotaging your weight loss efforts?
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Re: Weekly Weigh-In!
I am down 4.6 this week. I was pleasantly surprised to have such a big week! But then I had a major downer when a friend and I went to lunch at Skyline and I came home to find out Cheese Coneys are 8 points EACH! Omg! So I had a 16 point lunch! That's what I get for not planning and researching ahead of time!
I love candy. I could sit and eat a whole bag of it so Halloween is a challenge for me. My plan this year is to buy candy on Saturday so it's not sitting around the house. Also I am going to buy candy I don't like. I am a chocolate lover so I was thinking of buying things like Skittles or Starburst (I hate, hate, hate Starburst) so as not to be tempted.
4.6 is awesome, congratulations! I am trying to erase from my mind that cheese coneys are 8 points each though. Love me some coneys!
Believe it or not, I somehow lost a half pound this past week. I have no idea how that happened, I've been on a real bad spell for about the last 10 days. Tomorrow is my weigh-in day and I'm betting it catches up with me this week. I have definitely come to the conclusion that not only am I a bored eater, I also eat when I am stressed. I could not control myself all day yesterday!
Halloween is not really going to be that difficult for me, at least not this year. We are taking the kids trick-or-treating as a family, so no one will be home to hand out stuff from our house. That's good in that I don't have to buy any candy and it therefore won't tempt me ahead of time. I think I'll do OK staying out of Justin's stuff, because he'll catalog it all and I don't want to incur his wrath!
Tyler Anthony arrived on 9.21.09
The Chronicles of Justin and Tyler
Tyler Anthony arrived on 9.21.09
The Chronicles of Justin and Tyler
I kind of thought I'd lose at least a pound this week but according to the scale I gained .2. Maybe if I would have peed before stepping on I'd have at least stayed the same.
Overall, I'm doing well. I am doing better with my water intake (except yesterday--I do much better when I'm at work than at home), I would rate my eating as "OK" not fantastic, but not horrible either. I'm back on the exercise wagon and it feels great. I Zumba'ed Tuesday, I did yoga and went for a walk yesterday, and I have step class tonight.
I love sweets. I actually bought some candy corn at Target last week. Thankfully it's a fairly low cal treat. I will just use the "everything in moderation" plan and exercise my butt off these next couple of weeks.
I'm down 3lbs this week, for a total of 10bs over the last month! I'm excited about that. Its amazing how much thyroid medicine makes a difference, not just with my weight loss. I have stayed up top of eating right, but slacking on exercise as life is getting kinda crazy, plan to fix that this week.
Last year I bought candy I didnt like so I wasnt tempted. This year, DH picked it out, so it will be tempting. Whoever is the last at our door come around 8 (or once the crowd slacks off) will get everything we have left, so we dont eat it.
I know! I figured the were about 5 points. I nearly threw up when I got home and calculated the points. Now I have like 6 points to get me through the rest of the day. Ooops. Good lesson learned there though!
I attribute it to two things mainly. 1) I am a tracking demon. I write it all down. That really keeps me honest. and 2) I plan ahead. Because when I don't I end up eating 16 points worth of coneys for lunch!!! Seriously though I knew I had some meals out coming up so I looked up the menus ahead of time and calculated points so I knew exactly what I was ordering before hand.
I'm like you, I eat when bored or anxious. And I am totally aware of it while I am doing it and will even do all the self talk but I still end up eating it while telling myself not to. So I have learned there are just some things I can't bring into the house. Period.
I had a rough week...I didn't even weigh-in because I knew it would be bad.
I've been pretty good since Monday, but I don't know if it will be enough to make up for all the bad choices I made for the week before that.
Candy is ALWAYS a challenge for me, Halloween or not. We don't keep much in our house, because of this. We're going trick or treating with JenRose and pinkylu, so we won't have to buy candy to hand out at our house. Any candy Jonah gets will be split between Jen and Lucy's kids.
I'm having a really hard time with WW lately. I want to lose weight, because I'm quickly approaching Jonah's first birthday and I wanted to lose all my pregnancy weight by then. Unfortunately, it's a pretty unrealistic goal at this point, considering how much I have left to lose. I'm trying to keep at it, but the last two weeks have been bad. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated!
You are going to be some kid's new favorite neighbor. Good idea.
Don't put too much pressure on yourself to achieve that goal if it's truly unrealistic. I think sometimes failing to meet unachievable goals sets us up for more bad feelings, which just leads to failure. So give yourself permission to get close, but not quite there, if it is truly too much of a stretch to get there.
I had a similar conversation with myself just this AM about wanting to lose weight, but I haven't been giving myself much of a chance to succeed. In the end, I'm going to give myself the same advice that I'd give someone with a small kid - redirect, redirect, redirect!!!! Seriously, if you find yourself wanting to eat something you shouldn't, give yourself something else to do and wait for it to pass. Put a load of laundry in, go get the mail, go to the bathroom, drink some water. If you're at work, go visit a co-worker or do something that will take your mind off the vending machine.
Now I just have to take my own advice.
Tyler Anthony arrived on 9.21.09
The Chronicles of Justin and Tyler
That's good advice! My problem lately has been the internal struggle between "you don't need to eat that to have a good time" and "why shouldn't I be able to indulge in foods that "normal" people indulge in?". I know it's silly. Obviously everyone metabolizes food at different rates, but I just hate feeling like I'm constantly depriving myself to achieve a certain weight. It's depressing.
I'm sorry you've run into a hard time. It sucks when you feel you've gotten stuck. In past when I got to that stuck place I tried a few things. 1) I would pick up some new recipes to try out. Sometimes finding a new, low-points treat to prepare kind of made me feel victorious and made WW feel "do-able" again.
2) I set a short-term goal. I am sorry your long-term goal of being at pre-pregnancy weight by J's first birthday isn't going to happen but you can set a goal of losing 3 lbs or 5 lbs etc by his birthday. I got off track once I stopped working towards short-term goals. My long-term goal was so far off it felt like I would never get there. I really needed to go back to losing one pound at a time mindfully rather than keep thinking "I still have 20 pounds more to go." Those 20 lbs became too overwhelming but focusing on one pound at a time I could handle.
3) I went back to basics. Sometimes I revisit the booklets they give you in the early weeks of WW for inspiration. Or I go to the website and read people's stories who have made goal. And I make sure I am tracking, tracking, tracking, and focusing on healthy foods. Just those two things - tracking and healthy foods - make a difference on the scale for me.
You can always come here for support or a chat. One of us is usually around on the board. I hope you find your motivation soon and are able to get back on track. It's so tough! You're not alone.
Just keep at it! If you keep eating well and exercising you will lose weight!
Oh my god, I know this feeling so well! I actually feel resentment towards having to always always pay attention to what I am eating and drinking. Why can't I just go out somewhere and eat whatever? Why does it have to be a constant effort and attention to it?!?! So, so frustrating! Oh Allie, you are NOT alone in that feeling, I promise you.
Maybe it would help to reframe it? Maybe instead of looking at it as deprivation you could have the internal dialogue of saying "I am making it a priority in my life to be put good and healthy things in my body." Might that take some of the sting away?
I do my weekly weigh-in on Monday and as of Monday I was down 6.2 in 1 week! I am super excited but I also know the first week of doing a diet I always lose a ton (I've lost 9lbs in 1 wk of starting a diet lol) I think I just retain alot of bloat/water weight and things slow down on week 2 so I am going to have to work extra hard to stay motivated on the weeks I only lose 1 or 2 lbs which I know will be the norm
As for halloween we dont get ToT so we dont buy candy-- easy way to resist that temptation. But my IL's do have a harvest party every year where they do 15 bean soup, chili, cornbread and tons of yummy fall desserts, hot chocolate, cider, etc. and that is going to be REALLY tough to resist. I think I am going to make the WW pumpkin spice muffins or something and bring 1 w/ me to eat so that I can have a fall treat that wont kill my calories for the day.
I've also decided that I am going to reward myself with something (havent decided what yet) when I get to being 1/3 of the way there so once I've lost about 12lbs I will get a little motivating present...maybe go shopping for a cute new shirt or something since I just got rid of literally 80% of my clothes b/c none of it fit anymore/didnt look good...I gave alot away to charity and gave the rest away to my SIL's (DH has 4 sisters who are all close in size) it makes me want to cry everytime I see one of them wearing the clothes I gave them b/c 1. it doesnt feel like it was that long ago that I was able to wear that and 2. it generally looks better on them than it ever did on me but I'm hoping I can use the sadness as motivation--nothing is more motivating then seeing your old skinny clothes on someone else...I *must* get back there!
I have lost another 4 lb, bringing my total to 10 pounds lost. My struggle is keeping my diet interesting. I stopped all sweet foods and calorie laden beverages, and try to fill up on proteins and veggies. I am getting bored. I am also sick of my workout routine, and contemplating purchasing P90X. I just don't know if I can commit an hour at a time to the workouts, so I am still thinking about it. I have been trying to get in 30 minutes of exercise twice a day. Even that gets tough. We may get a treadmill as a joint Christmas gift if we can find a decent one on sale. I really need that if I want to keep running all winter. I use the weather as an excuse too much.
Good luck everyone. I am glad to not be in this alone!
In spite of the fact that I'm a Bitter Betty this week, I'm really happy for everyone else's big accomplishments!
Thanks for all of the encouragement - I needed it!
Well, it looks as if we have had a variety of good and not-so-good weeks here.
Hav2Run - I'm glad you've found some victories recently! It looks like you are officially past your slump from a few months ago. Hooray!
George & SistrKate: Don't let the off week(s) mess with your minds!
George - you're working out a lot which is great! I need to make this a personal goal myself.
Katie - having these good conversations with yourself and doing all this self-reflection is going to help you focus and persevere.
Sky - way to hit the ground running! What a great first week you had!
My challenge for this week is going to be not letting the good week set me up to think I can relax my efforts.
Ok, I didn't get on later in the day yesterday. First, great job to all of you that lost weight. Thats awesome!
I didn't have that great of a week. I am up .5 lbs. I'm not to happy about it either!