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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Thanks for all of the support and encouragement in my last entry! I love SparkPeople!

As I wrote that long piece yesterday I decided to refocus and do the baby steps thing. My list of wants are just some of the things I want in order to be and feel healthy and strong, not necessarily to all happen at once. I think writing all of that helped me stop worrying so much about the scale. I kind of went from venting and feeling discouraged about my progress to realizing that the scale is the least of my concerns right now as I typed. It's usually what I do - start out on a rant and end up seeing the light all in one entry. Everything seems to come full circle if I take the time to sit and write my thoughts out.

Oh, I know WW is a lifestyle, not a diet. That's why I was annoyed with myself over caring about the scale. I looked again at this past week's points tracking and realized I hadn't done THAT badly in the end. I tracked Mon/Tues/Weds, but not Thurs/Fri/Sat, so it was really an even split. I just felt hard on myself because of the fact that I haven't been doing too badly with my WW points, yet I've gained two pounds and I know why that is -because pizza is really not something I need to eat 3 days in one week. If I eat 20 points worth of pizza vs. 20 points worth of mostly healthy stuff, I'm probably going to continue gaining weight, even though I am within my points range. Either way, I need to stop with the going out to eat for the most part and I need to stop caring about the scale for now.

As for clothes fitting, that's part of my problem -- my clothes don't fit! Not my jeans, anyway. Argh, I've gained two pounds this month alone and now I have no jeans to wear comfortably. So, I do need to stop the snacking on candy bars just because they are here, and eating pizza just because I'm too lazy to cook what's in my house. That all goes with feeling comfortable in my clothes, plus the fact that it's just not healthy to do those things, especially out of laziness. I have healthy snacks, I just need to be more consistent with preparing them (cutting fruit, bagging single servings, etc) and eating them.

I definitely feel better today than I did when I first started writing yesterday's blog. Thanks again, everyone!

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BECCIE2012 11/17/2009 8:20AM

Hey Teresa. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all have some issues in our eating programs. I don't eat pizza all that much anymore. If I do, It's only the max of three slices, because I know it is high in salt. Find snacks that you like that are potable. I actually pack a lunch box with ice pack, so i can carry the fruit. Organic applesauce in its own cup go in the car. That way i do not eat those candy bars. For my chocolate fix. I make homemade no bake cookies and have one (only one) every night for snack. My mind has adjusted to this and don't crave the chocolate at night.
Remember that not all clothes are created equal. Other countries make the clothes with the format fitting a non american woman's body. Example: bras. A Pain to find the right one.
Just keep trying and we are here for you to vent with. lol.

OFORTUNA 11/15/2009 4:05PM

Sometimes it's just little steps that can start toward bigger things. It's like gaining momentum, almost. I got a couple small pieces of candy to sate a sugar craving yesterday. I ate one, and it pretty much did the trick. But then I found myself almost on auto-pilot, eating another and another and another. Blech. (luckily they were small... it could've been worse!)

I find the same thing happens when I make small good choices too. If I get out apple slices to sate a munchie-attack, I will chow down on those. If I make it a habit to go to my refrigerator and start getting stuff out to cook, I'll follow through. Maybe you could make small deals with yourself, like, just eat some raw veggies, or just throw that Smart Ones in the microwave... then if you still want the candy bar, go for it! And nine times out of ten the brain goes, "Well now that I have that out, I might as well eat it..."

That's the great part about ranting and putting things out there - half the time we solve our own problems. And they pay therapists big bucks to listen to us do the same thing!

I am a big advocate on rewarding yourself for healthy habits, and for doing the right things, not necessarily for what the scale says. If you give yourself gold stars for eating veggies (not even veggies instead of junk, just veggies), and for exercising, etc. it tends to work out that you're more motivated because the results are TOTALLY in your control! (Unlike the scale or the tape measure, which can be influenced by things outside your control as well...) And if you achieve high marks in those habits, the weight loss, scale, and clothes fitting will follow.

TAKEMETOTHEBALL 11/15/2009 2:23PM

My 'progress' has been on and off too. We're still here though and still getting/giving support and advice - which HAS to be good!
We can do it!

Jackie x

LISA0517 11/15/2009 12:02PM

Isn't it wonderful how just by writing down our feelings they sometimes lose their power over us?

GEEK_GIRL 11/15/2009 11:34AM

I don't mind at all, Northerngypsy! Thanks! I'll do the same to you. And thanks for the comments. Man, "they" make it so easy for us to eat the "bad" stuff, don't they? Candy bars are just so easy to rip open and chow down! Fruit requires getting out a knife and then chopping or slicing and maybe peeling, and then storing it all so that it doesn't go bad. So much effort. :P But, you are right - that effort is completely worth it in the long run. I know this, now I just need to remember it when I'm in the throes of having a snack attack. (That's where pre-portioning comes in!)

NORTHERNGYPSY 11/15/2009 11:01AM

There's a lot of this blog - and your last - that sounds very, very familiar. I don't do WW, but I do know the feeling of trying to motivate myself to make healthy things and not just eat the junk that's already lying around the house or just go out to dinner! It's so hard sometimes, but I always have to remember that it'll be worth the hassle when I feel that much better about looking at myself in the mirror. I'm glad you're feeling better about everything today! :)

I'm going to add you as a friend, if you don't mind. I'm always looking to be motivated by someone who's on a similar journey!