A day of many firsts! I reached my first weight loss goal. Weigh Watchers has some preset goals that participants are encouraged to engage in. You can set whatever goal you would like but their first two suggestions are 5% and 10% of your weight. So I hit the first goal and lost 5% of my weight. It was only 14 pounds and it took 5 weeks and it feels great, steady and strong. I'm very happy about that.
Another first was using the recipe book given to me by Cathy!! The only problem was that it took me 3 supermarkets and 2 boroughs to shop for it. That makes me apprehensive. I hope everything doesn't take that long to shop for. But, on a happier note, it was delicious! It was the "Complete & Utter Oatmeal Insanity" and it was delicious. I'm excited to see what I can do next!
Two goals reached in one day! Very cool:)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Slippery-"soberless"-Slope
I went out for some drinks with the girls yesterday. Now drinks are a tricky thing. They are definitely fattening because they are all carbs/sugars. And, unlike other fattening liquids like juices or soda, with alcohol and my friends in the mix, if you're not over doing it, well then you are just not doing it right. It's a temptation that's hard to resist.
It seems that since with weight watchers everything is about the points that you're eating, alcohol is one of those point consumers that make you really question whether you should even eat at all during the day so that you can have enough points to drink during the night...At least in my alcohol induced mind.
Of course the easiest thing to do would probably be to forgo the alcohol altogether. Then I could eat whatever meals I wanted. But who wants to do that? Not me. That becomes one of those restrictions that would make this seem more of a diet then a better way to eat. Diets end, life changes don't. I want to be able to overindulge once in a while and have a few drinks. In the end I have to keep in mind its a good thing there's always extra points just for that. Otherwise, I might have to give up thinness for the sake of enjoying myself with my friends....naaaaah, that would be crazy! Right?
It seems that since with weight watchers everything is about the points that you're eating, alcohol is one of those point consumers that make you really question whether you should even eat at all during the day so that you can have enough points to drink during the night...At least in my alcohol induced mind.
Of course the easiest thing to do would probably be to forgo the alcohol altogether. Then I could eat whatever meals I wanted. But who wants to do that? Not me. That becomes one of those restrictions that would make this seem more of a diet then a better way to eat. Diets end, life changes don't. I want to be able to overindulge once in a while and have a few drinks. In the end I have to keep in mind its a good thing there's always extra points just for that. Otherwise, I might have to give up thinness for the sake of enjoying myself with my friends....naaaaah, that would be crazy! Right?
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Oh God!! Both Exercise & Mother issues!!
So I went to my usual therapy session and had a convo w/ her about my mom!! Turns out that one of the reasons I might have a hard time believing that NO ONE at the gym is going to be looking at me and snickering and making fun of me behind my back, is because as a kid my family (my mom included, and believe me it's true we actually have it on video) used to make fun of me for being fat. I guess even when they stop doing it, it creates all kinds of ingrained issues! Who knew?
Now it wasn't one of those weepy, "why doesn't anyone love me?" moments it was just a quiet, "huh, imagine that" kind of moment but it might explain a lot. I'll see where this "breakthrough" leads me. In the meantime today I got up and busted a groove with my Dance Central. And, my new personal challenge is every other day for four weeks!! That means 4 weeks to get into the habit of exercising and get out of the lazy-butt habit!! It's my very own 28 day rehab!! March 20th here I come!!!
Now it wasn't one of those weepy, "why doesn't anyone love me?" moments it was just a quiet, "huh, imagine that" kind of moment but it might explain a lot. I'll see where this "breakthrough" leads me. In the meantime today I got up and busted a groove with my Dance Central. And, my new personal challenge is every other day for four weeks!! That means 4 weeks to get into the habit of exercising and get out of the lazy-butt habit!! It's my very own 28 day rehab!! March 20th here I come!!!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Motivation is missing
I missed two weeks of meetings and didn't know what would happen when I went back. I thought this is it. I'm going to go back and find that I gained a millions pounds and I'm not ever going back again. I was pleasantly surprised to learn I had lost 5 pounds instead. This brought my totally weight loss to 10 pounds. I was very excited and happy about that, because in the end it all came down to tracking.
My problem now is that I can't get off my butt and do some exercising. I think about it (ALL THE TIME) and I get dressed (sometimes), I just can't seem to get started. So a new goal! Start getting up and moving around. Perhaps lazy-butt syndrome is what I have. Is that a disease? Because, it feels viral and contagious.
My problem now is that I can't get off my butt and do some exercising. I think about it (ALL THE TIME) and I get dressed (sometimes), I just can't seem to get started. So a new goal! Start getting up and moving around. Perhaps lazy-butt syndrome is what I have. Is that a disease? Because, it feels viral and contagious.
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