Today, I get up go to my meeting and the lady behind the counter, after my weigh in, just gives me my sticker with my weight info and says nothing to me. Up until this point the people who weigh me in tell me about my weight loss no matter how small, they give me a smile and a good job message. Once I even got a high five. When I got nothing from her I knew, I just knew that I was going to see a gain and sure enough there it was. My gain was not catastrophic, not even a full pound, but the silence from that woman began a sense of doom that is sticking with me until now. The problem is that I know what my problem is and yet the behavior won't leave me. I wasn't tracking, hadn't gone to a meeting in two weeks, wasn't working out like I should have been and then I was just not saying no when offered, or asked to indulge in, what I should not have.
What gets me upset is that even as I'm saying yes, I'm thinking no. But I feel bad, guilty to let people eat alone, guilty to ask for something light if someone else is having a whole meal, guilty to say no to food when its offered to me. I don't know how to change this or if I will. I know I have to keep going and trying cause I just don't think I can take anymore silence.
Wow. Talk about a "picture being worth a thousand words", silence can also speak volumes.
ReplyDeleteAs a child of a Dominican mother you know that your mom is able to communicate myriad commands by just raising her eyebrow and tilting her head.
The silence received at weigh-in only confirmed what you knew. It should be categorized as "doom" but as motivation, an impetus to get your butt in gear, so to speak.
You are your own worst enemy. If by saying no and allowing someone to eat alone then so be it. Be selfish! The emotional turmoil you end up in is ultimately worse for you than the weight gain that will follow.
Break the silence! I want to hear about more high-fives for a .04 lb weight loss!!
Love you!!