Yikes, didn't mean to let so many days pass! Lots to say---first of all, admiration for Sean of losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com fame--who never missed a day of blogging in the two years it took him to lose 300 lbs. That's dedication for you--and success.
I continue to do very well!! This is much to my surprise. Still, I need to make a few changes--by way of taking my own advice. Yesterday was another very hungry day. I don't know how Sean did it. He ate 1500 cal daily and never mentioned being hungry. I AM often hungry on weight watcher portions. I'm still wrestling with the 49 weekly points. I do usually use a few every day, but I'm afraid of using too many because of all the "exceptions" that keep rolling my way--more on this later. I haven't been using my activity points yet because I'm both afraid and overeager--if I'm going to do this I want to do it and be done with it. However, if I'm hungry I'm not going to last so if I need to use the activity points so be it. I need to find time to do a little research and preparation so I can always have some low point snacks on hand for occasions like yesterday.
Meanwhile, either next week or the next I think I'll try the core plan. This isn't something I could live with for very long, but the idea is that you can eat any food in ANY amount on a list---use the 49 for stuff that isn't on the list and actually eat until you're FULL. This is sounding very attractive right now. The list sounds fairly comprehensive too--all fruits, most veggies, lean meats, whole grains, some dairy. Sounds great, until you try to put some butter on your bread or have a slice of cheese. Still, for a week it might be fun and be a nice vacation from tracking. I'm glad it's an option because I bore easily.
Two other random things---exceptions exceptions!!! Good grief! I'm so thankful for this blog! No wonder it's been so hard to lose weight! Literally almost everyday has some kind of "reason" to overeat. I've still been doing well but managing these things is a challenge that I've never recognized as a challenge before. Today is Wednesday--there is a fajita bar for lunch for Kimm's retirement also tonight Dad and Christine are coming up for belated birthday ice-cream--I've made plans for this--no rice, lots of veggies, easy on the meat the cheese, heavy on the salsa. The ice-cream is coming from my weekly points. OK. Tomorrow the book club from work is meeting and having food from an Indian restaurant-can't skip it, my boss will be there. Friday is graduation--with lunch. I have to be at the graduation but I think I'll skip the buffet lunch (it wasn't that good last year anyway) and just eat normally, Saturday is another excursion to the Timbermine for a retirement party in Dave's office--I've already pre-ordered the veggie plate, I only hope the veggies are steamed, not drenched in butter. Sunday is Easter. No WONDER I have trouble managing my weight--every single one of these events are high calorie, delicious and tempting! But, for the moment I feel strong.
Speaking of tempting--Hungry Girl--great website and ideas, but.... what the heck???? On my nifty Nook color that I got for my birthday, I downloaded a sample of her new cookbook. GREAT sounding recipes, Dave made Red Velvet pancakes for Sunday breakfast--simply fantastic, but they took him forever and used every dish in the house. The other night I made the Buffalo Chicken Macaroni dish. Prep-time ten minutes. HA!! 10 minutes if you have a team of chefs maybe, for those of us who have to thaw and cook the chicken and cook the macaroni and saute the veggies and melt the cheese and sour-cream in yet another dish before we can assemble this "simple" casserole it takes a heck of a lot longer plus leaves a big mess to clean up. On the plus side, the casserole was really good--good enough to make again--but if all her recipes are like this, then they are only for people who love to cook. Luckily, I do--but what about all those heavy people out there who don't?
Losing weight in spite of myself.
I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
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