Love fast Sundays. Again, the point is not to be a glutton as soon as you get to eat, but it does feel good to eat and know that pretty much anything is ok. Had a terrific "core plan" dinner----steak, two kinds of shrimp, grilled onions, corn and sweet potatoes. The idea is that I can use my 49 pts for the stuff that's not on the plan like steak sauce and butter. I'm sure I went over my daily 7 pts--I deliberately ate a scone (5)--that was planned---the 2 hershey's kisses, the extra cookies (they were small though!) were not, Not worried about it though. Like I said, it was fast Sunday. Today I have first class leftovers for lunch and am thoroughly enjoying the idea of not being hungry---that said, darn it, I AM hungry right now! And lunch isn't for two more hours. It's ok though, I'll have a banana, and a BIG lunch (if I'm hungry enough to eat it all) and I can have seconds or thirds at dinner (spaghetti) if I want and have some popcorn tonight too. Let's see...2 points for butter on morning toast and garlic wasa's, 1 pt for salad dressing, 3 pts for oil on the popcorn (olive oil is a ww idea that's really good--I'm a convert) and 2-4 for either a reeses egg or a snickers egg. Total 8-10 pts. Ok--I have activity points too---and I'm not at all sure I'll eat both the popcorn and the chocolate. It's just nice to know I can.
Two good comments about weight watchers for a change I love that they have two plans--I don't see the core plan being a very practical option for the long run, but at least it's here as a fall back and to mix things up a little. Also, kudos to them for rolling out a new program at all--they make bazillions of dollars and I'm impressed that even though they're the industry leader and could just sit back and say they have it figured out, they still spend the money to try to improve their program.
Lastly, my clothes fit again which feels great, and Mom asked if I'd lost weight---I guess my face is a little thinner.
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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