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!







Sunday, January 15, 2012

284 Calorie Count

Catherine's home for a three day weekend.  It feels so good to have her!  Unfortunately it also felt good to eat her coconut brownies--so good, I've ordered another batch to be made tonight.  Ah well....  I've decided to give calorie counting a go.  I'm ready for something new.  I've been reading the caloriecount daily post with fair faithfulness and always find it FAR more motivating than weight watchers. The website, which is free, has all the nifty tools that the weightwatchers site has, and I'm in the mood for a new toy.  I realize that it's really all the same--the only way to lose weight is to eat less than I want and move more than I want. Period.  But it will be nice to have a new toy.  I'm going to aim for a range of 1,500 to 2,000 calories a day--with an eye toward keeping it on the lower side.  I'm going to keep the weight watchers online going, in case I burn out quickly with counting calories.  But really, I think I'll be happier with calories--it's simpler, Sean's blog, which I find incredibly motivating is about a man eating 1,500 calories, and I've liked the caloriecount website for a long time--as opposed to weight watchers which just makes me mad.  Besides, I just put in my Naan bread recipie and it only has 162 calories!  RIGHT ON!!!
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