I'm in a very good place right now. I feel like I am in control, finally after a 2 year slip up. I worked so hard that first year and lost a ton of weight and was so motivated... then I started having foot issues, then a bunch of personal stuff happened. I did what I always do (I ate and slowed way down on the exercising) so I got what I always got... I gained back over half of the weight I had lost. I actually gained 2/3 of the weight I had lost.
The difference this time was that I never quit going to weight watchers. I didn't enjoy going during that time, but for some reason I didn't want to give up. So each week I weighed in and sometimes there'd be a nice surprise and sometimes I would beat myself up asking why I am doing this, why I can't get control and why am I going back to the place where I KNOW I'm unhappy.
So, as you can see from my last post - I am back on track. Mentally and physically, so that is a good place to be. I have two weeks left of this horrible (LOL) Beach Body Insanity program and at the 7 week point, I have lost a total of 20.2 lbs. I am thrilled with those results. However, I will say it is not just the work out. I am tracking again, making meals that are reasonable point values and things we like and only slipping up one or two days a week (with the exception of last week).
Last week I was gone from Wednesday - Sunday at a food fest Scrapbooking weekend. There is rarely a healthy option to be had. Tons of temptation and I know this going into it. I've been doing these trips 3x a year for the past 9 years. So this time I tried to bring a few healthy options for me -- banana, almonds, squash soup, etc. I brought my work outs that I needed to do and I did them and went for two walks (which I love to do). I ate the almonds and that's about it.
Each day there, I got progressively worse. But always in the back of my head was - don't screw this up too much you are working way too hard. So, while I was eating like crap and feeling like total crap (not to mention couldn't crap because I was away from home), I didn't do as bad as I normally do. Don't get me wrong, I did not do well.
The difference this time was that when I got home, I immediately got back on track. Dinner Sunday night was 4 oz steak, salad with dressing and sunflower seeds and 5 oz red potato with 1 T butter. I had no snack that night. The next morning I weighed myself and got the result I expected - 5lb gain. I didn't let that get me down... the next two days were really hard, all I wanted to do was snack like I had been for the past 5 days... but I fought hard and didn't do it.
By the time I weighed in on Thursday I had lost 3 lbs from the week prior. Now mind you I should have lost the week prior (about a pound) but I gained .4 - so some of that was reward for last weeks weigh in... but I couldn't be more proud. I didn't let my 5 day slip up affect the very next meal when I got home. I got back on track and am unbelieveably happy with my results.
So, there's a lesson for ya! Never give up.
I can't wait until I'm Healthfully Ever After.
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