Get Back Jack!

I went to the meeting yesterday morning, not expecting to gain but definitely not expecting to lose.  Especially not after the Thanksgiving butterfest I enjoyed on Thursday.  But lo and behold, when I stepped upon the scales….

I FREAKING LOST 5 POUNDS!!!!!

That’s the two I gained last week plus three more, bringing me to a grand total of 11 lbs!!!

Is Procrastination Curable?

“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” - Abraham Lincoln

This is so true when it comes to the choices I make about the food I put in my mouth.  I can’t avoid the pounds if I’m eating crap all the time.  Even once in awhile makes me responsible for what shows up (or not!) on Saturday morning.

Challenges

“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” - Calvin Coolidge

Making all these changes is hard for me.  Sometimes a change is easy and I take off running with it, only to later on have trouble.  Some changes are hard and I still don’t consistently make the right ones.

The challenge I’m working on right now is water drinking.  When it was hotter, I had no problem accomplishing this.  Now that the weather’s changed, I barely notice my thirst.  The point is to not get thirsty in the first place.  I’ve started carrying around my bottle again, and just by having it with me always I’ve started to drink more.  It’s my goal to keep running with this change.  This is my “do something at once”.

Baddish News

“Fall seven times.  Stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

I gained 2 lbs. this week.  I’m upset about it because I know I did really well on the program, and I even started drinking more water than I have been.  My brain knows that this is probably because of the different medications I’ve been on and tried over the past few weeks, and I also started my cycle this week.  But my heart still hurts about it.

No matter what, though, I will continue to go every week and be uplifted by my brothers and sisters in the journey.

Global Warming Or Weather-Rigging By The Bottled Water Industry???

The warmer it is, the more I drink.  The colder it is, the less.  I think “global warming” is false to a large degree, but I do believe in cyclical weather patterns.

I think this current warming trend is a conspiracy by the bottled water industry to get me to drink more since they know my local water supply is crap and I won’t drink out of the tap.

CONGRATS!!!

My BFF in the whole wide world, Shana the Beautiful, met her weight-loss goal of 10% of her starting weight today.

Shout out to Shana!!!!

My Holiday Plan

Shiva help me, I was reading articles on WeightWatchers.com earlier for inspiration. 

The holidays are coming up.  I have not been as serious as I should be about this, and although I feel I am a disappointment to Shana & Connie, I’m happy with my very slow progress.  It’s hard for me to give up this life that I’ve known of eating whatever I want whenever I want.  In many ways, I haven’t given that up.  I know I could be losing more, and it’s not that I don’t want to, I’m just scared.

When I only lose 0.4 lbs in a week I think to myself, “Damn girl, you did good!  You didn’t gain weight!!  Keep going, make more of an effort, and you’ll lose more next time.”

I may not care about the program as much, but I care about myself enough to know the holidays are coming up and that is the axis of evil for me.  I have told myself that I will continue to follow the plan, but I will not be afraid to have a small bite of this, that or the other.  This does not sound like a good plan if I want to lose a lot of weight every week, but it does sound like a good plan when my goal is to enjoy myself and to not gain weight.

As one user over at WW said, “It’s a holi-day, not a holi-week or holi-month.”  If I limit myself to special treats only when attending a dinner or other function, my plan will be met with success.  If I have special treats every day…. maybe not so much.

And that’s the way I roll.

Weight Watching

and watching and watching and watching….

I joined Weight Watchers again.  This time I joined with my BFF Shana, and so far it’s been a small success.  For me.  Shana has lost over 18 lbs., I think.  I’ve lost a total of 6.8.  I lose a lot, gain a little.  All the way to 6.8 lbs. after being on it for 6 weeks.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining.  I think the only reason it’s a success is because I’m staying for the meetings and being accountable to another person.

I’m glad it’s working this time.

I’m too tired to write anything else.  I just wanted to say before I forgot it all.

My True Motivation

I’m supposed to have this mantra to help me with what I eat.  It’s:  “Will this help me get to Disneyland next year?”

It worked for awhile, but then I hit a low spot.  I think I have actually gained weight in this terrible low period.

I’ve never really had a motivating force behind me before, that was effective enough for me, to lose weight. 

Not until I met Noreen.

Norine is a nice person, but she is white-trash Wal*Mart huge.  And for the first time in my life, I identified with another obese person in a way that made me really stop and think about what I’ve been doing and saying to myself all these years.

I do NOT want to look like Noreen.

Will It Get Me There?

So, I’ve developed a new mantra to help me decide if I reeeeeally want to eat what I’m about to put in my mouth.

“Will this get me to Disneyland?”

That’s all it takes for me to not go to McDonald’s any more!