This is a huge problem for me. My daughter has been sick and my house is out of whack and all this depresses me, so what do I do? I look around to see what I can eat even though I am not hungry. It doesn't matter if it is chocolate or just a banana sandwich with mayo. The only thing I can say is that I have tracked what I am eating and wrote down all the points. Even with writing down everything from my banana sandwich - 3 pts to my swig of. chocolate syrup right out of the squirt bottle - 2 pts I still have 6.5 of my weekly points allowances left. Since I am tracking everything I can also see that I am not eating the servings suggested in the general health guidelines. This is what I did before weight watchers. It is not that I ate a whole lot it was what I ate and when I ate it.
Therefore I have got to make my goal each day to get in all my servings of fruits and vegetables. Doing this will provide the weight loss I so desperately want and need. Also I know it will help curb those hunger pains for all that stuff that I crave. How do I know this? Because in the previous weeks this is what I did and it worked. Yes, Weight Watchers works if you follow the plan and stay within your points BUT I know from experience it will work much better if I get the servings suggested in the general health guidelines.
So far this week I have not been able to make it to a meeting to weigh in. Hopefully here in the next few days I can at least make it to a weigh in even if I don't stay for the meeting. I'm pretty sure the scale will not have moved but that will motivate me this next week a try to stay on plan eating all the right foods.
How is your week going?
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Recipe Revolution
Since I have been dieting this time I have figured out why I always balloon back up after losing a little weight. Apparently I get comfortable and then I start making the same meals we used to eat because they are easy and we like them. This time around I have decided that I am going to come up with new favorites for my family. Plus I may try to see if I can come up with some healthy versions to some of our old recipes. Honestly, I have to admit there are a few that I am pretty sure I will not be able to come up with a version that will be able to eat on a regular basis.
This past week I went to two websites: Gina's Skinny Recipes and Hungry Girl and I took the time to print out every recipe that I thought my family and I may like. So far I have 45 pages of recipes with several of them having more than one recipe on a sheet. There will be some I will have to tweak to our taste but I am determined to find some new favorites. Also I am hoping to make some to be able to freeze and eat later. As I make these I will let you know how it goes for our family.
This past week I went to two websites: Gina's Skinny Recipes and Hungry Girl and I took the time to print out every recipe that I thought my family and I may like. So far I have 45 pages of recipes with several of them having more than one recipe on a sheet. There will be some I will have to tweak to our taste but I am determined to find some new favorites. Also I am hoping to make some to be able to freeze and eat later. As I make these I will let you know how it goes for our family.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
On plan but off the path...
So I went six weeks without fast food. This week I thought it would be harmless to eat an 8 point mcchicken sandwich. Boy, was I ever wrong!! That night I had the munchies and I believe I am still feeling the effects of that tonight. It has been two days but since those two days even my 32 points a day is not filling me up. OK, so I just had my AHA moment, could my body be out of whack from this past weekends get away? On Saturday I had fried chicken at a buffet and then the next day we went to a Chinese buffet. At the buffet I got a huge stir fry with lots of veggies but I did have a taste of the few items I felt I had been craving like some fried rice and general Tso's chicken. These things all lead up to Tuesday when I had McDonald's, so could these things actually be making me feel out of control.
The good thing is that I researched and knew the points before I put anything in my mouth so I never went over my daily points and actually had 1 weekly point left. At one point I even ate one half of an oatmeal cookie for 2 points. Personally I really hope I remember the feeling of how pissed I was that I wasted those 2 points and still felt hungry afterwards. The problem is I believe my body can tell that I have went off track.
This week has not been good for me getting any scheduled movement in. I have scheduled in my WW's meetings to make sure I get to those and now I have to get on schedule with some exercise. My goal next week is to go to water aerobics at least twice next week!
The good thing is that I researched and knew the points before I put anything in my mouth so I never went over my daily points and actually had 1 weekly point left. At one point I even ate one half of an oatmeal cookie for 2 points. Personally I really hope I remember the feeling of how pissed I was that I wasted those 2 points and still felt hungry afterwards. The problem is I believe my body can tell that I have went off track.
This week has not been good for me getting any scheduled movement in. I have scheduled in my WW's meetings to make sure I get to those and now I have to get on schedule with some exercise. My goal next week is to go to water aerobics at least twice next week!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
A little history...
OK, so here I am starting this totally anonymous blog. You may ask why it is anonymous? Well because I am your classic wimpy fat chick. It seems that all my life I have been battling the skinny chick inside of me. So far I have done a darn good job of shutting her up with chocolate, fast food, sweet tea, Chinese, fried chicken and the list goes on & on. Well once again I am going to say that all changes today. Although I am going to admit I have been down this roads many times before BUT this time it feels different. First I am going to give a little history before I tell you why it is different.
My earliest memory of battling my weight was the second grade. My Grandma would put me on the scale at her house each week. She would "help me" diet while I was at her house by feeding me boiled weenies and peas and I would drink diet Faygo. Yes, I was bigger than my friends but I wasn't obese - yet. Now I look back at pictures of myself at that age and I look like a normal child. My own daughter is going to have to battle the same demons (couldn't think of a better word) but I never want her to feel like I did all those years as I was being put on the scale. The last thing I want for her is a memory that involves trying to get one finger on the bathroom cabinet so that I could just weigh one pound less.
With my Grandma's help I tried several diets even one of those where you go in and they sale you the little packs of shakes or something like that. She paid for me to go to a nutritionist and to go see a Dr that she heard would give me diet pills. She even told me what I should say to him but apparently it was the wrong thing as he suggested the Atkins diet. So I have done Atkins, South Beach, NutriSystem and even went to the Bariatric Clinic this past year where they do give you diet pills. On each one of them I lost weight but I never got to a goal weight or lasted very long on them.
Do want to know what is different this time? I have a friend!! Now I have lots of friends but this one is different. She is just a few years younger than I am, she is single where I am married BUT we weigh almost exactly the same thing. We just recently reconnected and of course one of topics has been weight. There is no one else who knows how much I weigh outside of my Dr's office but her. It feels so good to be able to say those numbers out loud to someone else and not see shock in their eyes.
So a couple of months ago her and her Mom watched this movie called Lying to be Thin which was based on the book The Cinderella Pact. After watching this movie she came up with a pact for us. There could be five of us because we each asked a friend but I believe only the three of us are doing it. It is a pact to change our lives by making ourselves our priority and we are accountable to each other and we support each other because we get those cravings that others do not understand.
We were into our pact a few weeks and mainly concentrating on eating healthier and getting some movement a few times a week when I decided to do Weight Watchers. I have to admit I have bought into Weight Watchers before but this time is different. This time I actually living by the rule if you bite, your write it. Right now I can have 33 points a day which still allows me to splurge some, although I have to admit that I am nervous because I know eventually I will reach a point where I only get like 20 points a day.... My friend and I are both doing weight watchers and going to the meetings together where we have to get on the scale and be accountable!!
So that is how I got to this online diary that others can read. Who knows maybe someone else will read this and it will help them feel better. Regardless I believe I'm gonna enjoy writing my feelings down and I maybe able to convince my partner in crime to do the same.
My earliest memory of battling my weight was the second grade. My Grandma would put me on the scale at her house each week. She would "help me" diet while I was at her house by feeding me boiled weenies and peas and I would drink diet Faygo. Yes, I was bigger than my friends but I wasn't obese - yet. Now I look back at pictures of myself at that age and I look like a normal child. My own daughter is going to have to battle the same demons (couldn't think of a better word) but I never want her to feel like I did all those years as I was being put on the scale. The last thing I want for her is a memory that involves trying to get one finger on the bathroom cabinet so that I could just weigh one pound less.
With my Grandma's help I tried several diets even one of those where you go in and they sale you the little packs of shakes or something like that. She paid for me to go to a nutritionist and to go see a Dr that she heard would give me diet pills. She even told me what I should say to him but apparently it was the wrong thing as he suggested the Atkins diet. So I have done Atkins, South Beach, NutriSystem and even went to the Bariatric Clinic this past year where they do give you diet pills. On each one of them I lost weight but I never got to a goal weight or lasted very long on them.
Do want to know what is different this time? I have a friend!! Now I have lots of friends but this one is different. She is just a few years younger than I am, she is single where I am married BUT we weigh almost exactly the same thing. We just recently reconnected and of course one of topics has been weight. There is no one else who knows how much I weigh outside of my Dr's office but her. It feels so good to be able to say those numbers out loud to someone else and not see shock in their eyes.
So a couple of months ago her and her Mom watched this movie called Lying to be Thin which was based on the book The Cinderella Pact. After watching this movie she came up with a pact for us. There could be five of us because we each asked a friend but I believe only the three of us are doing it. It is a pact to change our lives by making ourselves our priority and we are accountable to each other and we support each other because we get those cravings that others do not understand.
We were into our pact a few weeks and mainly concentrating on eating healthier and getting some movement a few times a week when I decided to do Weight Watchers. I have to admit I have bought into Weight Watchers before but this time is different. This time I actually living by the rule if you bite, your write it. Right now I can have 33 points a day which still allows me to splurge some, although I have to admit that I am nervous because I know eventually I will reach a point where I only get like 20 points a day.... My friend and I are both doing weight watchers and going to the meetings together where we have to get on the scale and be accountable!!
So that is how I got to this online diary that others can read. Who knows maybe someone else will read this and it will help them feel better. Regardless I believe I'm gonna enjoy writing my feelings down and I maybe able to convince my partner in crime to do the same.
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