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I really want to get on the scale this morning but I won't. A week ago I was 166 and I promissed myself I won't weigh myself for two weeks. So I have another week to go. I find that if I weigh too often, I don't really see a change and I get really discouraged.
I also realized that this month I won't have a "reward day" because Thanksgiving will be it. A "reward day" for me is a day every month where I go to my fav. fast food place and have a meal. I LOVE the egg rolls at JITB, but they are so bad for me. I still crave it though and I don't want to completely deprive myself. I eat healthy for a month and then I have a fast food day ( I don't go crazy). Oh well...So I guess this month I will have stuffing instead:):):)
 
I couldn't go more than a week without weighing myself. I'd go crazy but I definitely see where you're coming from. You got the right idea though, treat yourself very moderately to avoid a complete binge. My JITB weaknesses were the bacon cheddar wedges, sourdough breakfast jack and tacos. That place is extremely dangerous. I won't go back even for a nibble until I hit my mini goal of 80. God, I've been talking about junk food all day in the forums today. I think I'm gonna go read some stickies.
 
Ah, weighing yourself... I have that problem too. I was, at one point, so anxious about it that I would check my weight before a work out and then right after... Of course it would increase, which would always make my mood even worse, even though I know it's just because I exercised. Now... I try to avoid it as much as possible.
 
Scales need to be done I'm afraid. Nobody likes them, but it's the reality check you need. Burying your head in the sand is no way to be. You got to confront it head on and stick it out.
 
Yesterday was not the best...

@Daybehavior. The comment about JITB being extremely dangerous is funny. They should have a sign on the door saying "enter at your own peril." As should a lot of other fast food places.
Even though I stayed within my ww points yesterday, I felt very irritated the whole day. I didn't work out but I went on a very long walk with my golden retriever. As much as I want to loose these lbs, I felt the diet, the whole thing was sooo unfair. I kept thinking about bacon cheeseburger pizza and for some reason I couldn't stop. I didn't have any and so I just kept getting angry. Truth be told I think I was feeling sorry for myself. Why can some people eat like a horse and they stay a size 2. Some without working out at all!!!
I just look at food and I get fat.
Ugh, yesterday was a pity party.
Hoping that today goes better and I'm able to focus on the bigger picture.
Good luck to me and all the other weight loss warriors!!!!
 
I've been doing more sit ups. I'm hoping they will speed up my weight loss.
I also made a new friend who is dieting. I think it's great to go have lunch with somebody who eats healthy like you do. She's not doing ww, she's using some powder that you put on your food and it cuts your appetite. Don't really know how it works.
Monday is almost here and I can finally weight myself. Can't wait, two weeks withough weighing oneself is loooooong.
 
Are you using WW?
I've been on it since late June, and I think it's amazing.
I certainly couldn't do what many people here do, such as eating only really healthy foods -- I prefer to indulge a bit, just in moderation!
 
Hi

Yes, I'm doing WW. I think it's easy. I know I have 22 points a day and I just work with that. I started in february, lost about 15 lbs but then I stopped. So I started again the beginning of october and lost 7 lbs.
22 in total.
I'm hoping to be between 130-140 lbs.
Lots of people swear by WW. You just really have to stay within your points.
 
Joilgirl said:
@Daybehavior. The comment about JITB being extremely dangerous is funny. They should have a sign on the door saying "enter at your own peril." As should a lot of other fast food places.
Even though I stayed within my ww points yesterday, I felt very irritated the whole day. I didn't work out but I went on a very long walk with my golden retriever. As much as I want to loose these lbs, I felt the diet, the whole thing was sooo unfair. I kept thinking about bacon cheeseburger pizza and for some reason I couldn't stop. I didn't have any and so I just kept getting angry. Truth be told I think I was feeling sorry for myself. Why can some people eat like a horse and they stay a size 2. Some without working out at all!!!
I just look at food and I get fat.
Ugh, yesterday was a pity party.
Hoping that today goes better and I'm able to focus on the bigger picture.
Good luck to me and all the other weight loss warriors!!!!
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LOL it seems you and I have a lot of the same mental issues. I too used get angry about how if I eat one wrong thing I gain five lbs. I could have a perfect week at the gym, a great calorie log, yet I give in to one bad meal during the week and BOOM the scale says "**** you"

Then I realized a few things -- scales are not the definitive means of measuring your progress, water retention can be a bitch, and quite simply, people are different and I just have to accept it. I'm simply one of those people who cannot have a bad meal without consequences.

OK, yes I admit it still pisses me off, but I do think about it every time when I'm up on that elliptical trainer or treadmill and it only drives me that much harder to drop this godforsaken weight. Channel that anger, girl :)
 
Oh nooo...

I totally went over my points. I HAD CLAM CHOWDER!!!!! a big bowl. I feel totally guilty right now.
I will totally take the advice I read here to get over it, and not look at it as a license to eat even more. Ugh.
BTW. I totally have to stop writing totally.
Hahahahaha.
Tommorrow is a new day.:):):)
 
So I finally weighed myself this morning, a day early. I just couldn't take it anymore. I will weigh every sunday from now on. I'm 164. I lost two lbs. Yay!!!!
Of course I wanted it to be more, but whatever.
Only 4 lbs and I'm in the 50's. LOVE that!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Lost focus...

I really feel that I've lost focus these last few days and I don't have any idea how to get it back. I REALLY want to get back on my ww diet before I mess up bad. Falling off the wagon has put me in a bad mood to say the least. Ugh. For the last three days I've said to myself that I need to start again and stay within my points. And then I don't do it. I'm so mad at myself!!!!!
 
I guess when I get off the track, I get REALLY off. So, I haven't been doing ww for four days, already gained a lbs. Just trying to get through Thankgiving without much gain, and then I'll start again.
But I learned something about myself.
I am not one of those people that can get off a diet "just a little". I give myself an inch and I take a mile.
:):)
 
I think we are all glad that Thanksgiving is over, but Christmas is coming up. Where I have been strict counting points and exercising. Eating what I wanted for Thanksgiving didn't hurt me. I am down a little this morning. I put my notebook away yesterday and did not count points. I just enjoyed my dinner, even had a couple small pieces of my homemade cake. My sister who lost her husband, ate with me yesterday. She brought over a cauliflower salad. Hum! When I get the recipe I will post it in my Diary. If we stay strict with our goal. We won't want much of the other foods when we do have them. I fixed a plate of food for myself and was hungry, but ate a little of everything and backed away. For supper I ate 2 egg Burritos and had an apple.
 
Here I go again...

Thanksgiving is finally over!!! Yay.
And as of this morning I'm back on ww. I'm determined to stay positive and focus only on the good things. My birthday is in june and I have to be down to 140lbs by then.:):):)
Now, let's do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Joilgirl said:
But I learned something about myself.
I am not one of those people that can get off a diet "just a little". I give myself an inch and I take a mile.
:):)
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I think that with enough discipline, its a habit that you can ease your way out of.
I know, because I'm guilty of the same thing, and am constantly telling reminding myself that it's okay to be a little indulgent; there's no need to beat myself up over small slips, but it's important to take note of how on-track you are, and when enough is enough.

That's the WW lifestyle, girl. I don't have to tell you that.

I believe in you!
 
Thanks!!! That's really nice to hear. I believe in myself also, I think we learn through trial and error. Eventually we all get it right, so what if I have to fall over and over? As long as I keep getting up, it's ok.
So yesterday went great. Stayed withing my points. Had lots of steamed veggies and a small piece of grilled chicken. Yumm. That was for dinner. I'm going backwards it seems. Breakfast was oatmeal, and lunch I don't remember but I know it was low cal.
I keep telling myself, just do it one day at a time. That works for me. :):)
 
How you doing Joilgirl!

I hope you were able to get back on track. When I start to want something extra I have a little. But I try to work it within my points. Today I may have went over my points, by two points. I needed a little more, so I had an orange. I started the day off wrong! I didn't have time for breakfast, because I had an eye appointment. When we go to the eye doctor my DH has to have donuts from Jolly Pirates. I had a cup of coffee and 1 blueberry donut. And I took my time and enjoyed it! Then when we got back we decided to go to the store before we went home. While we were at the store I bought two beef Jerky and I ate one with 4 crackers. I had 12 points left and I ate a good supper: 1/2 cup mash potatoes, Chicken breast without skin, one biscuit, two sm. sweet potatoes. Later I had 1 pack of fiber wafers and I ate an orange. Tomorrow I will only have 20 point.

My weight may go up a little, but it will average out at the end of the week.
 
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