Well I've been on Weight Watchers for 11 weeks and so far out of the last 5 weeks I've put on 2kgs and haven't lost any.
My problem is that I'm not counting my points and I'm eating anything I want too. The motivation for weight loss has gone out the window and I'm thinking will I stay this size forever.
I have a problem with drinking wine, my life is quite boring so in the first 4 weeks that's all I did was drink wine instead of walking which left me hungry for fatty foods the next day which I went out and bought.
So last week I decided not to buy a cask of wine and that was fine until I went into the botte store on Saturday ended up buying bottles of wine that day and Sunday because I was stressed.
Didn't go into to get weighed tonight because I was the same weight as last week.
The thing is is that I lack motivation, I'm the type of person for short term goals and this one is too long to look forward to.
Anyone have any ideas?
:sigh:It's a really bummer when this happens. You risk putting back on all the weight you have lost and getting back to square one. This has happened to me many times
and the worst thing is, I end up (usually) weighing even more than I did when I started the blooming diet
.
Back in Jan I started with WW too. I decided use a notebook to write down every point spent, and weigh every item even tomato sauce, and try to regain control again. I was allowed 26 points at first, and this was a lot to spend. It took a while to learn to plan everything and I had to be organised.
I got the Shopping booklet and the Eating Out booklet and also the little points calculator. I take it everywhere when out shopping and point everything I fancy. The Eating Out booklet is very helpful, and means I can eat what I fancy as long as I have the points available.
There are certain foods which I still steer clear of. I have a weird sort of "all or nothing" attitude to them so it's not worth even having one at the moment. It's like "one is too many, 100 isn't enough". Does that make sense?
Part of this is habit, a very bit part is habit, I think. When a particular button is pressed then a particular action happens. I have to consciously work to stop this happening. It is usually hard to resist the urge
.
The hardest thing is to actually address the problem. I want to act on the urge to eat 'whatever', and switch off the thoughts which say "don't do this, you don't need it". Who cares, I want it, I want it now - is sometimes the response.
Interestingly, recently I found a box of chocs in a cupboard, they were out of date, but I ate them anyway. At one point I didn't even enjoy them, but finished the box. I got back on track after that and drew a line under the incident. In the past I would have given up altogether. So, that was a good result
.
The next time I had one of those moments, I did not give in. I thought about getting through the evening (it is always the evenings, isn't it
), and staying strong. It is a perculiar feeling, Jada, this urge or need to give in to the habit of eating something or drinking something when not even 'hungry'. It is not about hunger at all. It makes me feel uncomfortable, like having a really irritating itch which I cannot scratch and drives me mad. I sometimes feel jittery, can't keep still, empty (but not hungry), angry. Does any of this make sense?
The thing is, if I can get through the evening without giving in, I feel great the next day. I don't have that terrible regret to deal with, and looking back, I wonder what all the fuss was about.
I have realised that if I really want to get back to a normal weight again, I have to work at it all the time, expect to feel uncomfortable sometimes, and accept that I can't always have everything I want without their being unpleasant consequences - it's a hard lesson to learn:sigh:.
I suppose my main advice would be to
plan your daily menus, point EVERYTHING, weigh EVERYTHING, and try to still within the daily points. Eventually, you will start to create new and better habits and hopefully still be able to eat and drink the things you like, but in moderation.
Until someone invents a pill to make us all size 10s
, there is no other way.
Ramble finished
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AJ
