You guys are all awesome!!!!! What great posts. I am sorry to say I have strayed ...by about 18lbs
. I still go to meetings but still sabotage myself.
I know 18 hurts, but you can do it!
Have you ever brought up the sabotage in a meeting? For some reason our meeting gets very touchy feely, very talky, and that sort of thing resonates with a LOT of people. You might get a lot of good responses if you brought it up; be sure to allow yourself time to stick around after, because you might get people coming up to you after the meeting. At least that happens at the meeting we usually attend.
There's SO much mental and emotional stuff involved in gaining then losing weight. I remember the first time I did WW, and I went on an extended work trip. I was eating differently and it was so hot (I was in WV for the summer) and I dropped a bunch of weight. Suddenly you couldn't really tell I had extra poundage if you saw me sitting in my car. And the day after I realized that, some dude started following me in his car, being very creepy as I drove the back roads to work in Huntington. SCARY. Thankfully my workplace was just over the police station, so when I pulled off there he sped off. But it nearly knocked me out of WW, because I felt that "if this is what happens when I lose weight, I don't want that".
And this time through got weird, mentally, for me when I started getting looks from men instead of being ignored. It was really the first time that had happened since I got married, and I was at a loss as to what to do! Thankfully no creepers this time. Whew.
I struggle with the self sabotage every single Tuesday...weigh in day is Wednesday. It NEVER fails that on Tuesday I have an intense craving for salty, not good for you food. Yes, nothing is OFF limits, we just have to count it, etc. But seriously...why on Tuesdays??? I've really got to get myself back in check. I'm losing very slowly and I know why. But I'll get there.
Just jump back in! You'll turn it around!
Well, if you ate the same salty "bad" foods every Tuesday, your body would get used to it and you should still be able to see the losses through that. Maybe allow it to happen?
...says the person that used to eat nothing but dry cereal on Friday nights with a Saturday weigh in...
(I stopped that...I eat normally now on Fridays)
I am going to start WW TODAY. I found a good friend and we are going tonight to weigh in.
Woohoo! And an evening weighin keeps you from doing silly things like not eating before a WI, etc. Excellent choice. Wish I'd done that!
Best thing to get at the beginning is a good food scale! I bought the OXO one with a detachable face and a high weight limit on it, so I can put my big heavy Fiestaware plates on it, still see the weight, and it won't error out. I weigh almost everything. Not fruits or veggies, and I still measure my half and half, sugar, and oils. Pretty much everything else is weighed; put my salad on the plate, plate on the scale, weigh out my dressing. etc etc.
