Well, I've canceled my Weight Watchers subscription. I just lost steam. There's no other way to put it. I was totally committed and working hard for about 2 months and I just couldn't do it anymore. Figures. Yes. I'm a little disappointed in myself. I didn't reach my goal. I'm 4 pounds lighter than I was but I was hoping for 14!
So I'm still running hard and have just decided to focus on that. Hopefully I'll have some pleasant side effects.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Hiatus
For sanity's sake, I took a brief hiatus last weekend from my Weight Watchers habits. It was not without penalty, however. I hesitated to weigh in on Monday, not because I was afraid of gaining, but because I didn't want that little graph with my weight loss to show anything but losses.
After weighing in this morning, I was even with my lowest weight so that felt good. I know I'm not too far off track. I've been doing very well since Monday and feel refreshed with the healthy eating habits again.
I think I have hit middle ground now--where binging doesn't satisfy and doesn't really even appeal anymore but its still difficult to eat so consciously all the time. I've never cooked so many vegetables in all my life!
I ran 4 miles today.
After weighing in this morning, I was even with my lowest weight so that felt good. I know I'm not too far off track. I've been doing very well since Monday and feel refreshed with the healthy eating habits again.
I think I have hit middle ground now--where binging doesn't satisfy and doesn't really even appeal anymore but its still difficult to eat so consciously all the time. I've never cooked so many vegetables in all my life!
I ran 4 miles today.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Close Call
My WW adventure began 3 weeks ago (tomorrow) and so far I have lost 4.5 pounds. Good news, right? Well it's been much harder than I thought. I guess I haven't stuck to a diet--oops--"life-style change" for a long time. I have tried really hard and have tracked everything I've possibly eaten. This last week has been quite difficult as we're getting over colds and it has been hard to get to the gym when I feel like a cement truck has dumped it's entire contents in my sinuses. I have still managed to put in some miles and it's cool to see my goal slowly being reached.
Wednesday was a make or break day for me. I started out eating a croissant and hot chocolate for breakfast--something I used to do ALL the time--we're talking every morning. The bad thing is that once I made that decision (after also deciding not to wake up early to go to the gym since I felt like crap) the rest of the day was a domino effect of bad choices. For lunch we went to Smashburger, which just opened up here. My brother and other family members have been raving about this place and since Jon and I both love a good burger, we decided to put it to the test. Well, it was simply amazing. The burger was the best I've ever had. It far surpassed Red Robin or any other restaurant as far as flavor is concerned. A new favorite. On the downside, I completely depleted my points for the day and most of my weekly extra points as well. Can we say "downward spiral"? So, naturally, I'm feeling "munchy" come dinner time and had already resolved not to eat anything since I'd overdone it with lunch. If I got hungry, I'd eat vegetables. Instead I had a handful of chocolate chips and Pirate's Booty. There was nothing I wouldn't eat at this point.
At some point, I found myself standing in the pantry, looking at all of the snack foods I could possibly move on to next and I realized that I wasn't really getting the satisfaction out of this binge that I would have before I started WW. This is a good thing! Maybe I'm learning that eating for boredom and emotional gratification doesn't work. This is when I ran upstairs, put on my gym clothes and headed to the gym. I ran 5.5 miles and rode the bike for 20 minutes. I felt great afterwords. It was late at night and I was tired but I felt good. I had somewhat redeemed myself from a day of bad choices.
I'm sure I'll pay for the bad choices come Monday's weigh-in. But for now I'm going to chalk it up to a lesson learned. I figure if these pitfalls happen every couple of weeks but I'm able to pick myself back up again, I'm in pretty good shape. I need to learn to be a little more flexible. This is real life, after all.
Wednesday was a make or break day for me. I started out eating a croissant and hot chocolate for breakfast--something I used to do ALL the time--we're talking every morning. The bad thing is that once I made that decision (after also deciding not to wake up early to go to the gym since I felt like crap) the rest of the day was a domino effect of bad choices. For lunch we went to Smashburger, which just opened up here. My brother and other family members have been raving about this place and since Jon and I both love a good burger, we decided to put it to the test. Well, it was simply amazing. The burger was the best I've ever had. It far surpassed Red Robin or any other restaurant as far as flavor is concerned. A new favorite. On the downside, I completely depleted my points for the day and most of my weekly extra points as well. Can we say "downward spiral"? So, naturally, I'm feeling "munchy" come dinner time and had already resolved not to eat anything since I'd overdone it with lunch. If I got hungry, I'd eat vegetables. Instead I had a handful of chocolate chips and Pirate's Booty. There was nothing I wouldn't eat at this point.
At some point, I found myself standing in the pantry, looking at all of the snack foods I could possibly move on to next and I realized that I wasn't really getting the satisfaction out of this binge that I would have before I started WW. This is a good thing! Maybe I'm learning that eating for boredom and emotional gratification doesn't work. This is when I ran upstairs, put on my gym clothes and headed to the gym. I ran 5.5 miles and rode the bike for 20 minutes. I felt great afterwords. It was late at night and I was tired but I felt good. I had somewhat redeemed myself from a day of bad choices.
I'm sure I'll pay for the bad choices come Monday's weigh-in. But for now I'm going to chalk it up to a lesson learned. I figure if these pitfalls happen every couple of weeks but I'm able to pick myself back up again, I'm in pretty good shape. I need to learn to be a little more flexible. This is real life, after all.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Two In One Day
I woke up at 6:15 this morning and headed to the gym again. I took my new shoes for their first run. Six miles. I didn't realize how much I needed new shoes until I ran in my new ones today. Boy, did it feel nice! Ample cushion. I wonder what people think when they see someone walk in with the whitest shoes they've ever seen--"Those are obviously new, are they new to running, too? How long before I don't see them at the gym anymore (before they give up)."
My day started out perfectly with my run and my weigh-in. I have now lost 2.5 pounds. Just 15 more to go.
Dinner was bad. We went to Chili's. In an effort to cheer up Jonathan (dreading returning to school), we ate three courses. The good news is that I had the points to do it. I didn't undo my whole week and as long as I keep up my good habits the rest of the week, I should still come out with a loss.
Jon is going to start training for a triathlon. I supported his decision by going for a jog with him tonight. I'm proud of him and I'll do that as many times as I can to help him reach his goal. We ran 2.5 miles.
My day started out perfectly with my run and my weigh-in. I have now lost 2.5 pounds. Just 15 more to go.
Dinner was bad. We went to Chili's. In an effort to cheer up Jonathan (dreading returning to school), we ate three courses. The good news is that I had the points to do it. I didn't undo my whole week and as long as I keep up my good habits the rest of the week, I should still come out with a loss.
Jon is going to start training for a triathlon. I supported his decision by going for a jog with him tonight. I'm proud of him and I'll do that as many times as I can to help him reach his goal. We ran 2.5 miles.
Friday, January 8, 2010
I signed up
I just ate dinner, I'm still hungry. I'm thinking this is going to be pretty difficult. I signed up for Weight Watchers Online today. I did it this morning (after a night of imagining what it would be like to be 15 pounds thinner). I was completely motivated last night, of course, but this morning it was difficult to hit the "Register" button. I made it through the day...well, I suppose I'm still awake so I'm still fighting off temptation to go fill a bowl with ice cream and douse it with Hershey's Chocolate Syrup--or make our amazing chocolate chip cookies and eat at least three with a giant glass of milk.
If I had to pinpoint the one thing that has most-likely undone all of the miles I've run in the past year it would be those dang chocolate chip cookies. My husband and I are disastrous with each others attempts at healthy eating. This is how it typically plays out: My husband will jokingly mention, "Cookies sure sound good tonight." This is followed by a long pause, at least 15 seconds, where we analyze each others expressions to see if one of us will finally be strong enough to say no. Nope, we aren't. Then we go ahead and fix our cookies--heavenly--and sit down to a movie or mindless channel surfing while we each down at least three cookies.
Today I ran just under five miles with the kids in tow. I felt good and strong. I listened to my shuffle and wore my shades and the run was over before I knew it.
I'm going to stick to this Weight Watchers thing. I'd really like to see some results. Just so you know, I'm not overweight. In fact, I'm right in the middle of my health weight range. But for once, I'd like to be in the lower end of that range. We'll see what happens.
If I had to pinpoint the one thing that has most-likely undone all of the miles I've run in the past year it would be those dang chocolate chip cookies. My husband and I are disastrous with each others attempts at healthy eating. This is how it typically plays out: My husband will jokingly mention, "Cookies sure sound good tonight." This is followed by a long pause, at least 15 seconds, where we analyze each others expressions to see if one of us will finally be strong enough to say no. Nope, we aren't. Then we go ahead and fix our cookies--heavenly--and sit down to a movie or mindless channel surfing while we each down at least three cookies.
Today I ran just under five miles with the kids in tow. I felt good and strong. I listened to my shuffle and wore my shades and the run was over before I knew it.
I'm going to stick to this Weight Watchers thing. I'd really like to see some results. Just so you know, I'm not overweight. In fact, I'm right in the middle of my health weight range. But for once, I'd like to be in the lower end of that range. We'll see what happens.
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