What's working? What's not working? Is it [eating plan, exercise plan, any plan] broke? Does it need fixing? Or am I in the place... If it ain't broke, don't fix it?
My five year of maintenance revelation: I am in the driver's seat when it comes to food and I'm a h*ll of a good driver.
I think my plan is kinda broke. No obvious weight gain YET but there's a feeling I'm pretty close.
What doesn't work: Keeping dark chocolate in the house. Skipping breakfast because "there's no time". Visits to the coffee shop on weekdays. Skipping exercise for weeks and weeks because of an injury.
What's working: My food choices aren't the very best but they aren't the worst either. I cook at home and don't eat junk food. I don't binge and I don't snack or graze mindlessly. I recognize and obey my feelings of fullness.
That said, I could be a lot more focused and on track, and I miss my exercise. (I injured some weird hip muscle weeks ago and that led to a lot of back/leg pain and ****.)
****************** “The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.”
What's working: Weight Watcher meetings -- support and encouragement is GREAT! Weight Watcher program -- GREAT! I have lost a total of 21 lbs this summer, and a grand total of over 60 lbs. YIPPEE Swimming: My pool is almost brand new, and the hotel has put in an exercise room again. I feel like these are in my own home, and I own them.....almost hate it when guests come to use them.
What's not working: Support from friends and some members of my family. How will I fix it, I hate to say I can't divorce my family members -- bro and sil, but I don't have to see them, so that rather takes care of itself. Friends, I choose carefully, where and how I meet them, and then ignore any negative comments. Seasonal things: I have to develop a plan and stick with it. My trigger foods are getting the best of me, so there goes the plan and sticking to it again. NO MORE!
No more elephants in the living room or kitchen. I will be true to me.
I will swim starting Jan 2 --- I deserve to feel 150%!
Posts: 3393 | Location: Central USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
What’s working? What’s not working? I’m still trying to figure this out. Doing nothing, or making lame attempts at something wasn’t working.
Once I do figure out what does work, I’ll come back to this.
Right now I’m exercising 3-4 times per week. I have gone from eating lunch out 5 times per week to no more than once and mostly not at all. I have also gone from eating dinner out 2-3 times per week to once or twice (last week was an exception, because some things came up out of the blue.) I have also gone from some type of sweets or dessert most days to 2 a week.
So far, I haven’t really lost any weight, but I have stopped the upward progression of the scale, and my clothes are fitting much better. I have been doing this for about 6 weeks now. I really hope to see some results soon, some actual weight LOSS. I may need to tweek things some more though.
Dawn
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire." anonymous
Posts: 4109 | Location: Indianapolis, IN | Registered: March 15, 2004
What is working: Planning Journaling Exercising Cooking at home
What isn't working: Keeping sweets around the house, even when I say, "I won't eat them." The mental pull is stupidly strong, and I feel like every time I walk past them or remember they're in the house, I'm starting the battle over again. "I will not eat a cookie." "Just one! You were SO good this weekend!" "No. No cookies." "But...you deserve it." "I deserve to be healthy. No cookies." And on and on inside my head. It's exhausting.
I took the cookies to work yesterday and left them there (I'm off today, so the cookies should be gone when I go tomorrow). I'm going to save one cupcake each for us to have after dinner tonight and toss the rest. I'm going to put the bag of chips at the house our friends stay at when they're in town. I'm going to see if the bachelor across the street wants the unopened vanilla ice cream in the freezer.
