Fighting the Dark Cloud of pudge!!

I just had a great day!  I am starting a long, but interesting and exciting, road to a promotion.  In my industry you must hop many hoops and I am through most of them- just the rings of fire ahead!  Several  senior people have come forward to mentor me.  It is such an incredible feeling to know that these people have such faith in me and such high expectations.

 So, once the excitement started to calm a bit I began thinking of, of course, the fact I need nicer clothes to wear. Dress to impress.  Well, with the last weight gain I am down to three pairs of jeans (one with holes now so I only use it to walk the dog) and one nice pair of black pants.  I cannot wear the pants every day!!!!!!!!!  As Pooh bear would say “What to do?  What to do!”

Amazing how something so good always seems to come back to weight.  I just think “do it once and for all” so the dark cloud of pudge will stop looming over everything. 

Why is it so hard?  What are we all afraid of?  Are we afraid or just unwilling to let go?  The last time I was successful on WW I realized that once I was successful I was rewarded with less points!  Once you reach a goal, your points decrease to match your new weight.  That is not exactly an incentive! 

Why is it so hard?  All those chocolates, and cakes, and cookies will still be there once the weight is lost.  It is not like Cadbury only has a limited number of Dairy Milk bars and once they are gone…..  isn’t that their easter egg ad?!

I have tried to think about the emotional and psychological reasons behind this unconscious desire to hug and hold onto every pound.  Maybe I am just not smart enough to figure it all out.  But if I (or we) do not figure it all out, then we are destined to regain all the weight we worked so hard to lose. 

The dark cloud of pudge is trickier than we think!

Shari