Sisters Getting Slim

UGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!  Okay, i feel better getting that out.  I could seriously just scream.  My advice to anyone thinking about getting pregnant in the near future, wait until you are at your goal weight before you get pregnant and then don’t gain a million pounds during your pregnancy! It is IMPOSSIBLE to get the weight off.  I did not have a good week on the scale, at. all.  Of course I got back to my office after posting a 1.8 lb gain at my WW meeting and see the beautiful flowers that my husband sent me last week after my very modest loss.  Those flowers made me feel so good last Thursday when I received them, and looking at them all week really reminded me of why I am doing this.  Of course now I feel like throwing them in the trash because I don’t deserve them.

Here’s what I’m taking from my SLOW weight loss — eating right is 85% of the equation, working out is 15%, at least that’s the case for me.  I’ve now worked out 10 days in a row, I’m feeling great, my clothes are fitting better, I have more energy and confidence, but the damn scale is going up up up.  Why?  Because I’m still eating WAY too much, not planning my meals, going over my points, treating myself to candy and desserts, drinking too much alcohol, etc. etc.  The weight loss just isn’t going to come unless I get my eating under control.

I have HAD IT with walking out of my weight watchers meetings with a gain or a tiny loss and feeling like I’ve just wasted another week when I could have made progress towards my goal.  It’s not going to happen again.  Of course this coming week is the week I need to see a HUGE loss to get myself back in this game mentally, and what do I have coming up this week?  Oh, just an all day tailgate on Saturday, two flights on Monday, being out of town all week staying at two different people’s houses, Thanksgiving on Thursday and a flight home the following Sunday.  Sheesh!  I don’t care about any of that.  My focus is NOT going to be on how off track I can get this week, making excuses because I’m traveling or off my schedule, my focus is going to be on visiting with the relatives we are going to see and staying in control and on track.  No food they could possibly serve would be worth the feeling I had today walking out of my weight watchers meeting.  Nothing is worth that.  No M&M’s from the candy jar at work, no Subway footlongs (yes, i fell for their stupid marketing campaign), no Starbucks lattes, no peanut butter eaten out of the jar, no cereal eaten out of the box in front of the tv, no Chipotle with my husband, no beer binges at the tailgate, NOTHING is worth it.  I am going to lose weight this week if it’s the last thing I do.

Here are the guidelines I need to add to my plan: there are 3 of them, and all relate to the number 3, so they’ll be easy for me to remember:

1. 3 Points maximum number of points spent on JUNK (junk includes candy, dessert, anything from starbucks)
2. 3 times maximum eating out during the week (this means I need to start bringing my lunch to work because if I buy my lunch 3 days, then no going out to dinner at all on the weekends). 
3. 30 minutes minimum of exercise each day

I have to weigh in out of town next week and I’m nervous about that because I can’t find a location or time that works for my travel schedule and the holiday.  I can’t let these stupid details get to me.  This is about the big picture and if I have to weigh in on Thanksgiving day at 10 pm I’m going to do it.