I’m sorry I didn’t get this posted earlier… Last night I had a hot mid-week date with my husband and that kind of threw me off my schedule.
If you are following me on Twitter, you might have noticed that I was a little unhappy yesterday with my lack of progress on the Weight Watcher’s scale this week. I gained half of a pound. Yes, I know, it could have been worse. But I knew it was really all my fault… That’s what got me.
I didn’t expect to have lost. I knew I hadn’t followed the plan as close as I needed to. The really ridiculous thing was that I also didn’t know how far from the plan I had come, either. I hadn’t been keeping close tabs on my eating!
How can I see what’s really going on if I don’t track it? I think this is true for any plan, by the way, not just WW.
The last time I was a Weight Watcher I jumped in with both feet and wouldn’t put ANYTHING in my mouth unless I knew the points value first. (Okay, at a Christmas party I ate a little dinner without knowing the points value. But I filled up on low-point options first and only nibbled on the entrée. I even figured in the points for my cocktails and drank accordingly.)
Up until yesterday I was kind of muddling my way through, looking things up here and there and trying to stick with those… or just having a few nibbles of the others. (which led to more nibbles and more nibbles and…) And, of course I wasn’t logging anything.
So yesterday afternoon I decided it was time to REALLY jump in and mean business.
I took out my masking tape and a Sharpie (you may have read about my general labeling before) and got down to business labeling points values on the foods in my pantry. A few things pleasantly surprised me (45 pretzel sticks are just 2 points!!) and a few opened my eyes to be more cautious. I even measured out a few things so I could see what a ¼ cup looks like and stay accurate. (I also circled serving sizes to remind me of what I was counting.)
By labeling my pantry, so many more options are open to me than I thought. And you could do this, too… regardless of what plan you might be following.
How can you expect to follow and really stay with a plan if you don’t educate yourself?
I want to change my lifestyle back to a healthier one, not just do this for a few weeks. Consequently I cannot rely on just learning about a few food options. I need to educate myself on everything in my pantry and then go from there.
I will not lose weight and make healthy changes by limiting myself. Those changes will only come about when I educate myself on the options and use them.
So check out your pantry and ‘fridge… What’s in there? What needs to stay? What needs to go? Check it out and plan options for yourself. Set a goal and document your progress. And let’s see what happens.
I think this is going to work for me.. it has in the past.
By the way, if you are looking for all sorts of soultions to life’s little challenges today (not just weight-related ones) check out Works for Me Wednesday.
But, before you go, please share a comment on your Weight Watching journey, if you’re on one or have ever been on one.
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