Ok, here I am three days into this health thing. Yeah, it's a thing. Yeah, I'm struggling.
Something I love about weight watchers is how cognizant I am about what I'm eating. What I hate about weight watchers is the food log. I know it helps me. However, I hate facing the cold, hard truth...the reality of what I have done.
Today, I ate something I would normally eat on spring break. Just a little meal deal. I tried to search on my phone prior to the drive thru trip, but the McDonald's lady was not that helpful or patient. So I just ordered my regular meal deal. Nothing big, right? WRONG! I normally eat the 2 cheeseburger meal deal with medium fries and a soft drink. 2 cheeseburgers alone are worth 16 points! That's triple the amount of anything I eat at home or from the box (weight watchers meals). Then the fries were worth 10 points and the drink was 8 points.
I didn't log everything until well after my food had digested. Ugh! I thought about how I felt afterwards. The guilt. The shame. The slight fullness, but 34 points. I wanted something a little more. Can you imagine if I had chosen something more worthwhile?
This is the part I hate, analyzing my food. It's easier to deal with blind hunger and just eating whatever I want. However, that obviously is not working for me. Right?
Well, true to my word. I'm not making huge changes this week. However, when I make changes next week I think I may add 2 more things.
1) I will pack my lunch for work.
2) I will make snacks for after school while I'm working.
3) I will continue drinking 3 cups of water each day (this is the old change, but I'm keeping it.)
Well, here's to the rest of the week!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Getting Started...Again!
So, here I am. Joining Weight Watchers again...let's not talk about how many times I've joined the plan. That's ancient history!
This time I will apply what I've learned from my failed attempts. I will not try to do everything in the first week. During my PowerStart meeting, my leader Reny said,"Make one small change." It was such a powerful statement. I don't have to move heaven and earth my first week, because I know I won't be able to keep up with that. Honey, heaven and earth get heavy after awhile!
So I thought about what one small change can I make this week? This is where I have a teeny, tiny confession to make. I don't drink water. The last time I drank water, by itself, was about a month ago. How unhealthy is that? I'd hate to see my insides. Seriously.
I have an addiction to PEPSI. Just writing the word, makes my mouth salivate. I love it. I'm addicted to it. If I come home and there's no Pepsi in the fridge, I panic and immediately leave the house to go get some. Ok, ok, I promised to be honest here. I immediately start demanding and pleading with my husband to go pick up Pepsi, so I can watch Glee and grade papers. He tells me I'm addicted. He doesn't call it Pepsi, he calls it my crack. I have about 10 glasses a day. One 16 ounce bottle on my desk all day long and a can before I leave work. Yeah. I'm addicted.
So my small change this week will be to drink 3 glasses of water a day. Although it sounds like a small amount, it is going to a small change I can handle.
Side note, a lady at the meeting said I didn't know anything about the 90's because I was too young. {Insert BIG smile, here} I'm 39. However, according to this kind, kind woman at the meeting, I look like I'm in my early 20's. YAY, me! This compliment will keep me going ALL DAY!
Have a great day! Drop me a comment, so I know I'm not talking into a black hole.
This time I will apply what I've learned from my failed attempts. I will not try to do everything in the first week. During my PowerStart meeting, my leader Reny said,"Make one small change." It was such a powerful statement. I don't have to move heaven and earth my first week, because I know I won't be able to keep up with that. Honey, heaven and earth get heavy after awhile!
So I thought about what one small change can I make this week? This is where I have a teeny, tiny confession to make. I don't drink water. The last time I drank water, by itself, was about a month ago. How unhealthy is that? I'd hate to see my insides. Seriously.
I have an addiction to PEPSI. Just writing the word, makes my mouth salivate. I love it. I'm addicted to it. If I come home and there's no Pepsi in the fridge, I panic and immediately leave the house to go get some. Ok, ok, I promised to be honest here. I immediately start demanding and pleading with my husband to go pick up Pepsi, so I can watch Glee and grade papers. He tells me I'm addicted. He doesn't call it Pepsi, he calls it my crack. I have about 10 glasses a day. One 16 ounce bottle on my desk all day long and a can before I leave work. Yeah. I'm addicted.
So my small change this week will be to drink 3 glasses of water a day. Although it sounds like a small amount, it is going to a small change I can handle.
Side note, a lady at the meeting said I didn't know anything about the 90's because I was too young. {Insert BIG smile, here} I'm 39. However, according to this kind, kind woman at the meeting, I look like I'm in my early 20's. YAY, me! This compliment will keep me going ALL DAY!
Have a great day! Drop me a comment, so I know I'm not talking into a black hole.
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