Since a lot of you use your posts to talk about weight, I’m going to join the bandwagon. A week ago tomorrow I decided to finally get down to business. I’ve decided that before, of course, but this time it seems I really meant it. I’ve stayed on my plan the past 6 1/2 days and tomorrow is the first day I weigh in after getting serious. Unfortunately I didn’t even weigh in last week, because we couldn’t find the scale. (They’d moved it when they used the building over the 4th) But I know I will be down. Here at home, I’ve lost 5.5 pounds since last Wednesday. But that was starting pretty heavy after several days of poor choices.
My plan is to stay on my plan for 49 days straight. Staying on plan simply means staying within my allotted Weight Watcher’s (old plan) points, taking into consideration activity points. I have a variety of incentives, but they only work if you are motivated in the first place. I give myself stickers and gold coins for good days. I have a list of alternate activities that I enjoy (like writing a post). I made dinner menus for every one of the 49 days, including my favorite foods, like meatloaf and porcupine meatballs, and have shopping lists to go with the menus. I’m writing in a diary every few days. I’m keeping a list of things I’ve learned as I go along. But mostly I keep telling myself that I can do this for 49 (and decreasing) days. When I’m tempted I just tell myself, “You can have that in 49 days.” Hopefully I won’t have everything that 50th day, but you get the point. So far, it isn’t that hard, since the days go so fast in the summer, anyway.
What I hope to do in the 49 days is get back to a weight that I consider good for me, although it isn’t my ultimate goal. Then I’ll try maintaining at that weight for a while before I try to lose the last 7 pounds. I know that for me, it is hard to keep focused on dieting for more than 7 or 8 weeks. August 23rd is the date that I’m aiming for.
That’s all about weight. I hope the rest of you are having success on your weight loss journey during this season of low calorie, high flavor fruits and vegetables!
Sounds like a great plan.
I’ve been horrible for about 2 1/2 MONTHS. Yeah, I don’t recommend that! I’m up 10 lbs from my low a few months ago. I signed up for weight watchers online and I was good for about two weeks, but I can’t get myself to stick with it.
I’ve lost and gained so many times, I’m actually writing a book. I’ll send you the chapters as I get them done. It’s about how the success is really all accomplished in your mind. I talk about getting rid of guilt and hopelessness and other mental pitfalls that waylay our best intentions, whether we are on the first 10 pounds or the last 10. I also talk about setting behavior goals rather than outcome goals. Of course if I fail again, I’ll throw out the book. But 7 days and things are going way different than in the past. At any rate, I had a good one week weigh in at home this a.m. Down 6.8 pounds this first week, but that includes the 3 pounds the first day because I started so high.
Great week! That’s awesome. I really want to check out the book “Made to Crave” by Lisa Teurkurst (I’ve probably spelled that wrong). It sounds like it would have some good insights. I’d be interested in what you’re learning.
Behaviour goals sound awesome because that’s the only thing we ultimately have any control of.