I had my FIRST week of being UP in weight since I started weight watchers :/ Not gonna lie, it was a tough one for me, even with on only being 0.8 lbs up as I did NOT want to be up - BUT after all I ate, I totally deserve it as I did not try at all to watch my food on the long weekend. I busted my butt off to try and get down (would not like to see what it would have been had I not). The group today helped me to be "OK" with this "bump in the road" and see that IT WILL happen. Maybe now that the first "gain" is over, I wont feel so pressured to be "perfect". I KNOW it's not about being perfect, but sometimes we just put too much darn pressure on ourselves. After today (cause I wont lie after the gain, I was a little frustrated and found it hard not to over eat and stay in my pts), I am DETERMINED to get back on track and watch my portions and do my best to stay within my daily limit (cause my darn weeklys are GONE already :O :P ). I find it a little hard to get back on track after the gain, BUT thanks to the group, I am GOING to do this! One week up doesn't have to mean another week of self sabotage!
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Seems a LOT of people are having a "hard week", so I thought I'd share - maybe you wont feel so bad after you see my weeks - 211 pts :O !!!!! (for those who don't know how Weight Watchers works, you are given daily pts and you can use your weekly points as well if you need to - well I used my daily's ALL my weeklys AND went in the negative by 211 pts :O !!!!)
Going into the long weekend I was planning on behaving, I even took my salad to the Lion Safari and didn't buy any treats THERE, BUT indulged twice on ice cream the other days - not any old ice cream - something big and tasty at DQ and at our local ice cream shop. I'm not gonna lie, this is the FIRST time in all my efforts to lose weight that I didn't feel one shred of guilt with these indulgences. I figured most people are enjoying a few bevies and not feeling guilt, so I will enjoy these and not care. This allowed me not to binge right after in the normal "guilt eating" downward spiral. BUT because of all these treats, I craved sugar. This time I wasn't eating for my emotions BUT I was eating for the "sugar craving". It's been a hard week trying to get back on track, and I've busted my butt off with yard work and exercise to try and combat the extra so I am hopefully not up this week (not looking forward to Saturday's weigh in :O !!). One thing that has helped me in the last month of these indulgences is tracking EVERYTHING I eat (yes even mints - my family thinks I'm nuts!). If I am going to indulge, I want to know just how much it's costing me, which in turn makes me want to make wiser choices more often (usually the rest of the week I am good), AND gets me motivated to "work it off" - by the end of my workout I am frustrated as the treat really didn't taste that good in the first place usually! I find it's too easy to "stay off the eating healthy 80% of the time if I am always allowing myself to eat food without tracking, and than it gets out of hand and makes it that much harder to track which leads to putting all my weight PLUS more back on. Just a tip that has helped me get over those "human choices" we all make :) AWESOME TIPS from some Weight Watchers meetings!
Here are two new things I learned in the last week from my Weight Watchers Meetings – ok the first one my fabulous friend told me about months ago, but I wasn’t in to looking it up yet, but after our leader RAVED about it and showed us a demo at a meeting, I am ‘hook, line and sinker’ :D * Meal Planning site called “PLAN TO EAT” – FANTABULOUS – here is why:
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* Click and Collect Program @ Zehrs and Loblaw’s The members who have tried it have said this is FABULOUS – all you do is go online to participating Zehrs and Loblaw’s stores (Ohhh don’t worry I already contacted the Super Store to see when they’ll be onboard!), click on all the items you want and let them know when you’ll be picking up your groceries – no waiting in lines while your frozen melts, no being tempted by the smells of the cakes in the store, and no fighting with your kids the whole way through on things they throw in the cart! I’m thinking I will be the FIRST in line if and when the Super Store hops on board with this amazing program! After working my butt off this week from all those cheesecakes on my sons birthday (cause I just couldn't resist trying each kind :O) 🍰, it was frustrating to see only 0.9 lbs come off this week (those cheesecakes were so not worth the work I did all week to prevent a gain). BUT than as I was working out I began to think of the -31 lbs I have lost already and it popped in my head that that is equal to 3 - 10lb bags of potatoes or 30 lbs in weights that I can't even lift all at once, which I no longer am carrying around in my body. Suddenly that 0.9 lb loss seemed bigger now, when I looked at the "Whole Picture" 💕
I am THRILLED to have had a big -4.2 lbs. loss this week!!! This brought me to -30 lbs. 15 weeks in! To be honest this Weight Watchers Lifestyle change STILL feels “too good to be true” to me as I am eating ALL the foods I LOVE (and most weeks more than I should be), but am losing MORE weight than I’ve EVER lost in anything I have tried over the years. While it’s still “work” as you have to be cautious of how much you eat and plan what you eat, track your points and add in some exercise, it’s not at all depriving like other things I’ve tried, and at this point I’m not having to do grueling workouts, just simple walks around the block (and if I want go on the bike). Most days I still can’t believe this is working!
A lot of people ask me how I have got to this point. The following things I feel are HUGE in my success.
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Super Excited! Just did THREE sections of highway this am 🎉🚙🎉🚙🎉🚙🎉🚙Nate Hager-HypnotistHager-Hypnotist !!!!!!!
***My son has "photo credit" for the Angel Cloud in the sky while I was driving :D ***I don't know the sources of the quotes as I found them via google image search A fabulous friend posted a quote today that I REALLY needed a reminder of. It read, “Its ok, not to be ok all the time”! A LOT of people are feeling huge emotions right now, I think the energies of Mother’s Day (as it's not a happy day for all), the unrest around the world (huge fires, tornados, etc. right now) along with Mercury Retrograde are playing havoc on us all - this is a good reminder to just let it flow and release without judgement. Those who are more sensitive to energies are REALLY feeling it right now. A good reminder is to ask yourself "Is this mine?", if it’s not ask for it to be released and send love and light to whomever it belongs to. If it is yours, feel the emotions and let them come to the surface for release rather than stuffing it down with food, drinks, guilt or whatever we are use to stuffing them down with. An intuitive friend mentioned that we are releasing a LOT of “childhood junk” right now, so things are coming up for healing/clearing – let it go. Sometimes you just need to pamper yourself a little more at this time or ask for help from others to get through it. This song is a good one to turn up and just “Let it go” This week has been a bit of an emotional roller-coaster. I have always found the week leading up to mother’s day very hard emotionally, so not having my comfort foods 24/7 has made it interesting. Topped up with another “release” at hypnotherapy which brought a TON of things to the surface for me that no longer could be held in and kinda “exploded” this am. I thought for sure this, with indulging on our girls getaway would mean a for sure first time weight gain since starting weight watchers. I was SUPER shocked to hear I hit 25.9 lbs. this week!!!! While I was in the NEGATIVE for daily AND weekly points, I did my walks 5 days of the week (only 20 mins) and it was enough to bring down the weight I gained while away PLUS some to get me to my 25 lb. goal!
I feel the hypnotherapy to deal with things, as well as finding other ways to deal with my emotions (baths, walks, music) and FEELING the emotions rather than stuffing them down with food was a HUGE factor in hitting this mark, as well as my AMAZING WW group who always keep me inspired. Nate asked me this week how my driving was going, but to be honest I didn’t even pay attention to it as it’s been so busy. I told him while I came in for driving fears; I’ve walked away with SO much more and realized that driving was NOT my main issue. I have grown SO much in the four sessions I’ve had with Nate. While I’m not driving the 7&8 yet, I’ve driven to areas I haven’t in YEARS, I’ve spoken up to people when they’ve treated me like a door mat (not all but some), I walked to the beach alone EARLY in the morning by myself and enjoyed an hour there alone (never would have done that before!), I started grocery shopping on my own again when my husband can’t make it (brought panic attacks before), and even drove to a store in Kitchener to shop that I’ve never been to. So many times we focus on the destination and this time I am enjoying the baby steps along the way! After my WW meeting today I decided to go a different way home that I haven’t done in YEARS! It required going down a 6 lane road, through busy intersections, lots of merging with traffic and backroads. When I arrived in Manheim I was shocked to see the community garage sale was taking place. This would have sent me into panic as the streets were lined curb to curb with cars and it was tight, but this time, it didn’t even bug me! I wasn’t ready to attempt one way home, but I was VERY proud of myself for doing this! Each day brings me closer and closer to my goals and I am going to honor each baby step I take to them! NEVER give up hope, you CAN get over your fears, sometimes you just need a hand. Came home refreshed and rejuvenated after a few nights away with some girlfriends. There is something about girlfriends that just lift your Soul a little higher. We always come home with sore ribs/bellies from all the laughs –and boy did we sure have some! While the weather wasn’t hot and sunny, we made the best of it and had the time of our lives. You can’t help but be in a good mood when surrounded by the sounds of nature and near the sounds of the waves. I woke early most mornings so I decided to go for a walk around the beautiful grounds (golf club). The moon was still high in the sky, the coolness of the morning breeze across my face and the sounds of birds chirping and greeting me along the path. My Soul was feeling so refreshed that I decided to take the path to the beach. Before Hypnotherapy sessions, I NEVER would have walked this path alone, let alone that early in the morning when no one else was in sight, but this weekend I had no worries in the world while on my walks. I am so glad I decided to go as the peace of the waves crashing against the sore and the sunrise coming up from the trees as I walked the beach and sat on a log for ½ an hour was therapy for my Soul. I saw a lady doing yoga on the beach (we were the only ones) and I thought to myself how amazing it would be to be able to do that every morning. We are surrounded by so many blessings so close to home, yet we rarely take the time to explore them. I could have sat there all day! The next morning I did the same. It was drizzling out, but the freshness in the air and the sound of the beach was calling my name so I trekked it anyway. I was SO proud of myself for 1. Getting out of bed so early on a girls getaway to exercise and 2. For going on these adventures alone.
The feeling of “letting go” of things that hold you back is scary yet makes you feel so alive. |