Update: 215lbs (blah)
I don't know why I have been having such trouble lately. During the week I am perfectly fine eating well and exercising, but when that weekend hits and the plans come out of the woodwork, I can't seem to get my act together. I miss the days where even when I was going out, I felt like I should still eat healthfully. Now, when I go out, I see it as a chance to eat the bad stuff - my only chance. I think it might be a symptom of being within this 5lb range, but I manage to keep sabotaging myself so I might never get out of it. I need to kick my ass into gear so I can get down to the 100s. Considering on Friday morning I made it to 210.6lbs, only 0.6lbs until 50lbs lost, but then Friday night came around, and then Saturday night came around. And look where I am now. One of the problems was I didn't feel 210 on Friday, I felt bloaty and fat, but I certainly won't 'feel' skinnier by continuing to go hog wild whenever a special occasion arises. And I hate disappointing myself, and you guys and this blog. I read about people who have lost closer to 100lbs in a year, and frankly, I get a little jealous...
How can I drag the motivation I have during the week with me into the weekend? How do you guys cope with the plans? Is it just your intrinsic willpower? Or have you slowed down the rate of doing those things on the weekend? Do we ever just learn how to do this weight loss thing? Jeez...
And the trouble is, I already know that I have something else to do next weekend. It's a friend from class's birthday party at a club in Toronto. And it's not even an option not to go - I want to go, she is a great person, and someone I can see developing a real friendship with. It's the eating that is the problem, not so much the drinking.
Let's get down to the nitty gritties... Goals for the week:
-Drink all water, every day (include at least one cup of green tea)
-No eating at the birthday party on Saturday... drink, dance, laugh... no food!
-Exercise 5-6x during the week (at least a half hour of hard cardio and then alternate legs/arms for weightlifting)
-multivitamin, every day
-Stay within calories
-hmm... and maybe just for this week... no bread, pasta, crackers... I should be eating more vegetables anyway
I am going to my dad's tonight and let's see how I can make this work at his house.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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4 comments:
Sweetheart, you'll get there. Just have faith in yourself.
I, too, struggle more on days when I feel like I haven't accomplished much. And it is VERY hard to be in a social environment and keep a handle on things.
Here's what I do when I have an event (like ice cream with my pregnant friend last night):
1. I exercise earlier in the day. The harder I've worked, the less likely I am to ruin it. It helps if my legs or shoulders are a little sore to remind me how hard I've worked.
2. I value the WHO and not the WHAT. With last night's ice cream, I looked forward to being with our friends, not to the scoop of ice cream (which ended up being glorious and totally worth it).
And I know how it feels to be a little jealous. From the time I started this blog to when I got serious, I had GAINED 10 pounds in 10 months. Some of us are jealous of you too, sweetie. There will always be people who are more and less successful than you are.
I don't know if the "no eating at the party" could be realistic for me. I would probably try to hit the gym really hard that morning (so I'd feel it at the party), eat a big salad or soup before I went, and then only allow myself one saucer at the party. Maybe one salt and one sweet.
It's my "all or nothing" mindset that keeps me in the cycle of self-defeat. It's the choices you make the majority of the time that create who you are, not the decisions you make in your rare moments of weakness.
49ish pounds is nothing to sneeze at. YOU ARE ROCKING girl! Don't forget that!
I'm old and seldom have a good time any more, so I'm not the one to give advice...lol! What I would suggest is this: If you had a very close friend with a lifestyle very similar to yours and she asked you, her dearest friend, for advice...genuine advice...about how to handle meeting a goal that is very genuine to her and still having "fun" and "letting off some steam" over the weekends...what would you, you very bright girl, tell her?
I have the same problem as you. I find it easy as long as I am in a routine but anything that throws me out of that routine makes me wobble. I find weekends a struggle and going out is the toughest. I know this is a bore but planning really is the key. I have to plan meals ahead and if I know I'm going out I'll have to think ahead and plan something to eat before I go out. If I'm eating out I do the research early, looking at menus online and deciding what to order beforehand because if I have to sit with a menu at a restaurant I get overwhelmed and easily tempted.
wow you are hard on yourself. I think most people have issues on the weekends. And for one thing, I know that when I drink, I eat more. It's just a fact of my life. Maybe that could be a problem? Maybe eat before you go out and just limit to one or two drinks? I don't mean to sound like a prude, just my thoughts.
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