Price check...can I get a price check please?
September 13th 2006 07:41
So last night, I toddled back into weight watchers...smiled, lips tight at the lady behind the reception table and moved along to the queue for the scales. I find this is the time I reflect most on my past week. What I ate that I shouldnt have, congratulate myself for getting up 20 minutes earlier to go for that extra long walk and hope like crazy the effort pays off. Then when it's eventually my turn, I kick off my thongs and step onto the scale and wait for the inevitable beep.
This week being a little firmer with myself paid off. 1.1kg for the week, 3.5 for the total 3 weeks I had been taking part in the program. I smiled, a real smile this time...and let my happiness shine through a little. Im not too sure how Im going to react the week I either gain or plateau. I think Im going to be mildly devastated. Which isnt going to be a true reaction from myself. I want to not just change my body weight, I want to make changes that last a lifetime, I want to identify why I am the way I am and then when I get to where Im going, know where it is that Im coming from because I really dont want to be at this place again.
So I started to make a short list of things I do that are probably considered unhealthy.
1. I take on board everybody's problems and never get around to sharing my own.
This one I think is the one that is the most important to me. The one thing that is going to help me succeed in getting to goal weight is getting support, so, if I keep taking everyone else's stuff on board, how am I going to get them to help me through my own problems? I've always been the shoulder my friends cry on, the one their deepest fears and inner most secrets are entrusted to, and while I am beyond proud my friends consider me trustworthy enough for this role, not being able to share in return has meant that somewhere along the line, I have developed the habit of just bottling my emotions up. Which Im told leads to emotional eating. I however know, that I am not an emotional eater.
2. I do not eat at the proper times, often work through hunger and wonder why I feel dizzy when I attempt to leave my desk/chair.
Yeah, this is my major food downfall. This is the part of my diet that needs the fixing. I had to learn to eat breakfast before I could even consider doing something like weight watchers. I had to know that I could at least accomplish that part of the diet. After that, its amazing how hungry you feel at certain times. I used to laugh at people who were so fiercly hungry come morning tea time. Now thats me...and I've come to need to eat 5 times a day when in the past I used to get away with 2 times a day maximum.
Someone once told me in the past that it takes 30 days to make something a habit. When I think of that now, I think, its going to take 30 days of getting out of bed early and going walking for it to feel like its just a normal part of my routine, 30 days of making my lunch to know that Im not only eating properly, but I'm getting a diverse range of food groups in that meal and that I know exactly what goes into my mouth so I have more and more control and less and less ignorance when it comes to doing such things.
So, in order to really implement this whole new way into my life, Im taking action, and planning a week in advance. I intend to do this tonight, I'll post tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
This week being a little firmer with myself paid off. 1.1kg for the week, 3.5 for the total 3 weeks I had been taking part in the program. I smiled, a real smile this time...and let my happiness shine through a little. Im not too sure how Im going to react the week I either gain or plateau. I think Im going to be mildly devastated. Which isnt going to be a true reaction from myself. I want to not just change my body weight, I want to make changes that last a lifetime, I want to identify why I am the way I am and then when I get to where Im going, know where it is that Im coming from because I really dont want to be at this place again.
So I started to make a short list of things I do that are probably considered unhealthy.
1. I take on board everybody's problems and never get around to sharing my own.
This one I think is the one that is the most important to me. The one thing that is going to help me succeed in getting to goal weight is getting support, so, if I keep taking everyone else's stuff on board, how am I going to get them to help me through my own problems? I've always been the shoulder my friends cry on, the one their deepest fears and inner most secrets are entrusted to, and while I am beyond proud my friends consider me trustworthy enough for this role, not being able to share in return has meant that somewhere along the line, I have developed the habit of just bottling my emotions up. Which Im told leads to emotional eating. I however know, that I am not an emotional eater.
2. I do not eat at the proper times, often work through hunger and wonder why I feel dizzy when I attempt to leave my desk/chair.
Yeah, this is my major food downfall. This is the part of my diet that needs the fixing. I had to learn to eat breakfast before I could even consider doing something like weight watchers. I had to know that I could at least accomplish that part of the diet. After that, its amazing how hungry you feel at certain times. I used to laugh at people who were so fiercly hungry come morning tea time. Now thats me...and I've come to need to eat 5 times a day when in the past I used to get away with 2 times a day maximum.
Someone once told me in the past that it takes 30 days to make something a habit. When I think of that now, I think, its going to take 30 days of getting out of bed early and going walking for it to feel like its just a normal part of my routine, 30 days of making my lunch to know that Im not only eating properly, but I'm getting a diverse range of food groups in that meal and that I know exactly what goes into my mouth so I have more and more control and less and less ignorance when it comes to doing such things.
So, in order to really implement this whole new way into my life, Im taking action, and planning a week in advance. I intend to do this tonight, I'll post tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
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Good luck with this.