Sometimes I feel like Weight Watchers is reading my mind and they send the exact topic to discuss that I need the most that week.
This past week was a really tough one. I started off my food week with July 4th - not exactly a great sign when you start your week with a holiday, but all in all, it wasn't bad. I found that, yet again, I ate less than I normally would have. I had eaten very little leading up to dinner so that I could allow myself to have a burger and some baked beans and not feel guilty about it. I made a most delicious cake for dessert (strawberry lemonade cake...yum), and allowed myself to have one piece (I didn't even eat any leftovers of ANY of the holiday food!).
But, frankly, that was the least of my worries this week. As I'm sure you're all aware, it was crazy hot this week! And our house is three stories tall and over 100 years old...there's no AC (except from small window units in bedrooms)...so that adds several complications to weight loss: 1. Who wants to cook in that heat?? We did a lot of eating out. 2. Who wants to move in that heat?? While we did still go to Zumba and Water Zumba, I didn't do much else. 3. High heat makes me not that hungry, but then when I don't eat much and am finally hungry, then I make not always great choices because I have the extra points to use. 4. You do what you can to cool down...including eating ice cream sandwiches and frozen yogurt. Once in a while they are totally eatable...but you prob shouldn't have them like every day.
Then, on top of all of that, Mom and Dad had their 40th class reunion. What does that have to do with my eating habits? I volunteered my assistance for preparations...which included making sugar flowers for another cake and making chocolate covered pretzel rods. Neither of which is easy to resist in the first place, but with it being so hot the chocolate was extra messy to work with and there was a lot of finger licking. Add PMS to that, and you've got a recipe for DISASTER.
I knew going into my weigh-in that it wasn't going to be a great one, but I hadn't really sat and thought about how bad my week had really been. So when I saw that I had gained, I was pretty disappointed. It was only one pound, but I was still kinda bummed. The topic of discussion this week, however, was turning setbacks into success. Now, the discussion itself isn't really great at the meeting here, but the weekly pamphlet was pretty helpful. There was a quote from Michael Jordan which said, "I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." There was also another quote on the chart the leader uses which said "I have failed over and over and over and that has led to my success." Both quotes really helped me put things into perspective. Yes, I had a bad week...but I HAD A BAD WEEK. One week does not my whole diet make. And, as I sat and thought about everything that I had to deal with through the week, I was quite glad that it was only one pound. It could have been so much worse.
Initial weight: 257.2
Week 26: +1.0
Total weight loss: -43.2
Current weight: 214.0
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