I gave into Temptation...
I have really been kicking it in high gear to work off the few extra pounds I gained back in April/May these past few weeks. I've been counting my points (Weight Watchers style - but not formally on the program), I've been exercising at least 5 days a week walking for nearly an hour every morning a very fast-paced walk with a friend. I've been somewhat successful about not eating past 7pm (I've done pretty good there, but had a few slip-ups). And I've been weighing myself everyday. I know the weighing everyday has mixed reviews but for me, that is part of what made me successful at my weight loss before. And it's a daily reminder of what my goals are.
So I step on the scale yesterday and I'm up a little. What? Yep, my weight was higher. So I try to brush it off knowing that I'm staying on my program and it HAS to get better because I'm not budging. So this morning I step on the scale, knowing for sure it has gone down because I've done everything right. And the scale defies me, instead of going down it goes up again!! I told Laren all about this this morning and how it makes me feel like giving up. But I promised to give myself one month at trying super hard.
So, somehow my best efforts were not my best today when I went to visit my Sister and she suggested we go out to lunch. In my mind I was thinking Subway, but nope she was thinking Cici's Pizza Buffet. They were having a benefit fundraiser for a local schoolteacher whose wife finally succombed to cancer yesterday. I thought that was a noble cause and agreed. So, I went and indulged. I didn't PIG out but I "pigged out" for me, eating 2 pieces of pizza (it was delicious), one piece of dessert pizza (which wasn't so good) and some cinnamon roll (very tasty). Blech! WHY did I sabotage myself?
This sort of thing makes me so upset at myself. But I did come home and had only steamed vegetables with some garlic powder sprinkled on top for dinner to help myself recover the calorie difference. It was very filling and nutritious.And I had done good all morning by having oatmeal with a bit of skim milk for breakfast and no snacking.
I know we all need an indugence sometimes but this was at a time when I was intentionally trying to stay indulgent free as much as possible!! I guess I wasn't as committed as I thought. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow!!
5 comments:
I just started WW on Sat. to loose the 12 pounds I have wanted to loose forever. It is so hard right now!!
Good luck with your goal!
You'll probably get on the scale and go up after the pizza. So frustrating, hang in there! So much exercise, you are building muscle.
I hate that explanation too! :)
I personally can't even imagine at this point being so worried about anything less than five pounds. But I suppose when you're at your goal weight, those five pounds matter. I'm sure you'll get there soon.
I can so relate to this! I just hate when life gets in the way of dieting!
That said, I have struggled to get my final pounds off and probably won't before we have our last baby. It gives me even more resolve to get it off once and for all when we're done!
Probably by now the weigh has come down, and I can only sympathize with the slip because that is my life--every day. But I just know you will succeed since you are trying so hard. You will never let yourself go back to where you were!
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