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I had my regular WW weigh in last night, & gained .4; however, I am not looking at this as a setback, because I know enough to realize that less than a half pound can be due to a LOT of things. So now my "official" loss is 26.6.
I took a look at what I did this past week, and there a two things that may have had an impact on my weigh in. 1st, due to the heat, I am not walking as far or as fast as I was. I am still out there for an hour, but am only walking two miles instead of three. I won't push myself harder than that in this heat wave because it's just not safe. 2nd, I think I need to use more of my points values earlier in the day and eat a lighter supper. I am usually pretty good at doing that, but for some reason this week my suppers have been "heavier" than what I would like.
With all this said, I am not letting a minor gain let me lose my focus. I have been expecting a plateau to come along eventually...maybe this is the start of one, maybe not. Regardless, I will stick to my healthy eating and exercise, AND my many prayer to God for his guiding hand.
Love to you all!!
Had my regular WW weigh in last night, and I've gained another .2 lbs., so my total loss now is "down" to 26.4. However, I know what the issue is this week, as Mother Nature is coming to visit. lol I also went to a b-day party for the grandson of one of my friends, & her 19 year old daughter is the BEST cook/baker/etc, & she made a variety of finger foods AND a b-day cake that was to DIE for. I originally wasn't going to eat anything because I'd had lunch 3 hours earlier, but everyone else had eaten earlier too, and I could tell the chef was disappointed that no one was eating after she'd spent many hours laboring in the kitchen. She is such a sweet, special girl, that I went ahead and had a taste of everything so she wouldn't feel her time was wasted. Everyone else must've gotten the hint, because they all went in & ate a bit, too. In addition, I ate out a few times this week, and although I tried to make healthy choices, take out food just is NOT as healthy as home-cooked. So...I am re-committing myself to healthier choices this week (I am currently cooking a WW recipe for Mexican meatloaf, which smells YUMMY), and am going to increase my exercise each day, either by upping the intensity or the amount. Today I got up at 5:30 a.m. for a morning walk, & it was SO nice! Much better than walking from 5-6 p.m. The sun was barely peeking over the horizon, there was a nice breeze, and the humidity was still reasonably low. I not only walked an extra mile, I walked an extra 30 minutes! I would've gone ahead and walked the track twice because my energy level was fine, but, I was not prepared with enough water. I drink a LOT of water while I'm walking.
ReplyDeleteHope you all are doing wonderfully this week, and I look forward to hearing from each of you about your progress.
Love you all!
I have to share a couple of things with my weight loss friends...make that FAMILY. We are all in this together for support, so I view all of you as my family because families support each other!
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo...last night I had a REAL struggle not over indulging in some trail mix that I simply love. I ate enough to get in my last 3 points for the day, but I wanted SO BAD to eat the entire bag. I tried to "reason" with myself that all the ingredients are healthy, so it wasn't like I was eating cake or something, right? Wrong! Calories are calories are calories. Sure, there are healthy ways to eat calories and non-healthy ways, but in the end if you overeat ANYthing you can gain weight. Sure...you'd have to eat a few tons of lettuce to gain weight from eating it, but it CAN HAPPEN. So...I struggled & struggled, trying to convince myself it would be ok to finish off the bag AND trying to convince myself that it was NOT ok to finish off the bag. Reminded me of the angel on one shoulder & the devil on the other, you know? lol I finally listened to my "angel" and went on to bed for the night. And you know what? I didn't wake up this morning still craving the trail mix. I have won a small battle! Now on to win the war!!
And then, ironically enough in my WW food log for today is a saying from Confucius, "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." How appropriate for each of us! We all "fall" in our journey to a healthier lifestyle, but we need to stand up, dust ourselves off, and keep right on going. Don't look back and have regrets...no...LEARN from your mistakes, don't fret over them. After all, our mistakes are a part of what makes us who we are.
Love you all!!