Last night I went to my weekly-weigh in at WW with another staggering 1.4 lbs. loss. It's incredible to me. With my back still being at roughly 50%, I've been refusing to exercise. Well, I haven't been totally sedentary, but I haven't been breaking out the treadmill. I've started to take the 3 flights up and down the work parking sructure again, and have tried to walk as much as possible. I've been doing some small stretches to try to help with my back, and done one session of "arms" - but other than that, no exercise.
And my eating, well, it leaves a lot to be desired. My brother visited me over the weekend, and we managed to go out for California Pizza Kitchen, we ordered pizza from Pizza Hut on Sunday - heck, I even had a Dr. Pepper Slurpee! I haven't had a Slurpee in years.
For whatever reason, I still managed to drop some weight this week, and not a measley amount - over a whole pound of flesh is gone. I just can't fathom it. Perhaps my body has just decided that it really wants to lose the weight, and will continue even when my will is not so great. Maybe my body needs that occassional extra "fuel" to kick it into high gear. Okay, now I'm just making stuff up...
This is the important part: I'm still on program. I haven't had that moment yet when, after a "splurge", I decided to give up, or thought that I wanted to continue eating that way continuously all day, every day. I always go back to my regular menu plan the next day. My goal is that the time between splurges increases. I know that I will always crave certain kinds of foods. I just cannot imagine myself not having a soft-spot for a certain burrito from a certain mexican food place, or a particular brand and flavor of ice cream. The difference, I hope, is that instead of eating TWO burritos and a PINT of said ice cream EVERY OTHER DAY, I can treat myself to the items in smaller portions every now and again. (I am, also, happy to say that since I've been on WW, I have not resorted to my two most favorite trigger foods, vaguely highlighted above. Small victories.)
Lastly, my goals for this week:
1) Start to implement exercise again - maybe two sessions on the treadmill?
2) More water.
Good for you!!! What you're describing (having occasional indulgences interspersed with your good eating) is a real, healthy life. Perfection is impossible and certainly not something you're going to be able to do for the rest of your life, which is the point of this exercise, right? :)
Posted by: Denise at March 31, 2004 04:03 PM