I'm still here, just feel like I don't have a lot to say about being healthy since I've gained for the 3 week in a row. And school is super stressful.
I don't have any motivation anymore. I'm getting really frustrated. I thought I was doing good, at least for the past two days, and then I step on the scale this morning. See? That's the problem, I stepped on the scale. It changed my whole mood. I actually thought my pants were a bit big, and now I feel like a fat lump.
I know I'm still down 21 pounds from where I started last May, but I should loosing, not gaining. I know I can do it! I've proven that I can do it, so where the heck did that motivation go?
I'm trying to take a step back and figure out what I can do. First of all, I downloaded an app on my iPhone - My Fitness Pal. It's like sparkpeople, counts calories and other nutrients, but it has just about every brand name you could think of.
Jif natural peanut butter? Check.
Stonyfield banilla yogurt? Check.
Kashi GoLean Cruch Honey Almond Flax? Check
It's awesome, so I've been tracking on there for 3 days now, and I think I like something different. Rather than points where my banana, cantaloupe and strawberries are "free" I can realize that they do have calories, but they're good for you, too.
And I'm not stepping on the scale until May 11th. I'm taking a week off. I'm also going to join the OP2Overcome challenge. 21 days completely OP - no going in the red, and tracking every. single. thing. that goes in my mouth. I weighed my food this morning to accurately track it and I'm going to start measuring food, something I've never done before. Yes. You read that right, I've been on WW for almost 1 year and I've never measured my food. It's that bad.
I just restarted my weight history on WW. Fresh new start at 159 starting today. My next goal is my 5% goal at 151. I'll get there. It's a slow trek, but I will get there.
I think I'm also going to post on here what I ate yesterday. Everything I ate yesterday. This is more accountability than anything else. So I know that if I ate a cup of peanut butter and oreos, I have to tell you all - so keep me accountable!! If you have any suggestions, please tell me.
Yesterday's menu:
B - 1 c. Kashi cereal, 1/2 c. Stonyfield yogurt, 1 c. strawberries
S - 1 small apple, 1 tbsp. peanut butter
L - Leftovers, 2 c. cantaloupe
D - 3 oz. pork loin, 3 c. roasted cauliflower, 1 c. skim milk, 3/4 c. quinoa
Activity - 50 minute aerobics class - burned ~319 calories
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Any words of encouragement, stories, advice?
You can do it.
ReplyDeleteHave your husband hide your scale so you won't be tempted to "peek" I have had self control the last two weeks (my WI is tomorrow) and only weighed myself on my WI day. You will be surprised at how much of a load of your shoulders this is. When I was obsessed with the scale I had my husband hide it and only bring it out on WI days.
If you can eat a whole cup of PB, then that's a skill you should market :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you're feeling discouraged!
Good Luck! I totally know what you mean by something new, it's hard to stay OP 100% of the time, you get burnt out so easily. It makes it that much easier to say Eff it and eat whatever you want. I owe my WL stalling for the months of Dec-Feb to this. I was down over this time period, but not by much, definetly not as much as if I had followed the system well.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!