Sabotaging Myself
Every time I start to do a little better, it seems like I backtrack. For example, one night this week, after work, I had a glass of wine, which led to a second glass, which led to indiscriminate snacking. Instead of spending a lot of time feeling guilty, I'm going to move past it and figure out what I've done over the past year that works.
When I was first home from the hospital, I lost weight even though I was confined to bed rest. Now, a lot of that was water weight, but it was also because I was eating only when my husband brought me food. This tended to be at mealtimes. He left a bowl of fruit in the room for me to have when I needed a snack.
Similarly, I lost 5 pounds over summer vacation with my family. My exercise pattern wasn't too different from what it is every day, especially since rain on several days prevented more extensive exercise. But, in part because I was actively interacting with family members, I only ate at meal times with some small, planned snacks. In the evening, I went to bed much earlier (curbing the nighttime snacking).
Clearly, my main problem has been the snacking, and the solution seems to be to rein it in. With that in mind, I'm going to start posting on a daily basis, giving my Weight Watchers points from the day before and any observations about how I did that day and/or other thoughts. Yesterday, I had 35 Weight Watchers points out of an allowed 29. While you're allowed a certain number of flex points to use over the course of the week, I've discovered that it's better for me to reserve those for the weekend, when I tend to need them anyway.
I'm also going to try to think, whenever I'm about to eat something, "Why am I eating right now?" If the answer is something emotional, rather than because I'm hungry, I'm going to try to come up with something else to do instead. Wish me luck!
When I was first home from the hospital, I lost weight even though I was confined to bed rest. Now, a lot of that was water weight, but it was also because I was eating only when my husband brought me food. This tended to be at mealtimes. He left a bowl of fruit in the room for me to have when I needed a snack.
Similarly, I lost 5 pounds over summer vacation with my family. My exercise pattern wasn't too different from what it is every day, especially since rain on several days prevented more extensive exercise. But, in part because I was actively interacting with family members, I only ate at meal times with some small, planned snacks. In the evening, I went to bed much earlier (curbing the nighttime snacking).
Clearly, my main problem has been the snacking, and the solution seems to be to rein it in. With that in mind, I'm going to start posting on a daily basis, giving my Weight Watchers points from the day before and any observations about how I did that day and/or other thoughts. Yesterday, I had 35 Weight Watchers points out of an allowed 29. While you're allowed a certain number of flex points to use over the course of the week, I've discovered that it's better for me to reserve those for the weekend, when I tend to need them anyway.
I'm also going to try to think, whenever I'm about to eat something, "Why am I eating right now?" If the answer is something emotional, rather than because I'm hungry, I'm going to try to come up with something else to do instead. Wish me luck!