Tonight my thoughts moved to my diet and I felt like I've been doing WW forever. What have my last 3 weeks back on WW been like? I then came to a reality that though it's been 3 weeks since I posted my before pics and measurements, my real first week back on WW started Nov 12th. My weigh in on Nov 19th resulted in only a .8 weight loss and I had to be honest with myself about the fact that I was negative about 30 points for that week so I am lucky there wasn't gain! This is the first week I am tracking and actually adhering to my daily and weekly points. Really I can look at this as week one. All this being said, my feeling like I've been doing this forever wasn't a negative one this time around. It was more of a yeah I know I'll be doing this forever and I think I'm going to be ok with that. WW does teach the correct way to eat for the rest of your life. When I hit maintenance it will be slightly different. I'll get to eat a little more than while losing but I will continue with the whole method that I can splurge a little and when I work out I need to fuel my body with some extra calories. When I look at my future I think about how I'll be to a point one day where because it is Thanksgiving this week I go out a run a few miles to burn the calories to compensate for the extra food I will eat. This is the correct way to live with food.
At my average weight loss in the past of 5 lbs a month it'll take me 10 months to reach goal and honestly it may take a little longer. As much as I've always dreaded the idea of it take a year to lose my weight I am coming to grips with that. There is a chance I could lose it faster but I need to go into this thinking a year. No quick fixes just commitment to a the change and the goal. No thinking well it won't take a year so I can put this off. Not this may take a year and I need to treat it as such. I feel confident and good about this plan and that is the first time ever.
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