ReNewMe

Disappointed

Posted renewme on April 29th, 2008 | Filed under General

Why can it take me 2 weeks to lose 2 lbs, but only 3 days to gain it back and more?  I’m disappointed in myself for this weekend.  I believe I gained at least 3 lbs over the weekend while we were out of town visiting with family.  Now it’s going to take me 2 weeks to see a loss I’m happy with.  This week, just to get back to where I was, and then another week to see a loss from where I was last Tuesday at weigh in.  I’m thinking about not going to my regular ww meeting time this morning, and waiting until a day later this week, so that the “official” number on my tracker isn’t so bad.  Maybe the number really isn’t that bad.  I may be retaining water, cause I think tom is really close. 

 I just don’t know why I can’t keep on track whenever I’m around my family.  The other thing is, my mom has diabetes and is supposed to be watching her food, but we get there and she has a jar of M&Ms sitting in the kitchen!  She also made a cake and had a huge coconut cream pie for dessert!!  I’m not blaming her for my indulgence, I just wish she would take her condition a bit more seriously.   She says the doctor is happy with her latest bloodwork, but she is on meds and that can only help things for so long if you don’t change your eating habits. 

My biggest mistake was probably having a hamburger at McD’s on Friday eve. on our way in.  I’d usually get a salad or fruit and yogurt, but I decided to “splurge” cause I’d already had a salad from there early in the week, and a fruit and yogurt.  It just all  went down hill from there.  When we got to MIL she had a basket full of girl scout cookies sitting out.  To her benefit she also had some grapes, but who could pass up GS cookies just sitting there calling my name?!  I had a few of those too.  The next morning she gave us waffles and sausage for breakfast.  Luckily I only had 1 piece of sausage cause I didn’t really care for it.  And I did only have 2 waffles.  It was dinner on Sat. that did me in the most I think.  My mom had bbq hamburgers and potato salad and coleslaw.  Now that I think about it, I know my mom made those will full fat Kraft mayo.  She refuses to use even the light, because she says she doesn’t like the taste.  I can’t do FF, but I always buy the light.  Then all the desserts………Maybe some day I’ll be able to go and be confronted with all that and still stay OP, but it didn’t happen this weekend.

And after my weekend of indulgence I continued it once I got home.  I kept snacking all day yesterday.  I even ate a poptart, which I really try not to usually eat, but I kept feeling drawn to the damn pantry.  One package of Poptarts is like 10 pts!  I need to get back on track………

Plan for today to get back OP:

1)Will get out of the house for a while to try to break my eating spree…….I need to go and get a bday present to mail out to my niece, maybe look around for something for mom and mil for Mother’s day.  Also need to go to the grocery store.

2)Get some exercise!  I have not done this lately.  I had been going out for walks, but then we got a string of rainy weather and I wasn’t able to, and I haven’t had the desire to any of my home videos. Thinking of getting a treadmill or joining a gym.  Not sure when I’d get to the gym in the summer time though when kids are out of school, and afraid I’d get bored with the treadmill, and haven’t been able to justify the cost to myself.  Weather is supposed to be nice this afternoon though, so I will get out and walk.

3)Plan meals for the rest of the week (before going to grocery store!)

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It’s a bit later now……

I achieved some of my objectives for the day.  Got to the store and bought a present for niece’s bday.  Went to the grocery store, but only bought something quick to make for tonight.  I still need to plan dinners for the week.  Will do it when the new grocery ads come tomorrow.  I bought some pasta shells and light alfredo sauce, and italian bread, and a few things for a salad.  It was mainly for dh and the kids, I ate a big salad, and only had probably less than 1/2 cup of pasta.  I continued to snack throughout the day when I was home, so I am quite a bit above my daily points allowance for the day.  I did get a bit of exercise.  I walked at the park near dd’s school for about 20 minutes before picking her up. I did 2 laps of the trail, which is about 1 mile.  It wansn’t very intense, but at least I did something.  I did not go to my regular ww meeting.  Will go later this week.