Happy Birthday, Bandit. Yes, I agree. A little fun must be had on one's birthday, guilt-free.
Mousie: I think my primary problem is two-fold:
1) Sunday night I always have trouble sleeping, probably because I wake up at 6 am M-F, but sleep in until 9:30 am on Saturday and Sunday. I usually spend Sunday nights (6:30-8:30) sewing and eating pizza hut (1 medium veggie lovers = 3-4 meals). Then at 8:30 I retire to bed to read and go to sleep. At that point, I always have trouble going to sleep.
2) I end up going to sleep later during the week.
I'm not working OT right now -- it would be worse if I was -- but my new goal is to take Monday night off and do my housework that I would normally have split up throughout the week, and to not stay up late "messing around", doing something or other.
Mousie, I can see how you might have trouble losing weight if you worked out that much and didn't use your excercise points. Your body was probably desperately trying to maintain its weight, when faced with so much exertion and so few calories. That is of course my unscientific and uneducated experience based on what I've read, but it seems like you are on the same path, so I'm probably not too far off.
It's very hard to lose weight and then regain it. That's the one thing I have not done, and I think it's simply because my eating habits were horrible before, and after months of WW, the newer habits had become simply that -- habit. Not to say that I'm a food saint. Not at all, or I'd be at goal now. But a lot of the junk food I used to eat didn't sound good anymore, and I couldn't look at many things without thinking about their point value.
I understand where you're coming from. The stress and chaos of life can encourage signficiant weight gain. I gained 60 pounds in 4 years when I move to college. I moved from a house with little junkfood and healthy meals prepared for me to a world where junkfood was readily available and more healthy food was harder to get. I also befriended a young woman who ate out 90% of the time, and 95% of that was junk food. Not that I can avoid personal responsibility here -- I ate the food, I made the choices...but, if I could go back in time and do it all over again, I would definitely do it differently.
My new strategy is to keep a general eye on points, to watch for excesses, and to work out more, and have a little freedom on the weekend. I am sad to say that I gained 1.5 pounds last week, but I know why -- too much junk food, too much excess. I was better behaved this weekend, so cross your fingers for me, ladies.
I can't say I'm ready for the kind of program you're describing, mousie, because I don't work out that much, but I hope it works wonders for you.
Happy Birthday, bandit!
And take care, Judy!
Ladies, I'll end this long thread before it turns into a novel. Take care!
