Hi Paradise. I was calorie counting for a while and I was weighing everything. I'm a vegetarian and I try to eat mostly unprocessed foods, so I found it annoying at first, but then I was getting a general idea of what things weighed just by looking at them. But I still weighed them. I was using organic frozen meals for dinner and sometimes lunch. I had about 2 weeks where I was feeling really sick so I just ate whatever was convenient, so that's where most of the weight gain came from. Plus I had a horrible attitude, where I'd say, well since I'm off my eating plan I'll just eat junk food and get back on track on such and such a day.
Like I mentioned in my last post. I went to weight watchers with my cousin and I am going to give that a try. What appealed to me was that the fruits and veggies that I already eat are free points. They're basically filler foods and I can eat them until I'm satisfied. The annoying thing for me when I was calorie counting was that I'd have to weigh each individual item and sometimes I wouldn't finish the whole salad - so how do you calculate what you didn't eat when it's all mixed up?
One of the ladies told me that I should mark the boxes and cans in my pantry with their points values to make life easier. I am also going to pack my crackers and other snacks into baggies based on serving/point size. I like the idea of the convenience of this plan and that I have unlimited veggies and fruit to help fill me up so I can stay satisfied. I was trying to deprive myself of things I enjoyed, like chips and cookies, but with this plan I can at least have them occasionally.
I am very aware of my trigger foods, like the before mentioned chips and cookies and delicious crusty bread and pasta. But at least now I can have a small serving and hopefully not think it's the end of the world.
Another thing that helped was that the ladies that work there introduced themselves and one of them lost 125 lbs!!! That's what I need to lose, so to see someone who actually did it was very inspiring. I mean, reading the stories on here is inspiring, but to physically meet someone who did it - I feel like I CAN do it. Another plus is that while I am weighing on here every Monday, if I wanted to I could skip the weigh in, or just lie (not that I would), to cover up the fact that I'm not on track. At the meetings you have to get on the scale and face the fact that maybe you have gotten off track. It was also nice to hear real people talk about what works and what didn't. It's like reading the stories on here, but super charged
What sort of plan are you following? If you're counting calories, do you measure everything? Are you getting enough water? For me those are always the biggest things -- if I'm not careful I underestimate calories, and I never lose consistently when I'm not getting enough water.
