Sots mom - I'm right there with you on the WI thing. I'm having WI anxiety today also. I usually don't worry about it but for some reason today I am. I had 3 bites of ice cream this weekend. I think that is why I'm anxious about WI today. But I also know that if I'm up or the same it will come off, as long as I don't eat off program. This program works as long as you do what you your meal plan tells you to do.
ynapier, what they told me was that if I did something like that I would probably not gain, but I would not have much loss that week either. I think you go to same center I do, so just relax (yeah, I know, easier said than done) becuase remember that stress makes you lose less too. I am sure you are fine and will have a good WI.
WI's are normally a struggle for me. I am always anxious before stepping on that devil of machine. My DH is giving me a spa day when I hit 50lbs lost and I told my councelors this. When I walked in the one working with me asked if I was getting my spa day. Now after the weekend I had I knew it was no and I flat out told her that and explained. For some reason I had no anxiety this time because I knew it wasn't happening. I was off program and I knew what I had was not good. I was traveling every day and only making stops at night. Anway, to my shock I actually lost .5lb leaving me .5lb away lol. I was just wanting to not gain more than 1 to 2 and I ending up losing. I wish I could go in there with no anxiety or anything every week but I know that won't happen. I have never lost this much and am so proud of myself that I can't believe I am under 200lbs and still going. We all need to have more faith in ourselves and not stress over that devil of a machine. Yes I know easier said than done but it's a goal I am striving for .
I had maintenance weigh in and gained 1 1/2 pounds. First gain in months.
If y'all recall, I had planned to have a bagel and cream cheese Saturday with flavored coffee.. Well, glad I enjoyed it as it made me gain, so off the list it goes..That was 2 1/1 days ago, and I only took off 1/2 lb. of the weight I gained, as I had gained 2 pounds the day after I ate it... It is the carbs and the fat that did it.Sooooo back to green menu I go till next weigh in.
Ugh I have the wi anxiety as well. My home scale says I gained 2 lbs this weekend. Which I believe. I was bad. Also I gardened all day on Saturdat. And I am not kidding when I say all day. My back and leg muscles have been screaming at me since. It made me realize that I need to atart exercising. I have been wanting to wait till I hit a plateau to start exercising to use it as a jump start to kick the loss back into gear. But obviously my way hasn't worked before so I really need to just listen to my counselors
Jen you just made me feel a ton better about going I wigh in though. You are right I just need I get it done!!
I have to weigh in today also, and based upon my own scale, I know there will be a gain. I've been eating OP, but it's my TOM and I'm just so bloated and gross, although I've really been working the water.
I did have the lemon cheesecake for breakfast today, and it was amazing. What a nice change from eggs and toast.
Katy - Sounds like you just had your "aha!" moment. Specifically, "my way hasn't worked before so I really need to just listen to my counselors" Once I got that through my head, I started seeing results.
COchick - Something that the counselors told me and I do only while I'm PMSing is increase my B6. I take 50 mg at breakfast and 50 mg at lunch during the week before TTOM, in addition to increasing my water. As a result, I've actually lost weight while PMSing instead of stalling or gaining. They also recommended Midol Complete.
Katy - Sounds like you just had your "aha!" moment. Specifically, "my way hasn't worked before so I really need to just listen to my counselors" Once I got that through my head, I started seeing results.
BINGO! The AHA moment! It took the counselor telling me more than once that if I continue to eat off plan that I am just chesting myself. Finally got it through my head that it's gonna take me longer to reach my goal which equals purchasing more weeks of weight loss and not being able to have the freedom of more food choices in maintenace (plus it feels so good to be able to fit in smaller size clothing now). I still have my moments of eating off plan but they happen way less now. My weight loss is still slow but a pound a week is much better than no loss or a gain!
I had maintenance weigh in and gained 1 1/2 pounds. First gain in months.
If y'all recall, I had planned to have a bagel and cream cheese Saturday with flavored coffee.. Well, glad I enjoyed it as it made me gain, so off the list it goes..That was 2 1/1 days ago, and I only took off 1/2 lb. of the weight I gained, as I had gained 2 pounds the day after I ate it... It is the carbs and the fat that did it.Sooooo back to green menu I go till next weigh in.
Patzi
Thanks for sharing Patzi. I am taking notes on what you are doing in maintenace for when I get there
Thanks girls for the support. I am staying OP, and drinking 4 HNS a day. I know I need to increase to 5 HNS but I'm having to work the added expense into my budget. Also the stress factor of WI is not good for me I hear. Stress makes it harder to loose? Wow...a lot to learn...but I will keep on "keeping on" and make goal by September 17!! It's "me" time!!
Faerychic - I'm with you ... eating off-plan happens alot less now, but we're moving along. I'm learning to enjoy the moment and the slip (which more often than not isn't worth the gain/stall but I digress) and then move on the best I can. I think it will always be a struggle for my perfectionist self, but I'm getting there.
On the different food for the family, I do allow my girls to have mac and cheese or something in addition to the chicken and veggies. And, I also may replace their chicken with something breaded (not ideal, but sometimes it works in a pinch). One great thing for me is that my kids LOVE their daddy's grilling and he makes a wonderful grilled chicken and great grilled shrimp that they love. So, we just all eat the same (mine with butter spray and spray dressing modifications) and they love it.
I'm trying to be a good example for them, which I think is really more of a do as I do thing... they seem to be picking up on more exercise and veggies. My oldest especially loves veggies and my youngest only goes for broccoli with ranch, but it's a step.
With WI issues, I definitely have that. And, I DEFINTELY gain or stall with stress and lack of sleep/water. That's one thing I have really learned is that, in times of stress (even with on-plan eating) I will gain... it just happens and then it comes off within a day or two, which is nice. Just remember, if it is a gain, you can undo it... you have the power to change and move on and the 1 or 2 pound gain is temporary...
I want to kill people today. I swear they are trying to sabotage me. Everyone in my department knows I am on a diet, but this morning at the meeting one of them says "Oh, I promised I was going to bring homemade biscuits and jelly when we finished this project, so what day is good for everyone." Then, about 5 minutes ago the same woman comes into my cubicle where I am having a meeting with the boss, waving around a burger, talking about how they are giving them away out in the union. We are eating a lot of chicken, and it smelled so good. And I had a very difficult time not calling her several ugly names and telling her to get her damned food away from me. I did it as politely as possible and she still acted offended. She is older and very round and she just doesn't see the point of dieting "you are never gonna stick with it anyway" she tells me. Not that I am spiteful, but I think someone needs to slap this woman upside the head.
I want to kill people today. I swear they are trying to sabotage me. Everyone in my department knows I am on a diet, but this morning at the meeting one of them says "Oh, I promised I was going to bring homemade biscuits and jelly when we finished this project, so what day is good for everyone." Then, about 5 minutes ago the same woman comes into my cubicle where I am having a meeting with the boss, waving around a burger, talking about how they are giving them away out in the union. We are eating a lot of chicken, and it smelled so good. And I had a very difficult time not calling her several ugly names and telling her to get her damned food away from me. I did it as politely as possible and she still acted offended. She is older and very round and she just doesn't see the point of dieting "you are never gonna stick with it anyway" she tells me. Not that I am spiteful, but I think someone needs to slap this woman upside the head.
Galadreal..
I went through the above the complete time I was dieting. Every day my employees come in with all kinds of stuff, the smells could really drive someone crazy, and when I am out of town at meetings all I ever heard was, oh, God, are you still on that diet.. But I had to let it go in one ear and out the other.. I taught myself that food is a solution, not a problem, and I wanted to lose weight badly enough for me, so I had to forego all the tempting foods and all the talk from others. It was an emotional thing with me, not a food problem.. I felt sorry for myself that I could not have the food that others were having that smelled and looked so good. So, I had to condition my mind that I needed to lose the weight and had to stop what I was doing.. It is not easy, I will be the first one to tell you that.. In the past before MRC, felt sorry for myself, and made food the problem, especially with all the stress I was under and I would eat as that solved the problem, but it did not.. You did the best thing coming to the board and
telling all how you felt.. If it was not for this board, I would not have made maintenance. Best thing is try is to condition your mind thoughts . Hope this helps you some.. As I am writing an employee is near me eating a huge icecream sundae from Dairy Queen.. Like I said, not easy.
I have to agree with Patzi. I'm a Type A, control freak. I wish I could stop everyone at the gate, raid their cars of the sweet stuff and banish the vending machines from my building. Unfortunately, that'll never fly with HR.
One of the biggest things I had to get through my head is that this was my journey, not my co-workers. Can they be insensitive as to what I'm going through? You bet! Remember, I had the co-worker that wanted to "celebrate" me reaching my goal by going out to eat at an Italian restuarant for lunch. But I just have to let it go because otherwise I would drive myself crazy. Just take every moment when you turn down what the others are eating as a victory. I feel so proud of myself when I turn the unhealthy stuff down. Nothing can taste as good as that!
Thanks ladies, I do appreciate the advice. And honestly, I do not care what people eat, I can go look and drool at the vending machine all afternoon long (but I am too cheap/broke to get anything anyway). I mostly protest when people wave it around in front of me. I can come to my desk, plug in my headphones, rock out and pretty much ignore everyone, but when people come right up to me bringing their food and talking about it and flailing it about...my willpower is not so good.
However, I went on lunch, had my grilled chicken, steamed broccli, and orange and then went outside with husband (he gets an hour lunch, so he comes to visit me every day). We slow danced a little to some of the music they had playing the union mall area (the big space between the Library and the Student Union) and I feel better. I joke that he is my walking prozac, but it is not too far from the truth. But we did discuss it, when I have to eat so much food that I feel like I am going to be ill, but I am not satisfied becuase it is not what I want. It just gets frustrating after awhile.
Patzi, I do have to wonder, since you are on maintence, can you not have a frozen yogurt or a custard? I don't mean all the time, but some kind of little better-for-you-than-icecream-treat seems like it would be ok occassionaly. As long as it was only occassionaly.
I think I may need a crystal light this afternoon just to satiate my sweetooth.
Not so good weigh in today. I'd been stressing about it, too. What is it about weekends that make it difficult to stay on plan? Friday night we went out to eat for the first time since I'd started MRC. Talk about anxiety. I thought I'd have a heart attack just looking at the menu! However, I did stay on plan and had chicken fajitas with 1 corn tortilla. After that we went to a family game night at church and there was a TON of food. Stayed away from that, too. For the first little while I felt deprived, but I'm learning to change my relationship with food. I hadn't gone there to eat, I'd gone to visit and play games with friends. So that's what I did. Didn't really think about the food for the rest of the night.
THEN, Saturday night we went to dinner with friends and I rationalized that my birthday was this week, I'd eat what I wanted to celebrate my birthday. And we went to olive garden. I. LOVE. PASTA. But, the anxiety hit again when I started looking at the menu. I wanted fettuccine. I wanted tortellini. I wanted pizza. AGH! But I couldn't bring myself to order any of those things and ended up eating grilled chicken and veggies. I did have 1 breadstick. Looked it up online before we went and they are 150 cals. I figured I'd tear it in thirds and only eat 1/3 of it to equal 50 cals. Right? WRONG! I ate the whole thing. But, I would have eaten 3 or 4 before, so I did better than I would have in the past. Halfway thru the meal I found a hair in my plate. GROSS. They ended up comping me and gave me a new plate (we were in a hurry so they boxed it up for me). AND they gave me a WHOLE bag of breadsticks and a cup FULL of their chocolate mints to take home with me. DANG YOU OLIVE GARDEN! Now those breadsticks are sitting in my fridge staring me in the face every time I open the door. The husband kindly volunteered to take the chocolates to work with him so I wouldn't be tempted. You know, to be supportive and all.
So after all that, I only lost 1/2 lb since friday. Ugh. One of those chocolate mints would be nice right now. LOL. Kidding kidding!
Once I got that through my head, I started seeing results. 
