So yesterday was a very bad day eating wise. In the morning I had a bridal shower. They served eggs, ham, bacon and home fries. So, I was good that morning actually- ate a few bites of eggs and ham, and just a tiny piece of bacon, and 2 bites of potatoes. I figured portion control was pretty much my only option since that's all I had to choose from as far as food went.
Well, we didn't get to eat again until dinner. All I had to munch on between breakfast and dinner was a couple jordan almonds from the shower... bad for me, I know, but I figured if I snacked before dinner, I might be able to stop myself from overeating at dinner. Only dinner ended up being at a friend's house. And he made burgers and served tortilla chips... and made margaritas especially for me. I didn't want to say no to the margaritas because he pulled out the blender and went through all the trouble with me in mind. And burgers were the only thing he was making... and well. Honestly, I was starving... and I ended up eating a whole burger and like 2 servings of chips along with 2 margaritas. This was after a week where I couldn't for the life of me drop any weight, I had bounced up 2 lbs already (for no reason I could explain, since I was OP all week)... I am now up another 1.8 lbs this morning.
Now I realize that some of that will probably be water weight, since everything I ate yesterday was laden with salt (esp. ham and tortilla chips). But still... I feel like a failure. All I wanted for the longest time was to get into the 140's... and I was in them for a week and a half. Now I am 151.4. I always get stuck around this weight... I just feel like I am never meant to get any lower than this, and it's frustrating. This always happens to me. Am I cursed to be over 150 forever? Seriously.
I know I am being over dramatic, but I can't help it... it's disheartening. This time, I really felt like I could do it, and that maybe I could be thin by the end of the summer... if I get stuck at 150 for God-knows-how-long... I feel like I will just never get there. This weight is ALWAYS where I hit a road block, and I am just so afraid that AGAIN, I will eventually give up, and I'll gain all the weight back again.
I know the importance of getting back OP. And I will today. I have my steel cut oats waiting for me for breakfast today, I have my husband cooking me a healthy dinner, and I have a quinoa scallop dish waiting for me for lunch. I just don't know how to shake the discouragement, that's all.
Get back on plan. I know I retain several pounds of water after chips--and were the glasses lined with salt? It is water, not fat.
Planning ahead is so key. I would have been starving too if that's all I ate before dinner. Sounds like a rare situation, but think about how you could prevent another situation like that in the future.
It looks like I ate approx. 1,971 calories yesterday. Not as horrible as I thought... but not good, since I usually eat about 1,300-1,400, and those calories are usually from much healthier sources.
Still, I feel like this 150's weight is just the bane of my existence.... like my body just doesn't want me to get any lower.
Midwife - thanks. I am hoping it's just mostly water.
as for planning ahead, I am not sure what I could have done. I will have to think about that. Maybe I should be carrying more healthy snacks in my purse for situations like this.
Chin up, LMR! Did you have fun at the wedding? Did you enjoy seeing your friends and relaxing at the end of the day with a yummy margarita or two?
You may or may not agree with this philosophy, but here goes. This is life. Life has bacon and candied almonds and yummy margaritas. It also has steel cut oats and wonderful husbands who cook healthy dinners. Life is about balance. It's about picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and eating better today than you did the day before.
LMR, if you don't want to be at 150 forever, you won't be. If you want to be 140, you will be. This is your journey. Journeys sometimes have detours. Yes, you could have avoided the detour and stayed on track, but you didn't THAT DAY. Today you will. That's life, chica!
Now, you didn't tell us about the MOST important part of your weekend: Did you or did you not do the Chicken Dance?
Okay, I don't know if there is another thread out there somewhere about this but I am going to jump in and say...I have the same problem with being stuck at the same weight. Someone said that if you want to be a certain weight you will be. How? I have been hovering between 126 and 130 for years. Even after several months of weight watchers. Even after starting back on an exercise program in November of last year. And I do not compensate my exercising by eating more. I don't overeat. It is like my body just wants to hold onto this weight. (BTW, my weight might not sound like much but I am only 5 feet tall. I should be about 20 lbs. lighter.)
Oh God, what have I done? So discouraged...
