melnhardy

I am sooooo hungry. Only problem is, I don’t know if it’s TOM, or if my body really needs food. What’s a girl to do? I swear, I think I could eat anyone under the table right now.

Sorry, but I just needed to get this off my chest. This is the 3rd day of this. Even when I eat , I’m still hungry afterwards(snack or full meal, it doesn’t matter). I’m not talking I think I’m hungry, I’m talking the growling in my tummy is scaring small children hungry. I keep drinking water to try and fill the void. Only problem with that is that now I’m in the bathroom every 30-45 minutes. I’ve tried to keep a sense of humor about this, but it’s getting harder. Last night I snacked on half a bag of microwave popcorn, a Skinny cow ice cream sandwich and a soft pretzel (all were spaced at least 20 minutes apart so I would have a chance to feel satisfied). I ate the soft pretzel so fast, my hubby asked, “Did you even taste it?” What I wanted to tell him was, “Yes butthead, yes I did and it was great, now go get me another one.”

So far, I’m staying well within my points, but I’ve been on WW for 4 months now and this is the first time it has been this bad. Any suggestions?

Well, just when you start feeling all self-important, God has a way of humbling you real quick.  I was feeling so good about myself on Friday for resisting temptation.  Then I get on the scale this morning for my weigh-in.  I went up 2 pounds (actually 1-1/2 pounds, but I always round up.)  So, that means I just have to work that much harder this week, which will be hard since my birthday is Thursday.  It’s easy to say no to someone else’s B-day cake, but how do you say no to your own?  Oh well, I’ll just have to add a bunch of extra walks this week to make up for it.

Temptation abounded today, but I resisted it. 

We had a birthday in the office today, so as usual, the boss bought lunch for everyone (small office) along with a cake.  I knew about this yesterday, but did not know where he would be getting lunch from, so I brought my usual 3 point lunch just in case.  Well, we had Panera Bread.  He gave everyone a copy of the menu so we could order whatever we wanted.  I was very good.  As tempting as everything was, I had the French onion soup with croutons and cheese = 4 pts. and the fruit cup = 1 pt.  Just seeing how many points were in the salads was an eye opener.  Except for the classic (lettuce, veggies and balsamic vinaigrette dressing) salad, all the salads were at least 10 pts.  So, the soup, apple and my lunch equaled 8 pts. which still leaves me with 12 points for the day.  Unfortunately, they were out of the fruit cup, so they substituted chips and an apple.  I kept the apple (1 pt.), but gave the chips to someone else.  Then came the cake.  I don’t know what kind it was; all I know is that it was chocolate with red fruit (couldn’t tell if it was strawberry or cherry).  It was very hard, but when they brought a slice into my office, I resisted.  I had my WW cherry cheesecake yogurt instead.

I hate sounding like I’m tooting my own horn, but I am so very proud of myself for resisting the chocolate cake.

Another week, another 4 pounds gone.  That makes a total of 29 so far.  Only 71 to go. 

The best part was yesterday, I was confronted with temptation everywhere.  We went to Oktoberfest Zinzinnati where literally every 5 feet, there were all kinds of tempting German food…..brats, metts, cream puffs, giant hot pretzels, etc.  I REALLY wanted a chocolate covered cream puff, but I didn’t get one.  I still kinda’ wished I had, but am glad I didn’t. 

Now, I just have to get through the next 2-1/2 weeks, with a string of 4 birthdays. 

Well, it was bound to happen.  I had my first really bad weekend.  Friday night, the hubby and I went to a local nightclub, where I consumed a pitcher of their specialty drink and split some (really, really nummy) nachos with the hubby.  Then Saturday night, we went to a festival near my mother’s house.  I had country fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn, roll, fruit cocktail, half a piece of angel food cake and topped it all off with a snow cone.  I had planned for that meal, so by Sunday morning, I was still “okay” on the weight.  Then my in-laws called.  They invited us for dinner, but told us we would only be having hamburgers & hot dogs.  So, my hubby and I had our traditional “big” Sunday breakfast of fried eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast.  The problem was that when we got to my in-laws and instead of burgers/dogs, they had the biggest *^$% t-bones I’ve ever seen.  I swear they were at least 3 pounds each.  I think my monster, I mean mother-in-law has it out for me.  The good news is that I didn’t eat the whole thing, but the bad news is I still ate a lot more than I should have.  Yesterday was a little better, so for the week, I didn’t gain/lose.  My measurements were funny though.  In some areas, I went up, but in some I went down.

I was somewhat dissappointed, but am also realistic enough to know that I can’t eat like I did this weekend and expect to lose weight.  So, there’s always next week!

Okay, so with Labor Day weekend coming up, I’ve been working extra hard and really watching what I eat.  I figured if I lose 3-5 pounds during the work week, I would still be able to post a loss for the week even if I had a “bad” weekend.  So, as of yesterday morning, I had lost 4 pounds, but then I get on the scale this morning and all @#$*(&%!^ four pounds were back.  I even skimped on my points yesterday and added an extra 1/2 mile to my evening walk.  I fully expected the scale to be down at least a 1/2 pound, not back up the 4 pounds I worked so hard to lose.  I have an old scale, so I even got off and on 3 times to make sure it was correct.  I know about the whole muscle weighs more than fat, but it is so frustrating, but I guess one thing to be proud of is the the old me would have said “f*** it” and gone for some comfort food.   The new me says, “f*** it, I guess I’ll just have to work harder.”   btw - please forgive my offensive language, but I curse like a sailor when I’m upset. 

This doesn’t really have anything to do with weight loss other than I hope my frustration doesn’t lead me to comfort food. 

Why is it that EVERY time I want to take an “unscheduled” day off someone else has some freaking “crisis” that prevents me from doing it?????? 

Okay, I vented…I feel a little bit better now. 

I did it everyone.  I managed to survive the weekend without gaining back any of the weight I had lost!

 And, I didn’t even deprive myself.  We went out Friday night as planned.  I had a seafood linguine dish with a spicy marinara sauce, but I only ate half of the entree that evening.  I boxed up the other half and had it for dinner last night.  Saturday, we went to the block party.  I sampled a bite of almost everything I wanted, including a brownie.  The block party was in our old neighborhood, and it felt so good to have everyone commenting on my weight loss.

Thanks again to everyone for their suggestions and support.  Y’all are the greatest!!

Okay, I’ve had a great week so far and REALLY don’t want to blow it this weekend.  My only problem is that temptation will be everywhere.  My husband, a pasta junkie (nickname, “The Carborater”) is taking the boys and I to Carrabba’s Italian Grill this evening.  Have you seen their menu??? As if that weren’t bad enough, we have block party to attend tomorrow.  Every single person in the neighborhood was blessed with a “normal” metabolism, so they usually bring really tasty “bad” foods.  I plan on bringing a heathy meal, but as I said, temptation will be everywhere (both tonight & tomorrow), so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.