Congratulations Gena on such great exercise. I've kind of fallen off the exercise wagon. I like to workout first thing in the morning, but we live in AZ and it's getting so hot that morning is the best time to take the kids outside to play. We've been doing that and I just haven't been making time for later in the day exercise.
HOWEVER, I mentioned in the last thread that I was struggling with my last couple pounds. My leader said I should just change my goal and not worry about struggling over 2 pounds. So I did that (after having gained back 1.2 pounds which had me 3.2 pounds from goal.) So, I am 3 weeks into maintenance. 3 more weeks of paying left. Anyway, I weighed in today and to my surprise, I lost 3 pounds. I now weight 140.2. My original goal was 140. That's on their scale wearing blue jeans after having eaten breakfast. Naked on my scale first thing in the morning I'm 138. I'd like to lose 3 more pounds and be down to 135 at home, 137 on their scale. If that doesn't happen, no biggie.
For those of you who are struggling, my secret was to not get depressed when I didn't do well. As long as I lost 0.2 pounds, I was losing weight. I think more weeks were 0.2 pounds than anything more than that. It's all an attitude thing. The struggling at the end was being so close and just not wanting to track and limit portions, etc. Now that I've met goal, I feel so much more motivated. I think I might get a massage this weekend to celebrate.
HOWEVER, I mentioned in the last thread that I was struggling with my last couple pounds. My leader said I should just change my goal and not worry about struggling over 2 pounds. So I did that (after having gained back 1.2 pounds which had me 3.2 pounds from goal.) So, I am 3 weeks into maintenance. 3 more weeks of paying left. Anyway, I weighed in today and to my surprise, I lost 3 pounds. I now weight 140.2. My original goal was 140. That's on their scale wearing blue jeans after having eaten breakfast. Naked on my scale first thing in the morning I'm 138. I'd like to lose 3 more pounds and be down to 135 at home, 137 on their scale. If that doesn't happen, no biggie.
For those of you who are struggling, my secret was to not get depressed when I didn't do well. As long as I lost 0.2 pounds, I was losing weight. I think more weeks were 0.2 pounds than anything more than that. It's all an attitude thing. The struggling at the end was being so close and just not wanting to track and limit portions, etc. Now that I've met goal, I feel so much more motivated. I think I might get a massage this weekend to celebrate.
I've decided to go the primal route and have eliminated grains, sugar and most dairy from my diet (it's actually been pretty easy thus far - who knew?). This philosophy resonates with me, so we'll see how it goes. I'm still plugging in points, and the interesting thing is despite the fact that eat much MUCH more fat now, I'm not as hungry, so I still stay pretty close to my points range.
). I find that interesting. I am , of course, following WW, but tracking with SP as well. I think the discrepancy is due to the way of recording the food. I think I underestimated the huevos I had for lunch with SP.
I am almost at my points allowance for the day 
Oh well, I was planning vegetable soup for dinner anyway.
The frustration will pass. I find that I have just relaxed into it for now, but I tend to get frustrated. The online tracker really helps me. Just the meetings didn't help as much.
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