Weight Watchers--August 2010

[SundayCrepes]

Here's the new thread.

[Carley]

It's August! 2 1/2 more weeks until our first family vacation in 2 years!

Despite planning (& thanks to unplanned indulgances throughout the week) I'm at a -10.5 for my weekly points. That 2 extra margaritas (& late night ice cream ) really tacked it on. Has that ever happened to anyone?

I'm trying not to either beat myself up about it OR tell myself that it's perfectly fine. Given the ridiculous amount of points I'm given for breastfeeding, staying within the range is more than reasonable. I just went totally overboard this week. Tooootally overboard.

Today is a new day - at the same time, damn! Food is clearly a slippery slope with me. I LOVE food! I find myself over indulging over and over and over to the point of having negative points this week! It's mindbending.

Anyway - going to get some walking in & NOT drown my sorrows in chocolate cake The 130's seem soooo far off when I'm not eating right! I wish I could always convince myself that healthy weight makes me happy & oreos don't, but oreos are a pretty strong contendor!

[Linda on the move]

Originally Posted by Carley

I wish I could always convince myself that healthy weight makes me happy & oreos don't, but oreos are a pretty strong contendor!

What makes you happy besides Oreos? Are you sad or depressed and eating emotionally?

Emotional eating is my downfall.

[madiesmommy]

Hey ladies, I'm on week 10 and down a good bit (30+ lbs)...but have a about 3 times that to go and would love a little extra support!

Carley, I just finished a book that might help. Women, Food and God. It isn't really spiritual per se, except it evaluates our relationship with food, which is very often spiritual...which is why you love oreos so much. The truth is getting to goal weight isn't going to be what makes us happy. We are still going to feel sad, angry, mad, disappointed, whatever it is that keeps us gaining and loosing... This book helps you work on the emotional with you are taking care of the physical through WW.

[phathui5]

I am on my second week of doing WW (meetings + online) officially.

My weigh-in weight this Saturday was 139.4. My personal goal is 125, but I haven't made it official by talking to a leader yet. Right now I'm still working on the first 5 lbs.

[Gena 22]

Carley, emotional eating is tough, and other posters had made good comments.

But what I was surprised to find really hard is trigger foods. Here, you've been pretty good all day. Then your family is having a little pizza. Or oreos. Or ice cream. Or margaritas. So you have a little too. No food is off limits, right?

Well I find that my body is struggling with me a bit. Some foods are trigger foods for me. I eat them, and I swear, they make me MORE hungry! Cruel, cruel irony! Then I can stop eating and feel starving, or over-eat and feel worse. I find it's best to avoid those foods once you recognize it, or manage them carefully.

What my leader says is only put delicious foods in your mouth. That's really great advice. I had an off plan / off tracking day yesterday. But it was generally good. Some great grilled lamb (a small but incredible piece), mashed potatoes (made by me, fatty but not too bad), spinach, and a blackberry crisp (also made by me). Having a home cooked, untracked meal of real food was great. Not too much prep, not too much thought. Yes, I ate too much. But I enjoyed it then stopped. And felt pretty good. It was a great experience, one I should be better about doing every once in a while.

We'll see if I can get right back on track now, and how Wednesday's WI goes.

Good eating, everyone!

[Carley]

Originally Posted by Linda on the move

What makes you happy besides Oreos? Are you sad or depressed and eating emotionally?

Emotional eating is my downfall.

I totally eat when I'm stressed... it's like a drug! Lately my preschooler has been driving me BONKERS (if I didn't know better, I'd swear she was a tween) and my babe is Fussy McFusserson. Food is definitely love right now.

Your question struck me because I have no idea what makes me happy. I still feel very much in the fog of baby. I can't even get into this right now because I'm in a HUGE funk

Originally Posted by madiesmommy

Carley, I just finished a book that might help. Women, Food and God. It isn't really spiritual per se, except it evaluates our relationship with food, which is very often spiritual...which is why you love oreos so much. The truth is getting to goal weight isn't going to be what makes us happy. We are still going to feel sad, angry, mad, disappointed, whatever it is that keeps us gaining and loosing... This book helps you work on the emotional with you are taking care of the physical through WW.

I'm DEFINITELY putting that in my library queue. In the height of my eating disorder I was a buck-oh-four I was still incredibly depressed and unsatisfied with my weight. It's not the weight that I think will make me happy, but I feel good when I'm eating well and am not so full after a meal that I just want to go to sleep, and I definitely feel good when I am at a healthy weight. On the other hand I definitely feel good eating a peice of cake. Striking a balance is hard for me.

Down 1lb since last week - 140 this morning! That's a 6lb loss since I began WW on June 28

[Carley]

Originally Posted by Gena 22

Well I find that my body is struggling with me a bit. Some foods are trigger foods for me. I eat them, and I swear, they make me MORE hungry! Cruel, cruel irony! Then I can stop eating and feel starving, or over-eat and feel worse. I find it's best to avoid those foods once you recognize it, or manage them carefully.

YES! This is exactly how it is. I heard something about "super tasters" a while ago on NPR. If that exists, I'm certainly one of them!

[muldey]

Went to my second meeting today,in less than a week,and lost 3 pounds!I'm so happy!

[Linda on the move]

Originally Posted by Carley

Your question struck me because I have no idea what makes me happy. I still feel very much in the fog of baby. I can't even get into this right now because I'm in a HUGE funk

do you exercise? Do you go take your kids to a Mother's day out? Do you live your kids with your dh and go out with your friends?

Do you need to see a counselor?

Being successful with WW will not cure depression.

Down 1lb since last week - 140 this morning! That's a 6lb loss since I began WW on June 28

how tall are you and what is your goal weight? You really don't weigh much right now.

[Carley]

Originally Posted by Linda on the move

do you exercise? Do you go take your kids to a Mother's day out? Do you live your kids with your dh and go out with your friends?

Do you need to see a counselor?

Being successful with WW will not cure depression.



how tall are you and what is your goal weight? You really don't weigh much right now.

Linda I don't mean for this to sound snappish, but I thought it was normal for a 4 month sleep deprived mamma of a teething infant and a 4 year old who's on Summer break from preschool to be in a a funk. I'm aware that WW (or any "diet" or weight) wont solve it.

Yes, we get out every darn day. If I didn't I'd definitely need a counselor

I get in the exercise I can - 1 hour a day of either walking or yoga, and I leave my kids for that time. I take whatever time I can for myself.

I'm 5'5 & my goal/prepregnancy weight is 130. 140 is the high end of "healthy weight" on the BMI scale. 4 months postpartum I'm 140, 10lbs above my prepregnancy weight. I've lost 6lbs in 5 weeks eating all of my breastfeeding & weekly points plus the aforementioned week of negative weeklies (& overnight with DH) ETA AND Oreos. I think that's pretty reasonable.

[SundayCrepes]

I posted on the last thread that I've been lifetime for a couple months. We recently had 2 birthdays and an out of town trip in a week. I put on 5 pounds.

I'm miserable about it. I love to eat and the foods I love to eat tend to be high quality sweets. So, all the work I did to lose that weight and in a week I undid it. I'm so annoyed with myself. I feel fat. My son told me, "You have a fat stomach." I don't look near as good as I did before my binge. When I first gain weight it all goes to my stomach. I have a 5 pound stomach these days.

I am so not into wanting to do the work of losing the weight.

I've been dabbling in points the last few days. Yesterday I actually stayed within my losing weight points. Today I'm going to try and stay on track again.

I guess the upside of this is I've never watched myself gain weight so closely. It really shocked me that I was able to put on 5 pounds in a week. Maybe that will help stop me when I get to a future chance to binge so badly.

I wake up feeling full. I'm not sure what that's about. I'm hoping it's my body's way of saying it wants to lose weight and it's going to help me as long as I cooperate.

At least I caught it early this time instead of waking up one day and seeing I'd gained 15 or 20 pounds.

[phathui5]

Originally Posted by muldey

Went to my second meeting today,in less than a week,and lost 3 pounds!I'm so happy!

Congratulations!

[Gena 22]

SundayC, that does suck, to work so hard and now be back at losing. But the birthdays are over and now is the time to do it. Maybe make losing an August project. It may take less time. Tell yourself it's too hot to eat?

Those "last 5 pounds" are too little to stress about. Decide if it's worth it. Which it sounds like it is, definitely! For your feeling better and to have that buffer which you need every once in a while. So just commit, go back to your losing points and knock it out!

Then again I'm much better at giving advice than taking it . . .

Be kind to yourself and good luck!

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by Gena 22

SundayC, that does suck, to work so hard and now be back at losing. But the birthdays are over and now is the time to do it. Maybe make losing an August project. It may take less time. Tell yourself it's too hot to eat?

Those "last 5 pounds" are too little to stress about. Decide if it's worth it. Which it sounds like it is, definitely! For your feeling better and to have that buffer which you need every once in a while. So just commit, go back to your losing points and knock it out!

Then again I'm much better at giving advice than taking it . . .

Be kind to yourself and good luck!

Thanks. Yeah, I'd much rather give advice than need it. Oh well.

[Linda on the move]

Originally Posted by Carley

Linda I don't mean for this to sound snappish, but I thought it was normal for a 4 month sleep deprived mamma of a teething infant and a 4 year old who's on Summer break from preschool to be in a a funk. I'm aware that WW (or any "diet" or weight) wont solve it.

I'm 5'5 & my goal/prepregnancy weight is 130. 140 is the high end of "healthy weight" on the BMI scale. 4 months postpartum I'm 140, 10lbs above my prepregnancy weight. I've lost 6lbs in 5 weeks eating all of my breastfeeding & weekly points plus the aforementioned week of negative weeklies (& overnight with DH) ETA AND Oreos. I think that's pretty reasonable.

Your healthy weight range is 120 - 150, so you are already in your healthy range. It sounds like your best weight is 130, and it's totally reasonable to want to get back there, but why do you beat your self up so much? You obviously take really good care of yourself, and did so while you were pregnant or you wouldn't be where you are right now?

You are doing really well, with your life, with your kids, with your self care.

But the way to you talk to yourself is destructive. I think you need to give yourself permission to praise yourself and celebrate your accomplishments.

If you have WW book 4, The Habits of Successful Members, I think it would really help you. If you are a meetings member, they have worksheets (which are free) that you can pick up at your next meeting to work on some of these things.

[Gena 22]

Just made Lifetime! YEAH!!!!!!

For whatever reason, I was really focused on this, and am really happy.

My plan now is to lose 5 pounds in the next month, of hopefully all fat, and then gain back 3 as muscle. That will make me a little fitter and with a little more of a buffer to stay under goal. Goal = 163, currently 162, would like to be at 160 as my "new normal" weight.

So close, and pretty comfortable with it, although maintenance wasn't easy. Hopefully things will be a little smoother now.

Just thought I'd share.

Have a good OP day everybody!

[madiesmommy]

Congratulations Gena!!

[Linda on the move]

Congratulations Gena!!!!

What is your plan for losing fat and then gaining muscle? Are you lifting weights?

[phathui5]

Congratulations Gena!

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