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Post by wwlurker on May 29, 2018 12:29:30 GMT
Good morning! DotRen, it's hard to work around other people's schedules. One of the things I find most challenging is eating healthy (or even just the way I would prefer) with a family. irisinnia, welcome back! cj59, I was looking at that book - did the negative language bother you? I don't think I could get on board with calling my inner self a pig. sunrose49, typical weekend here - I'm working on decluttering my house so we can put it on the market. Last week I did the porch and my son's room; this week is the girls' room and toys. I feel like I'm trying to shovel in a snowstorm - I am constantly fighting against everyone in the family to keep clutter to a minimum. I'm losing the battle. @flower99 - welcome back! My sister just signed up for WW again. It's tempting, but I don't think that it would be a good decision for me. I will say, though, that I am interested in trying it just to see what the new program is like. I think it would definitely be an adjustment in how I eat.
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Post by DotRen on May 29, 2018 12:35:18 GMT
wwlurker, the new program is more "how you think" different than actually different. I joined a couple of facebook groups before signing up, and the attitude towards it is either love or hate, no in-between lol. I do see a lot of people abusing the zero point foods, then blaming the plan for failing. I believe WW is going to have to set some more limits on those foods, especially for "first timers" that aren't using common sense on portion sizes. There are several groups for "back to 30" and the older points systems, too. Though there's no official WW brand support for them, there are lots of sites out there that have the support and recipes for the older plans. And amazon always has recipe books for them
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Post by irisinnia on May 29, 2018 13:54:21 GMT
DotRen , Congratulations on 31 years! My husband is sort of a worker bee, but I'm still happy when he's gone to work on Monday (or Tuesday in this case) because HIS projects tend to take priority and then somehow the laundry and the dishes and general maintenance fall by the wayside. Just saying, it's probably a common feeling. wwlurker, I'm usually tempted to go back to WW meetings, but I have a really hard time on the new programs. I'm pretty much addicted to sugar and soda, and I am trying to cut back slowly as opposed to quitting cold turkey. I've found that I have a really hard time navigating the fast food world with SmartPoints that isn't as challenging on PointsPlus. Yesterday went... okay. I was over, but not by a lot, and it was a holiday with people from out of town and barbecue and pie, so it could have been better but it could have been worse. I'm trying to focus on adding in the good stuff as opposed to getting rid of the bad stuff, so I did get in a lot of water yesterday and am proud of that. I'm hoping to get more water in today because it's going to be a hot one! I hope you all are having a great morning!
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Post by cj59 on May 29, 2018 16:25:12 GMT
Hello Everyone - Hope you are all doing well
irisinnia - Welcome back. I understand what you are saying about getting off track when not checking in on the boards, I do the same thing
DotRen- Happy "early" Anniversary to you and your DH - 31 years is an accomplishment Hope you enjoy the book.
wwlurker - I'm also struggling with decluterring my house, I'd appreciate any tips you find that help you. I've read so many blogs, websites and books, but I have so much trouble getting rid of things. Good luck with your decluterring.
Regarding the book, I thought using the terms "Your Pig" would bother me too, but from the beginning of reading the book it just kind of clicked for me that "I" am not the Pig, it's this "thing" inside me that is the Pig. And "I'm" the one that needs to run my life and deal with food, not the Pig thing that is inside of me. If I get nothing else from the book it's that and also that bingeing is something that will always be a problem for me unless I accept that I can never binge again. I have to stay on my food plan - which I took time to really work on yesterday so that it was something I could live with and not be too restrictive.
If I can hold on to that thought process maybe I can begin to be nicer to myself because I think that is at the root of all my food problems - the way I feel about and treat myself. I've gained back 20 pounds over the last several months and I just can't let myself slide back into all my old habits and regain my weight.
I'm going to add a separate post below with thoughts about the new program so this post isn't so long
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Post by cj59 on May 29, 2018 16:33:58 GMT
I've also thought about going back to meetings, because it seems like I'm starting to need the accountability again. I've let myself think that I'm in control after getting to my goal weight, but I fell back into that thinking that I could eat what I liked, even if just sometimes, and still be successful at keeping the weight off. That's a lie (to myself) I've read up on the program and I'm concerned I wouldn't be able to stick to it because many of the foods I eat have sugar and saturated fat. I've thought about trying to double track points for a few days and see how many Smart Points my food works out to, just to see if I could stay within the 23 that I guess I'd get. I'm also not good at "synching" up my FitBit so that I could track the activity points, and also deal with an App, etc. So I wonder if I wouldn't get all the benefits from the program if I was just tracking on paper. I really hate that what I've been doing for several years, and was working so well, isn't working now. It could be that it's not my actual food plan it's just that I haven't been sticking to it very well and that's where my problem is. Maybe I can try staying on track and I'll find that my food plan is working for me. Thanks for reading and for the support in our thread, I appreciate it
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Post by cj59 on May 30, 2018 20:42:44 GMT
Hello Everyone - Hope you are all doing well today I'm happy to be back on track today. Every time I get back to eating right it reminds me of how eating a bunch of junk food makes me feel bad. I'm going to stay on my original food plan since it works for me and it's a plan I can live with long term. Hopefully this is the first day of many good, on track, days.
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Post by cj59 on May 31, 2018 18:29:35 GMT
I guess I scared everyone off I'm still on track (Day 2) and hope to keep staying on track. It looks like I'll weigh the same on June 1st as I did on May 1st, or close to it. Sadly, during May I was 12 pounds less, but my last days of bingeing caused me to gain all that back. So I'm working on losing it again. Hope everyone else is doing well on their plans
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Post by DotRen on May 31, 2018 18:35:36 GMT
I'm here! Just the last day for lowcarbfriends and I'm busy there lol.
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