I found this thread while i was looking on the Gold and Maintenance board the other day and i have to say, it could have been written by me.
http://tinyurl.com/ya4a7vt
I think it took a lot of guts for the person to post this as i think there are a few gold members that would like to pretend all is rosy when you get to goal, i for one can say, it most certainly is not, i don't like to sound negative or moan because being 100lb+ lighter is wonderful but it doesn't automatically come with guide book of how to stay there and no matter how focused you can be on your journey, making wise choices etc, it can be so bloomin easy to slip back into old habits.
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As my leader says, i should be happy with that.
I am and I'm not, it would have been nice to drop a lb but at least it's not a gain, something i can't afford to do until i have had my Christmas party!
Bearing in mind i have done no exercise the past week and i did go over points (by about 5) the 2 days pre WI, i have decided it's time to move more, which brings me to the new ww dvd.
I bought the full version today and i tried it out this afternoon, early signs are that i am going to like it, maybe even for at least a week?!
So that's my pledge for this week, i am not going to be a lazy moo and actually going to start walking again.
We shall see.....
Well i went into town today, mainly to go to hubby's favourite old fashioned sweet shop to stock up (him, not me!) and i just popped into New Look to have a gander and i saw a fab dress/tunic i liked, i had planned to have a couple of girly shopping trips with a couple of friends but i figured the chances of it still being there when i went back were slim so i bought it, and this is it....
So.....for the first time, i am going to an Evans Xmas do and i don't have to wear something that all of my colleagues will have seen and handled daily!
What's even better is that i felt absolutely fab and actually rather slim, so all i must do is remember not to be naughty and definitely not eat too much on the day so there is no bloating!
Not sure it will be like that at the end of the night but I'm sure i will have consumed far too many sherbets to care :o)
I have lost for the first time in weeks and it was a rather fab 4lb :o)
I didn't do much exercise, well actually apart from the 10,000 steps i did a day i didn't actually do any extra as i normally get to that with work anyway.
I thought it was enough to concentrate on getting back to healthy eating but this week i am going to try to get out and have a few walks.
My DD has transferred to class with me this morning and Sally has asked her to take her tracker in next week so as some support i said i would do the same, there will be no doctoring so if that doesn't keep me on track this week , nothing will!
Today is day 5 and i am doing ok so far, not great on the exercise front but i have managed to stay within points, i even have to admit to feeling better for it, funny how we never learn isn't it?
All i have to do now is decide whether i will go to my usual class and have a week of 6 days or go back to the Wednesday class where i weighed last week and benefit from a whole weeks ww'ing, i have to say, it's far more lively so i might do that.....
and i managed to save 2 points.
I am on 21 points so IF i can i will save as many to make it a fast start but if i don't i wont beat myself up about it, staying IN points is more important.
I had a really good day foodwise as well, of course i had a Crunchie but that was my only treat, the other snacks were fruit only, and considering what i have been devouring of late, that is a miracle!
Hoping to have a good day, off to work and only taking a banana, will walk home to lunch, do the housework, walk dd to her WI and then cook dinner so hopefully i will by then have day 2 secured :o)
I gained 1lb so that's 6.5lb in 5 weeks.
I am going to try my hardest to get that back off before xmas.
Had a good chat with my leader and she asked what my plan for the week was, my answer was
'to get thru today in points first'
One day at a time.
So i am off to WI this morning, I've not been for 2 weeks, i have had some really good days, some not so bad days and a couple of 'awful' days in there so i have no idea what will be.
I am still under goal but as my dear pal Cat says 'I have to get out of this self destruct mode'. i know it would be so easy to blame it on giving up smoking , to be fair i think it did all start to slip then, but even that has slipped the last week :o(
I also think it might be time to eat my own words, when i was approaching goal it was so easy to say 'Oh i wont let myself go back to my old ways' but in reality, it can be so easy to do that, sometimes the good lessons you learn along the way are just too easy too forget.
Coupled with the fact i have been out a lot lately, worked a fair bit of overtime ( i always struggle when i am tired) packed up smoking, not been well, the list goes on but all these things make it so easy to stray....
Maintaining is darn hard work, my aim is to kick it into touch this morning, my leader text last night wondering where i have been and apparently she has a plan, let's hope it's a good one!
since i could be bothered to blog.
To cut a long story short i have been away, been to 2 gigs (another tomorrow) and generally ate and drank what i liked, oh and not forgetting somewhere in there i had swine flu and of course we all know the medicine for that is big bags of giant buttons....right?
And in this time i have felt 'hormonally challenged' i seem to go from being totally irrational (wanting to slap a woman that wanted to give me a leaflet in town) to wanting to cry my eyes out.
I had to have blood tests earlier in the month as i kept going faint, frequent dizziness and vibration in my legs, I got called back for a retest on my liver so i am off to the docs as he has requested to see me, presumably something was found, we shall see?
And contrary to what my mother says about alcohol, it wont be that, maybe 20 years ago but I barely drink now!
Anyway the upshot is i have felt pretty crap, ate for Britain, gained 5.5lb and only just got back on the wagon ie; yesterday, all i can say to those people that have helped me these past few weeks is Thank You, you know who you are and I'm so glad that i can rely on you as clearly there are some people that i can't rely on......