I have been reading quite a few of these posts and figured I would join in! So hello everyone! I am leaving bright and early tomorrow morning and I did have a goal to shoot for before the trip. I did not meet the goal, but I am only 1.5 lbs away. I did my final pre-trip weigh in today because if I didnt lose anything this week, I didnt want to be dissapointed on the day I am leaving. I lost 9/10 of a lb this past week though. I follow the WW point system and have been there before and it worked well for me. I gained 70 lbs when I was pregnant and following WW and 2 yrs later, I lost it all and then some! But ya know, that was yearssss ago and now I am pushing 46 and it has been creeping back over the years. 2 months ago, I decided to follow the WW plan again, with some adjustments. I started on March 8th and as of today, my total loss was 13 lbs. I think the trip definately helped me stay on track and I was super hungry though. Once I lose the 1.5, I will get less points and I am hoping I can adjust to even one point less! So, I am not at my goal goal, just decided what I wanted to do by the time my trip came up and although I fell short, I am happy that I really stuck to it this time. It has been a struggle my entire life but for most of my life, I was able to stay at the around the same weight my whole adult life with exception of the pregnancies. But it was never easy. I know why I didn't reach my goal though and I almost got mad at myself this morning when I got weighed, but I changed my mind. I will tell you what I do and no, this may not work for everyone but I know me and this is the only way I can stick to the plan all week long. Each week, I have what I call "treat day" lol I am a junk food junkie, been so all my life. I love my fast food, my chips, milky ways etc. So each week on weigh day (which is Sat morning for me), I eat whatever I was craving and turned down during the week. If it's McDonalds, then that is what I have for lunch that day, if it's chinese, I get it on Sat. Piece of cheesecake, you know when! I don't binge eat and eat everything in one day, but I eat something "bad" that day. I can not diet and eat better all week and stick to it without knowing that each week and end is in sight lol So yeh, I would have lost that 1.5 lbs if not for the mini sirloin burgers last saturday or the double cheeseburger the week before and so on, but I also know that I would have never lost the 13 lbs if I was not able to stick to my plan for 6 out of the 7 days. That little something to look forward to each week helps me lose weight! I am leaving for Disney tomorrow and I have a few times when I do not diet, my bd, Thanksgiving day, Christmas day and vacation...period, end of story. I will try not to beat myself up when I come home though and get weighed after too many dole whips!
I love birthday's and it's great you get to spend yours in Disney. Welcome to the group also. I like your treat day attitude. I think it's really helpful to have that thing to look forward to. Welcome again and have a great trip!
My scale is a little weird, but I know I definitely lost something! I'm gonna go with 2 pounds, just because 5 pounds is probably too much for only being on WW for 5 days! Yay!!! Hopefully I'll have a new scale sometime this week so this doesn't keep happening! Good start, I guess!
