Well, I had to pay for my meeting this week*. 1.2 above the 2 pound range from goal. Whoops! Of course, if I had weighed in 5 days ago it would have been worse. I know what to do, just gotta keep doing it!
*for meeting members at Lifetime, if you're more than 2 lbs over your stated goal weight, you get to pay for the meeting. Once you're back down you don't pay and you are "free lifetime" again.
I bought Einstein bagels and have no desire to eat one! (Knowing 1 would turn into 2 or 3). I think my mindset has actually changed!
Woo!
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It was still years after that diagnosis that I came to the conclusion that *I* had to be the one to do something about it. What can I say? I'm a slow learner.
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I hear ya.
I actually have an Exercise Science degree. I took a nutrition course my junior year and we had to track everything we ate and all exercise for something like a month or two. This was in '89-ish so it was all on paper (no smartphones, no apps, ach the stone ages!), and then we had to figure out all the calories, etc, for what we ate.
Over that relatively short period of time I had gained weight, and was being all mystified, and my teacher/advisor tried to knock it into my skull that eating 2 or even 3 poppyseed muffins from the Food Service on campus was probably MORE than the amount of total calories I should be eating in a whole day! And those were *part* of breakfast and then snacks. Denial is scary.
This is my 4th time through WW. I've never even gotten close to goal, let alone hit Lifetime, until this time. Each time I went back I had more to lose. Denial denial... And NOT wanting to deny my tastebuds all of that tasty goodness.
This is so funny because I actually
did have my thyroid checked prior to going on WW. I had absolutely nothing wrong, even though I was showing a lot of the symptoms of low thyroid. My doctor's recommendation? WW.
Before WW, I would exercise daily, but eat mostly what I wanted. I ate what I
thought was a good calorie range from when I've dieted before, but obviously that's not the way to do it. I'm so glad I started this.
One of the most important parts of WW is simply the act of writing things down. It's amazing how much you can forget by the end of the day, even when you think you're being mindful! DH doesn't track during the day, and don't tell him but I think that's one of the reasons he isn't having as much success as he wants to have. I think he just flat out forgets things he eats. Since his company brings in food at least once a week, and sometimes more often than that, if he forgets something it can be major.
Do most of you use the 49 extra points each week? I always go over just a few but really not more than 10 a week. I'm wondering if I should try to use more. Thanks, I'm just curious what the consensus is.
I personally eat all Weeklies and all carefully calculated Activity points. I didn't start off doing that, because in the 3 previous times I went through WW I didn't use "extra" points. They scared me. I thought they were cheating.
Now, with me personally, what that caused was nearly an eating disorder, but because I'm not actually interested in anorexia I would then lose all control and REALLY "cheat". And then I wouldn't weigh in. And wouldn't go to meetings. And gain.
I cannot remember who it was who suggested I try the Weeklies, but it was maybe a month or so into this journey. I did it for a few weeks and continued to lose just fine. Then I started to walk/jog and I got a heart rate monitor (3 months into WW) and started calculating and eating activity points. (calculated it as 1 AP for every 80 calories burned). And I continued to lose just fine.
I am a serious volume eater, so I've been SO glad to know that I can do this. I also eat a lot of fruits and veggies, which helps with the volume thing.
But alllll of that said, that's me. For whatever reason, my short, 44 year old self is able to do that. It isn't that way for everyone, so it's important to find out.
IMO, it's good to find out. To me, losing at 26 points per day is fine; but
if I can lose at 36 pts per day...why not do it?
And all of THAT said...it's pretty consistent that those of us who eat all points coming to us are *incredibly* careful (or are supposed to be incredibly careful) with calculating the points of what we eat. No illicit snacking. No extra lick of peanut butter. None of that. Because if you're eating to the limit, there is no wiggle room.
And we can all see that I've been being naughty and imprecise in my tracking, given the fact that I got to pay for this week's meeting. (but I will say that this is the result of probably over a month of being slightly naughty most days...not just a week of extra bits of ice cream)
Are those numbers correct? It seems extremely low to me. How are you calculating? Because if it's correct, then I'm gonna ask hubby to take me to Red Lobster!!!
I would probably want to make sure what the *serving* sizes are, according to them. Although looking at the specific example even on the RL nutrition PDF, the calories match up pretty well with the 7 points, and it doesn't state a different portion size vs what's on the plate. But I might make extra-sure, especially if it's a routine indulgence.
My mom has low thyroid and has trouble losing weight even though she eats like a bird, so she thought that might have been the problem. That, plus my gyno suspected a problem years ago and I never had it checked out. I also have a lot of other symptoms of low thyroid, like constant fatigue, hair falling out, brittle nails, etc. I still have all of those other than the fatigue for the most part.
My mom encouraged me to get it looked at, and I'm glad I did because it was the final push that made me realize I was the problem- not some phantom health issue.
I knew that my cousin and aunt have thyroid problems (they can't eat even a bit of soy because it messes it up even more, that's how sensitive they are), but I recently found out that my mom did, too. Turns out I seem to be pretty lucky, because their problems are (and my mom's was) pretty severe!
Hair and nails...just one thing to make sure of (I'm not saying it's THE cause, but it probably won't hurt) is to get in your good oils! And remember that 2 teaspoons of oil is the *minimum*, not the max. Many people find that their hair and nails get much healthier once they make sure they are getting good oils into their diets.
Here's to a better recovery! Hopefully the gym will help lower your stress levels as well. I know I have to work not to eat my emotions sometimes. It's tough.
