Weigh In Day: Being Honest with Myself

I weighed in at 226 this morning. That’s a .2 gain from last week. But I am still at 62 lbs lost. Of course I am disappointed. Looking at the trends in my weight loss, if I have a big loss (like I did last week), I tend to gain the next week. I’m glad that it was only .2 and I know that I can lose that and more this week!

But in all honesty, my husband made a good point when I told him I had gained. He said, “You know what happened.” And as much as I want to disregard it, I did not eat well this past weekend and that could certainly be the reason for my .2 gain. It’s so important that I am eating healthily and on track at all times. If I feel the need to snack consistently throughout the day, there are probably other emotional reasons for my eating that I need to address. Whether it be happiness, sadness, depression or boredom. It would be better to move a little and get a little exercise to try to lift my mood and stop thinking about food. I think I am always going to struggle w/ emotional eating and I need to learn to understand myself better. I have come a long way, but I still have a long way to go.

For breakfast, I had 1 cup of oatmeal w/ 1/2 cup of blueberries on top and a glass of 100% Orange Juice for 4.5 points.

We’re out of milk again- so I had green tea with pomegranate. I do like green tea- but I’m not fond of this one because they added some spice to it. But It wasn’t cheap, so I am going to drink it until it’s gone. :)

For a snack, I had 16 animal crackers for 2 points. A regular petting Zoo, as Anne commented. hehe :)

For lunch I had 2- 98% fat free hotdogs on light whole wheat buns. I also had a tomato and about a cup of cucumbers. All of this for 3.5 points!

On my last break, I had some GenSoy Crisps that I found in the organic section of the store. They are cinnamon sugar flavored and only 2 points for 10 of them- SOOO good, too!

I got another customer compliment today! Yay! That makes me happy- and my Boss was like, you really like working from home, huh? lol That’s 3 in one week!

Supper tonight was on the run and eaten in the car. I had a sandwich thin w/ deli chicken and swiss cheese. I also had 1/2 cup of tomatoes and gorgonzola crackers for a total of 5 points.

We had to eat on the run because we attended my friend’s Dad’s funeral. I just hate funerals- but they’re a good reminder that life is short and our choices are important. Ever since my Grandma died, I try to make choices and treat people in ways that I would be happy about if I died or if they died. I don’t want to live with regrets.

After that, we stopped at Dairy Queen. I had 14 points left- so I decided to treat myself to a small Oreo Cookie Jar blizzard for 15 points.

Delicious! I wouldn’t want to eat one of those often, but they’re good as a treat every now and then. That’s what I love about WW- I never feel like I’m missing anything.

I’m glad that the week is more than half over. I’m ready for the weekend, how about you?