No more calorie counting!

I am intending to lose weight in a way that I can maintain forever. I am very good at losing weight, but I am not very good at staying in the thin zone. So I must do something that works for me, not just now, but in the future.

When I go to Weight Watchers, I feel inspired, get a chance to share, and dig out my little notepad for tracking my points. That works well for two days, then I get busy with my life, decide just to track in my head. Whoops, forgot the number, retrack. Count the same day’s worth of food four times, think I have enough room for a cookie, eat it, then remember that extra cup of coffee I had this morning; now I’m over points. Must subtract from tomorrow. Oh, for goodness sake, just forget it! I am a bad dieter, guess Weight Watchers won’t work for me, nothing will work, ever, because I am a lazy slob. Oh what’s the matter, does poor baby feel bad? Here have another five cookies, that’ll help!

It’s time to think things through for myself. If I can’t track for more than two days at a time, then I can’t maintain the “lifestyle”. So if I don't know precisely how many calories I’ve eaten, then I don’t know if I can afford to eat that cookie. Also, I have no guarantee I can stop at just one. 

This makes me think that tracking points is unnecessary, and for now, it would be best to avoid ALL frivolous calories. Take the guesswork out of it. If I’m hungry, eat real food. if I’m not hungry, and just have a wandering stomach, have a cup of tea.

 I think this plan has real possibility.

 Wish me Luck!

 Heather H

Sugar and coffe withdrawal makes mama a little snappish!

   

Whoa, Nelly! I have been experiencing all the drama of a coffee and sugar withdrawal today.

What started out as a wee niggle of a headache has bloomed into a day of misery. 

  

                                   

                                          This creature looks just like I feel!

  the-winged-warriors

I have spent the day under the bedcovers in our hotel, trying to remind myself of why I am subjecting myself to suffering like this. No sugar and no coffee makes mama a little snappish!

Oh, thankfully, tonight's program; "Victoria's Secret, Shipwrecked" reminded me of my goal!

With just a little effort, I too, can look like a near naked angel dressed in choke collar and beads! I shall practice my sexy stomp just as soon as I can get out of bed.

Clean eating plan has a hiccup.

This is the first day of my decision to eat clean, and mindfully reject all foods that may interfere with my weight loss. That went just great until 3:00 this afternoon. Breakfast was a glorious fruit salad topped with plain yogurt, maple syrup, and hemp seeds. Lunch was a righteously healthy salmon, pepper, and avocado salad, no dressing. I was flying high with success!

Then came the hiccup. We are on a road trip. This route takes us by a dear old uncle and aunty, who love company, and were thrilled to have us stop in for tea. Oh, if only it were just tea… Aunty, 85 years old, had baked a lemon merengue pie! For us! So I graciously munched on buns and cold cuts of roasted turkey, (and the pie!), and decided to sort all of this out later. On my new blog.

I was not wrong to eat the food. But I was very worried. Because I display addictive tendencies. If I revert back to delicious sugar, can I regain my momentum? The test came at supper. My husband took me to Brown's Social House. I had every intention of ordering the healthy thing, whatever that may be, but I was watching myself with a curious dread to see whether I would change my mind at the last minute, and order what HE'S having.(Pizza) Well, I won! Halibut, salad, and I substituted the braised cabbage for the almond rice. I picked at the purple pile with a twisted grimace, but was very pleasantly surprised to find I liked it! In fact, I'm going to learn how to make it myself!

Oh, this looks so good! top with a little goat cheese, and I am right back at Brown's!

                                               http://justcookingkerry.wordpress.com/page/2/

Buckle your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

I broke the news to my husband today. Very reluctantly. He has watched my weight loss endeavours for  years, and I imagined that once he heard my big announcement, he would utter a long-suffering  sigh and think to himself, "here we go again"!

You see, we are on a road trip. It's the longest time we have spent alone together in years! And I am loving it! So with all of this uninterrupted time to think, I have had some thoughts. Lots. Big ones. Epiphanies. Such as:

I know how to lose weight. 

And:

 I should do it! 

And: 

My family is not going to like this at all!

So with a dry mouth, I informed dearly beloved that I wanted to lose weight, I didn't want to pay a corporation to do it, and I would start as soon as I got home. His response? "Why don't you start now?"

Gulp

Okay! This ain't gonna be pretty, and it's not going to be like the way other people do it, because if there is one thing I know, I am unique. (Aren't we all?) So buckle your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Journey into Weightloss

This is a blog about my weight. No...I meant...this is a blog about me. I am a beautiful person, inside and out. I like myself, and other people do too. I have some flaws, (don't we all) but my most obvious one is the extra adipose tissue surrounding me.

I came to the realization today that I am the only person who can fix it. Mindblowing! I think this requires some pondering. I think best when I can talk it over, but I am not ready to talk this talk with those who love me, they have heard too many talks before.

I did not gain my extra weight by happenstance, and I finally understand I won't lose it by happenstance either.

Thus begins my "Journey to Blogdom". Bear with me whilst I learn my way around a web host site, and find a path to a better me.

Until next time; Heather