Hmm …
I made it back to the gym for Lose to Win class this evening, and managed to get there a few minutes early … so I logged another 5 minutes on the treadmill. It’s not much, but it’s something.
Class was led by a nutritionist, who talked about reasons for eating and other stuff … sounded a lot like WW meetings, actually. It was still interesting, and a couple of the things we talked about really hit home. The main one being: You have a choice.
To me that means I can choose to eat a salad or a piece of pizza … but then I shouldn’t be surprised if, when I choose the pizza, the scale doesn’t go in the right direction. I can choose to work out or sit on the couch being lazy … but if I’m lazy, I shouldn’t expect to see weight loss.
Can it really be that simple?
The nutritionist also talked about awareness. We need to be aware of what we’re doing so we can adjust our behaviors if need be. It’s an interesting thought, but I’m not sure if I want to be that self-aware. When I was doing Atkins, I didn’t have to think about why I ate what I ate … I only had to stick to the foods on the list to see real, fast weight loss. Of course, perhaps that’s why the weight eventually came back … if I’m aware of why I’m overeating, maybe I can stop doing it.
An NSV: I put on a shirt that I haven’t worn in a while and I’m pretty sure it’s not as tight in the upper arms as it was the last time I wore it.
The shirt, I can totally relate. I have this shirt my dad bought me years ago, and it is a really cute red one. I am finding I can wear colours more now and not hide behind the basic black that I ALWAYS wear! It finally fit without looking like a muffin top!
And the choice, it is so true!!! We have a choice, and I guess it is the choices that we make that affect us. I realised that my overeating was SO emotional. It is one of the hardest things to break…however for me, the key is to eat regular meals at regular times and not stray too much from that. Keep in mind that the battle of the weight starts in your mind…you have to WANT it bad enough, and it seems like you WANT it, it is why you are here with the rest of us. So you are that much farther ahead than most who are passive about it.
Keep your chin up, and it will come!
Thanks! I do want it … but I need to want it more than I want to spend all my Points and then some when I’m out with the boyfriend!
Congrats on losing the muffin top. I noticed a few weeks ago that the previously tight, muffin-top causing size 14 jeans I’d been wearing suddenly didn’t create the muffin-top anymore. It was a great feeling.