More of the same...

I could not attend my WW meeting today on account of an early soccer game so I did what I always do in that case, and go with my scale's weight.  Now I have been using two scales this week...mean scale (my old one that tacks on about 2 lbs over my official WW weight) and nice scale (the new one that has me weighing nearly 2lbs less than my official WW weight).  I have been weighing in on both of them and taking an average.  On the whole I was about 206 all week and am as of this morning as well.  Would have been nice to compare this to the official WW scale, and it seems I won't be able to do that next week as I thought because a make up game has been scheduled for 9am next Saturday when we were supposed to have an off week.  So doesn't look like I can have another official weigh in until the Saturday after next.

If my scale averages prove true that would mean I was down from the 207.8 from last week that the official WW scales reported.  I am guarded about this though.

I felt I was a bit better about Power Foods this week.  If I consider my weeks starting with weigh in days, I did get all 4 days in of exercise.  I cooked some new recipes this week that were yummy and from the WW site...Chicken Posole, Egg Salad, Fig Pork, and Baked Potato.  I didn't have a microwave lunch all week and didn't miss them in the slightest.  I have been having shrimp cocktail and leftovers.  I had hoped to see my weight go down a bit more, but I suppose I am still eating more than I should and not working out as hard as I could.  I do enjoy eating and get grumpy when hungry or feeling deprived, so I plan on kicking it up a notch during exercise time.

I have had some fun putting together my weight loss scrapbook.  Here is a photo that samples some of the pages, I won't bore anyone with photos of ALL the pages I have put into it thus far, but it is more than what is shown.

I will be adding the recipes I tried this week to the book as well as continue to make my way through old WW materials and cut out what I like.  I was surprised to find the Tools for Living in my old materials, thought I shouldn't have been.  It is easy to get overwhelmed with information when starting something new, and for all the times I have been at meetings, the Tools for Living are rarely mentioned so then never really stood out to me until I stumbled across them and began to blog about them.

Tool for Living #6 - Positive Self-Talking

From the WW site: "Positive Self-Talking can help you learn how to use words that will keep you motivated and make you feel and perform better."

This tool for living seems pretty straightforward to me, though it is easier said than done.  I am much better are recognizing negative self talk and working at keeping the positive self talk going.  I admit to feeling discouraged and most often my negative talk is "Why bother? You are just meant to be a big girl." I hear that talk in my head more than anything else and it has derailed me before.  I recognize it for what it is and push it out of my head.  I think about what it would be wear what I like and not worry about looking fat...then I usually get "You know that isn't possible, you have never looked like that" and I end up arguing with myself until I recognize that anything is possible...where there is a will there is a way.  This whole process is why the blog is named what it is, I have all sorts of conversations with myself!

So I soldier on thinking "You can do this," "You know you want this," "You can have this," "You possess the abilities, the strategies, and the tools to meet your goals."  Once again I cannot help but to think of SNL's Stuart Smalley and chuckle "I am good enough, I am smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"Maybe I should change that to "I am good enough, I am smart enough, and doggone it, I KNOW I CAN DO THIS!"