Weight Loss Reflection

Xavier's second soccer game of the spring season kept me from my Weight Watchers meeting again, but that did not deter me!  My weight this morning was 205.5...that is a 2.5 lb loss!  I am happy to see that I recovered from my 1.8 gain.  I am only .5 off from meeting my weekly weight loss goal of 1 pound, as per stated in my Winning Outcome aka SMART goal...

My Winning Outcome/WW SMART goal:
I will loose 11 pounds through the Simply Filling technique and a minimum of 4 days of treadmill time a week, at a rate of one pound per week as verified and recorded at my meeting weigh-ins, so that the 10% goal of 200 pounds is met by Saturday, May 19th.

I feel a recap is in order!

Week 1 - March 10 - 206.2 - Winning Outcomes
Week 2 - March 17 - 208 - Storyboarding
Week 3 - March 24 - 205.5 - Empowering Beliefs

I was on Spring Break this week and had hoped to work harder at my WW SMART goal.  I did meet the minimum exercise requirements and am enjoying the addition of the leg work along with the stability ball crunches I have been doing.  I feel I could do better with the Simply Filling foods.  That seems to be my biggest difficulty, sticking to those foods.  I am not giving up though, I am sticking to my SMART goal and making this a way of life so that I can have long term success.  I don't want to lose weight to only gain it all back.  When it is gone I want it gone for good and I recognize that means life changes.

Tool for Living #4 - Mental Rehearsing

From the WW Site: "Mental Rehearsing is practicing in your mind ahead of time, being in a challenging situation. Our minds and bodies are one system, so your mind can help you behave or act a certain way."

I feel like I am beginning to do this, namely when I am faced with a dining situation that would cause me to veer off my weight loss course.  I am not perfect by far, but I find myself making small steps to avoid situations that don't provide me with the foods I should be eating and if I do end up eating something that is less than ideal, I do so in moderation, and know that more exercise is in my future!  One of my biggest obstacles on my weight loss journey is depriving myself.  I LOVE sweets, and while not every sweet is one I want to eat, there are certain ones I do. When faced with them, I do want to be able to partake.  Denying myself that sweet treat makes me grumpy.  Perhaps in time, when I have made more progress on this life change I won't feel that way, but for right now, depriving myself of sweets I enjoy at all times is something that will irritate me into failing.  I know this because it has happened to me before.  So by being aware of this I am able to better work with it and not let it derail me again.