So, I've been on Weight Watchers for 5 weeks now and lost a little under 4 1/2 pounds. Everyone else in my weight loss group have lost over 5 pounds. But not me... why you ask .. well, I can't get my head away from the Quality Dairy Coca Cola Arctic Freezes and Cool Ranch Doritos or Chips and French Onion Dip. Why can't I stay away from these things?
I started my new found weight loss adventure when I started reading Tales From the Scale, which I recommend to anyone who has any kind of struggle with weight or self-image problems. Anyway, I read that and became very inspired but also learned things about myself. One, I didn't realize you could "binge" without "purging." I always thought those two things went hand in hand. But I realize how I've been dealing with all my struggles has been with the binging. I sit and my stress goes away while I'm drinking or eating. . .it's funny though, even with this knowledge I haven't stopped.
I also learned from this book how alone I am not. These women who told their stories of how young they were when the weight pressures were put on them, it was nice to hear I wasn't the only one put through this, especially when spending a summer with my mom and my grandma, under the microscope once again of pressure.
So now I find help with the food-logging journal. It amazes me how much I was abusing my body before .. all the crap I was putting in my system. I've actually got it down to where I'm good during the day. I drink my water, I eat my fruit and veggies . . but I'd have days where I was physically starving. My stomach hurt and my chest would feel that hollowness . . I didn't get it. Now I'm starting learn about proteins and what not ... but even with all this knowledge, I still can't seem to drive past the QD on the way home from work. I can't get through my nights.
Another thing I'm not good at doing is getting on my treadmill. I have a nice $1600 treadmill right next to my computer and what do I do .. sit at my computer, eat my chips and drink my AF looking past it to see the television.
10.04.2006
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