Written by tigs01 on 06/01/2011 21:36
Just been reading the very lovely Rachel0368's blog (When Will I Crash and Burn Again?)
This set me to thinking; as you may have seen from the introductory blurb at the right hand side of my blog, I usually sabotage myself after about eighteen weeks or around 30 pounds lost. This time around, though, that just hasn't happened.
Why not?
There's no denying that ProPoints makes life far easier in terms of fitting the plan into your life (something I rave on about at every opportunity.) But my moment of wobbliness fell squarely into my time on the Discover plan. This, I think, is my list of strategies:
Overeating in times of crisis does not help me cope
It just makes me fatter, I end up feeling guilty and hating myself for being weak and going way, WAY off plan. This is the woman who once gained three stones in six weeks! So I know what I'm talking about. I don't need to feel lousy about myself, or to spend weeks or months or years hating myself for being weak willed and lacking in self-control; frankly, I have wasted too much of my life on such feelings.
There's no point in resenting the fact you're on a 'diet'
I don't think of this as a diet. It's a set of healthy lifestyle changes that will help me to become slimmer, fitter and healthier. I love being slimmer, fitter and healthier, and I am looking forward to becoming more and more so in the years ahead.
This is a change for life, not a quick fix. There is no 'miracle cure' for being fat
You have to think long-term. If you go back to your old habits, you will go back to being your old, fat, miserable, unhappy, unhealthy, unfit self. I - YOU! - deserve better. So, look to the future. Picture yourself in a slinky dress or a great suit or whatever is appropriate to your gender and dress sense. Hold that picture in your mind's eye.
Write a list of all the reasons you have for wanting to look like that and be healthy, fit and slim. Read it, often, especially when motivation is low.
Plan Ahead!
You have 49 weekly points with which to indulge yourself as you please. So use them! They make following the plan so much more flexible. Don't panic or feel guilty about having something you really love to eat; if you can fit it in to your available points, have it. You'll feel better for not denying yourself, and you prove to yourself you can eat sensibly and mindfully and not pig out for the sake of pigging out.
Takeaways, meals out, a bar of chocolate - none of these need put you off course if you have a little forethought. If you do get a surprise invitation or your other half brings home a takeaway, work out how many points you have to spend from your daily or weekly total and have some.
Have a day or two off if you want to, but beware the consequences!
I got married at the end of November 2010. The wedding was on a Friday, we travelled on the Thursday and Saturday with just two nights away from home. I weigh in on a Saturday. I simply saved all my weekly points for the Thursday and Friday, and didn't touch any of my weekly points the following week. I gained a pound and three-quarters on the Sunday when I weighed in the morning after we got home. I lost six and a quarter pounds the following week.
A day or two of eating a lot of lovely food can actually give your weight loss a giant kick up the rear. However, if you cannot get back on track or you can't cope with gaining a couple of pounds, I'd suggest you not do this. A fast gain will come off just as quickly, ordinarily, so it isn't the end of the world. Control is key - I wrote dow n what I ate, tracked it when I came home and assessed the damage. Then I put it behind me. I can't change what happened after the event, so why worry about it?
Don't give up!
Never - but never - allow a bad day to become a bad week. Make one bad decision, assess the damage, put it behind you. All is not lost. Keep on making bad decisions because you're such a useless fat failure (you think), and you will reap what you sow.
Just keep on plugging away!
This set me to thinking; as you may have seen from the introductory blurb at the right hand side of my blog, I usually sabotage myself after about eighteen weeks or around 30 pounds lost. This time around, though, that just hasn't happened.
Why not?
There's no denying that ProPoints makes life far easier in terms of fitting the plan into your life (something I rave on about at every opportunity.) But my moment of wobbliness fell squarely into my time on the Discover plan. This, I think, is my list of strategies:
Overeating in times of crisis does not help me cope
It just makes me fatter, I end up feeling guilty and hating myself for being weak and going way, WAY off plan. This is the woman who once gained three stones in six weeks! So I know what I'm talking about. I don't need to feel lousy about myself, or to spend weeks or months or years hating myself for being weak willed and lacking in self-control; frankly, I have wasted too much of my life on such feelings.
There's no point in resenting the fact you're on a 'diet'
I don't think of this as a diet. It's a set of healthy lifestyle changes that will help me to become slimmer, fitter and healthier. I love being slimmer, fitter and healthier, and I am looking forward to becoming more and more so in the years ahead.
This is a change for life, not a quick fix. There is no 'miracle cure' for being fat
You have to think long-term. If you go back to your old habits, you will go back to being your old, fat, miserable, unhappy, unhealthy, unfit self. I - YOU! - deserve better. So, look to the future. Picture yourself in a slinky dress or a great suit or whatever is appropriate to your gender and dress sense. Hold that picture in your mind's eye.
Write a list of all the reasons you have for wanting to look like that and be healthy, fit and slim. Read it, often, especially when motivation is low.
Plan Ahead!
You have 49 weekly points with which to indulge yourself as you please. So use them! They make following the plan so much more flexible. Don't panic or feel guilty about having something you really love to eat; if you can fit it in to your available points, have it. You'll feel better for not denying yourself, and you prove to yourself you can eat sensibly and mindfully and not pig out for the sake of pigging out.
Takeaways, meals out, a bar of chocolate - none of these need put you off course if you have a little forethought. If you do get a surprise invitation or your other half brings home a takeaway, work out how many points you have to spend from your daily or weekly total and have some.
Have a day or two off if you want to, but beware the consequences!
I got married at the end of November 2010. The wedding was on a Friday, we travelled on the Thursday and Saturday with just two nights away from home. I weigh in on a Saturday. I simply saved all my weekly points for the Thursday and Friday, and didn't touch any of my weekly points the following week. I gained a pound and three-quarters on the Sunday when I weighed in the morning after we got home. I lost six and a quarter pounds the following week.
A day or two of eating a lot of lovely food can actually give your weight loss a giant kick up the rear. However, if you cannot get back on track or you can't cope with gaining a couple of pounds, I'd suggest you not do this. A fast gain will come off just as quickly, ordinarily, so it isn't the end of the world. Control is key - I wrote dow n what I ate, tracked it when I came home and assessed the damage. Then I put it behind me. I can't change what happened after the event, so why worry about it?
Don't give up!
Never - but never - allow a bad day to become a bad week. Make one bad decision, assess the damage, put it behind you. All is not lost. Keep on making bad decisions because you're such a useless fat failure (you think), and you will reap what you sow.
Just keep on plugging away!
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