I had devoured one too many of Allie's Halloween candy bars and I had hit my low. My bottom. And while every day is a struggle for me and I truly take it day by day, for the first time in years and years I have to say that for me I am in that zone that Nothing Tastes as Good as Looking Good. . .at least for this 5 seconds.
A friend asked me today if she should also join WW. Or if she should do another diet. I cannot advise anyone else, I can only go with my experience in that in the past for all the times I started a program after spending time going back and forth in my head as to whether I am ready, I never ever stuck with it. Never. This time I think it was on Monday night that I had reached my bottom and by Wednesday I was at Weight Watchers. Not a lot of hemming and hawing - just doing.
And tomorrow is my weigh-in day and my 4th week on WW. . .I didn't eat too many bananas this week, I didn't go out every night and I didn't exercise and I stayed within my points and only consumed about 1/3 my Weekly Points Allowance versus almost all of them the previous week. . .I really need to scale to treat me right this week.
And I did make a fabulous food discovery tonight!! Trader Joe's has a Cioppino that is sooooooooo tasty and only 4 points per 1/2 cup - yummy!!!
Meryl, I am so proud of you. I think you hit the nail on the head in that successful dieting takes a complete attitude adjustment. You can't just SAY you are going to lose weight, you have to be READY to do it. Whenever I feel tempted to overindulge, I take my swimsuit out of the drawer and look at it. I'm not ashamed to admit that the way I look on the outside (while certainly not perfect) matters to me just as much as how I feel on the inside.
ReplyDeleteOMG, thank you so much Melissa for your comment...and I love that the swimsuit trick works for you. . maybe I'll try that with a tank top! :-)
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