It's quite funny to me that I have been home from vacation for a week now and I'm still blogging about it. I guess part of me still wants to be on vacation;) Part of the reason I am still writing about vacation is because I was able to take the time to think about things. Not a lot of time mind you, I still had 5 children to take care of and one of them was a toddler that just learned how to walk.
One thing that could have tripped me up on vacation is that I usually track online with Weight Watchers etools. A week before I left I realized that I would be missing my etools. I would be staying at my aunt and uncle's house. I knew they didn't have a computer. Bryan said I could bring our laptop but he wasn't coming with us so I didn't want to take our only computer. It turned out to be a good decision because they didn't have internet either so even if I would have brought the computer I would not have been able to track with it.
I have found tracking my food to be an important part of my weight loss and weight maintenance. There is no way that I can lose weight without keeping track of everything I eat. It's so easy to forget how much and what I ate unless I keep track. On vacation I think that it's completely admirable to lose weight. I also believe that it's completely possible. Unfortunately, for me it's also rare. I am happy if I maintain. That is exactly what I did. I know that if I hadn't found a way to track I would have easily gained.
I took along my WW PointsPlus Calculator. I realized before I left that it would be a great way to track without too much effort. As I have told you in previous posts, I did not track everything. I should have, but I didn't. I did track on 80% of the days though. That tracking made the difference between gaining and maintaining. It was nice and handy to carry that calculator in my shorts pocket when I was on the run and on the kitchen counter when I was not.
I'm not sure how many of you are WW members. I know that many of you were my members when I was a WW leader. I also know that many of you have shared this blog with your friends and family members. I also know that this blog is read in other countries around the world because I get the reports that tell me such things. So I'm guessing that all of you are not WW members. I will tell you that whether you follow WW or you follow something different I would highly recommend tracking everything you eat. It can make all the difference.
Talk to you again soon. Maybe I'll get my mind back from vacation soon;)
Corinna
"And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.'" -Matthew 17:18-20
Monday, August 6, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Remember that patience?
I've told you how I am trying to be patient with myself as I start losing my nursing points. Nursing moms need a lot more calories to keep their milk supply while losing weight. I have loved eating all of the extra points over Samuel's first year of life. I was able to eat a good amount of food while still losing the baby weight. It was wonderful.
A bit over a month ago I stopped nursing Samuel. I have been gradually trimming the extra nursing points from my daily budget. I've told myself over the past two months that I just need to be patient with myself while I lose the points. I've been taking away one per week while losing, gaining and maintaining the same weight week after week.
While on vacation I overdid my eating my first couple of days. After beating myself up for going off of my plan and feeling like a balloon that was about to burst I realized that I needed to be proactive about this so I cut my points. I decided that it was time to stop being so "patient" and lose this weight. Afterall, I had eating way too many points over the weekend and somehow I wanted to fix my mistakes. I couldn't just sit around waiting anymore. I didn't want to starve myself because I knew that would backfire, but I knew that I could eat less and try to make up for the terrible eating I had done over the weekend. I knew how many points that I should be eating according to WW guidelines for a non-nursing woman. I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and make that my new target.
It wasn't easy to do because I was used to eating a lot more food than I was now allowed. Then I began to think of when I was first a new WW member. I changed my eating habits and ate a lot less than I was used to because I was excited about losing the weight and knew that WW could help if I just followed their guidelines. If I could do it then, I could certainly do it now. I already have pretty good eating habits. I said pretty good, not perfect. I just need to keep that up and eat a bit less. I needed to stop making it so complicated. Boy can we make things complicated if we try, hey?
I've officially changed my target. I've taken away all of my nursing points and it feels good to do what is right. I went to my Weight Watchers's meeting on Saturday morning. After vacationing for 10 days, staying at my aunt's house and attending 2 family reunions, I stayed exactly the same on the scale. Perfect? No. Acceptable? Oh, yes!
I'll check in with you all again soon.
Corinna
"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you great only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." -Matthew 5:46-48
A bit over a month ago I stopped nursing Samuel. I have been gradually trimming the extra nursing points from my daily budget. I've told myself over the past two months that I just need to be patient with myself while I lose the points. I've been taking away one per week while losing, gaining and maintaining the same weight week after week.
While on vacation I overdid my eating my first couple of days. After beating myself up for going off of my plan and feeling like a balloon that was about to burst I realized that I needed to be proactive about this so I cut my points. I decided that it was time to stop being so "patient" and lose this weight. Afterall, I had eating way too many points over the weekend and somehow I wanted to fix my mistakes. I couldn't just sit around waiting anymore. I didn't want to starve myself because I knew that would backfire, but I knew that I could eat less and try to make up for the terrible eating I had done over the weekend. I knew how many points that I should be eating according to WW guidelines for a non-nursing woman. I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and make that my new target.
It wasn't easy to do because I was used to eating a lot more food than I was now allowed. Then I began to think of when I was first a new WW member. I changed my eating habits and ate a lot less than I was used to because I was excited about losing the weight and knew that WW could help if I just followed their guidelines. If I could do it then, I could certainly do it now. I already have pretty good eating habits. I said pretty good, not perfect. I just need to keep that up and eat a bit less. I needed to stop making it so complicated. Boy can we make things complicated if we try, hey?
I've officially changed my target. I've taken away all of my nursing points and it feels good to do what is right. I went to my Weight Watchers's meeting on Saturday morning. After vacationing for 10 days, staying at my aunt's house and attending 2 family reunions, I stayed exactly the same on the scale. Perfect? No. Acceptable? Oh, yes!
I'll check in with you all again soon.
Corinna
"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you great only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." -Matthew 5:46-48
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