Hi all,
Mel - step away from the Dime bars!! As Bess said I stocked up and they didn't last long - I don't know why I never learn... they were very nice while they lasted though...
So - big change ahead for me. I've not focussed on SW all week - my new role means lots of unplanned long meetings / workshops where either lunch is bought in or we have 10 minutes to grab something and I've really struggled. This is what's happened when I've done SW before - I lose the focus and can't seem to get back into it. It's difficult when I'm working away from home and I don't seem to be able to find the will to make the effort.
I'm loathed to quit but at the same time can't keep going like this as every day I end up overeating and it's that horrible cycle of waking up full of optimism and going to bed disappointed in myself and not knowing what to do to stop it.
So I've spent a few days thinking about it and have decided that for now I'm going to go back to calorie counting. I am a member of Weight Loss Resources still so will start using that again to see if it's easier for me. Maybe the change will re-focus me, maybe not but something has to change and at least with WLR I can cope slightly better with work lunches and spontaneous eating. I'm not looking forward to calorie counting everything especially not fruit but I don't know what else to do at the moment.
So, that's what I will be doing for the next week and then I'll see how I go. I'd like to go back to SW at some point as I think it's a great framework for maintenance but obviously that's dependent on me actaully being able to stick to it.
I probably sound really depressed - I'm not really. I've done super well on SW and only have 4.5lbs to lose before I'm at my original goal and 6.5lbs to lose to get to my new goal of 10st 7lbs. I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't keep up my losing streak
but hey as long as I keep going it doesn't really matter how I do it, does it!
I'm hoping you don't mind if I keep my diary here for the time being! If I do decide to move over to WLR permanently then I'll move my diary to the appropriate forum but for now I'd like to stay. Either way I will still continue to to check in on both old and new friends!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mel - step away from the Dime bars!! As Bess said I stocked up and they didn't last long - I don't know why I never learn... they were very nice while they lasted though...
So - big change ahead for me. I've not focussed on SW all week - my new role means lots of unplanned long meetings / workshops where either lunch is bought in or we have 10 minutes to grab something and I've really struggled. This is what's happened when I've done SW before - I lose the focus and can't seem to get back into it. It's difficult when I'm working away from home and I don't seem to be able to find the will to make the effort.
I'm loathed to quit but at the same time can't keep going like this as every day I end up overeating and it's that horrible cycle of waking up full of optimism and going to bed disappointed in myself and not knowing what to do to stop it.
So I've spent a few days thinking about it and have decided that for now I'm going to go back to calorie counting. I am a member of Weight Loss Resources still so will start using that again to see if it's easier for me. Maybe the change will re-focus me, maybe not but something has to change and at least with WLR I can cope slightly better with work lunches and spontaneous eating. I'm not looking forward to calorie counting everything especially not fruit but I don't know what else to do at the moment.
So, that's what I will be doing for the next week and then I'll see how I go. I'd like to go back to SW at some point as I think it's a great framework for maintenance but obviously that's dependent on me actaully being able to stick to it.
I probably sound really depressed - I'm not really. I've done super well on SW and only have 4.5lbs to lose before I'm at my original goal and 6.5lbs to lose to get to my new goal of 10st 7lbs. I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't keep up my losing streak
but hey as long as I keep going it doesn't really matter how I do it, does it!I'm hoping you don't mind if I keep my diary here for the time being! If I do decide to move over to WLR permanently then I'll move my diary to the appropriate forum but for now I'd like to stay. Either way I will still continue to to check in on both old and new friends!
Have a great weekend everyone!
