Change??

Huh... I was so excited about the change and the new program.  I was going to hop on board, learn the new program, and LOSE WEIGHT.   Why haven't I done it yet then?

The program rolled out during a really busy time.  Which is excuse #1.  I was BUSY.  I was so busy that my house didn't get cleaned, hubby did *all* of the snow shoveling, no one practiced spelling words or followed up on kids book reports, and I didn't do my own homework.  Excuse #2 can only be that I was LAZY.  Which is the main reason I am fat.  I am too lazy to track my points sometimes.  I count on remembering the points values of the foods I eat regularly and keeping a basic count in my head, rather than looking things up and writing them down (which often requires that I find where I wrote it the last time).  I haven't even updated my phone app to track on my phone.  And I *always* know where my phone is.  I loose those little paper trackers before I get home from the meetings.

I lost weight over the Christmas holiday.  It only happened because I really was so busy.  I was constantly on the move and even though I often gave in to tempting Christmas treats (bakalava anyone?), I also said no to sooo many.  I turned down every Christmas cookie offered to me.  (I can eat cookies all year long, they aren't special just at Christmas).  I gave away several boxes of candy that were given to me as gifts.  I only ate the special Christmas treats that I can **ONLY** get at Christmas time.  And I moved.  I didn't count points and I didn't read my new Weight Watchers books.  And I still lost weight. 

So this week when I weighed in I was in for a surprise.  I didn't eat any treats last week.  I did have a sandwich delivered to work with all my coworkers (and I ate every bite of it).  I didn't hop on the Wii fit (like I had the week before) at all, because I said I was too busy catching up on everything else.  I gained a pound and a half.  I cried.  I told myself it's because it's the one week of the month that I always gain weight (which is real, and it could be a factor, but realistically I usually only gain about 0.6 those weeks).  I know that PMS isn't the reason I gained.  I was lazy.  I haven't followed the program and I can't continue to guess. 

This week I am breaking out the books for the new program and I'm going to read them, understand them, and make a plan for the weeks dinners (with the help of my personal chef, aka: darling hubby). I will also get back into my exercise program.  I want to be a looser.  I haven't had anything to celebrate at the weekly meetings in quite a while.

Have a great week!