is that I can still be good! I have always had a problem with staying on track when I was away from my routine. I would be good when I was in Waco living my day to day life. But the minute I drove away for some R & R, somehow I got reprogrammed to doing as I wanted.
Well, thats not going to work. I love to travel. I love to take short weekend trips. And I can't "get off" track everytme I do this or I will never achieve my goals. My "real life" is always going to include weekend trips and changes in routine. But my lifestyle has to be able to adjust to match my changes in routine.
This Spring Break is my first big challenge. I first spent a few days "at the cabin." The cabin, by nature, is full of alochol and junk food. But my basket at the S & S looked a little different this time. It included bananas, pretzels and Special K breakfast bars. It was healthy. Yes, I had wine this weekend but I made it fit into my daily allowance of points and a few of my weekly free points. I walked at the cabin. And then, today when I got my parents house, I walked two miles in the neighborhood. I can always find ways to still get in the movement I need. I just have to be creative and do it.
SO the thing about being on vacation is that I can still be successful. I can still lose weight. I can still exercise. I can still stay "on program." And somehow, I know I will feel even more successful when I do.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
I'm a Weight Watcher....
That sounds like it could be a commerical for Weight Watchers.
I had my weekly meeting today. It's a sad state when the only meeting that I can even (partially) make each week is during my lunch/conference on Wednesday. But its working so I won't argue it.
So as I sat today and listened to the stages of Weight Loss (do they correspond with the stages of grief? I digress...), I couldn't help but to feel lucky. Very very lucky.
I have a great plan that is working for me (lost another 1 lb this week for 12.4 total). I have a great leader who was actually the leader of my all-time favorite leader who retired from leading meetings a few years back. I am getting to know the group but regardless its a comfortable place.
I am lucky that Weight Watchers is a program that works. I feel in control of my eating and even my exercise. I look forward to weighing in every Wednesday and its been a long time since I have looked forward to weighing in weekly. But its working now and I look forward to Wednesdays.
It was funny listening to my leader Mary today talk about how each and every person has the power in them to lose weight. How we short-change ourselves about our abilities to lose weight. Why is this? As she put it, "You believe you can climb a mountain but you don't think you can do this. But you can."
Isn't that the truth.
I had my weekly meeting today. It's a sad state when the only meeting that I can even (partially) make each week is during my lunch/conference on Wednesday. But its working so I won't argue it.
So as I sat today and listened to the stages of Weight Loss (do they correspond with the stages of grief? I digress...), I couldn't help but to feel lucky. Very very lucky.
I have a great plan that is working for me (lost another 1 lb this week for 12.4 total). I have a great leader who was actually the leader of my all-time favorite leader who retired from leading meetings a few years back. I am getting to know the group but regardless its a comfortable place.
I am lucky that Weight Watchers is a program that works. I feel in control of my eating and even my exercise. I look forward to weighing in every Wednesday and its been a long time since I have looked forward to weighing in weekly. But its working now and I look forward to Wednesdays.
It was funny listening to my leader Mary today talk about how each and every person has the power in them to lose weight. How we short-change ourselves about our abilities to lose weight. Why is this? As she put it, "You believe you can climb a mountain but you don't think you can do this. But you can."
Isn't that the truth.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Auditioning for The Biggest Loser - Thoughts and Realizations
So, its 11:01 and I didn't receive a (callback) phone call. But you know, its alright. I am actually ok with not making it on the show. I think just going through the audition process taught me so much and very possibly changed my life.
As I stood this morning, in the 39 degree temperature, for four hours, I looked around at the hundreds of people around me. SO many of the people had no hope. No hope in the change they could do for themselves. You could see it in the way they stood, the way they moved, the way they talked. And as I looked around, I realized that is is not who I want to be, ever. We sit at home and watch the Biggest Loser and see the miracle results. But what we somehow manage to not notice is that the change comes from inside the contestants. It doesn't matter who the trainer is yelling at them on the treadmill, each person has their own power.
So as much fun as it would be to be on "the ranch", I have the power right here. I think I have always known this. But there is something in me now that helped me get a hold of it, to grasp it. I have lost 12 pounds in the past month, by working out and eating right (Weight Watchers). I have this power... we all have this power. I am going to start using mine now.
I don't know if I will ever be at a place again where applying for the show makes sense, but I do feel that just going through the audition changed me. I am so excited to be on a plan already. So excited to go to the gym tomorrow. So excited to do what I have been doing and add to it.
It's amazing to me the lessons that God teaches us in weird places. I went to auditions today wanting to be on a television show. I walked away with a few new friends (spent the last two hours texting with one!) and a whole new outlook. Maybe that was what "his" plan was for me all along.
As I stood this morning, in the 39 degree temperature, for four hours, I looked around at the hundreds of people around me. SO many of the people had no hope. No hope in the change they could do for themselves. You could see it in the way they stood, the way they moved, the way they talked. And as I looked around, I realized that is is not who I want to be, ever. We sit at home and watch the Biggest Loser and see the miracle results. But what we somehow manage to not notice is that the change comes from inside the contestants. It doesn't matter who the trainer is yelling at them on the treadmill, each person has their own power.
So as much fun as it would be to be on "the ranch", I have the power right here. I think I have always known this. But there is something in me now that helped me get a hold of it, to grasp it. I have lost 12 pounds in the past month, by working out and eating right (Weight Watchers). I have this power... we all have this power. I am going to start using mine now.
I don't know if I will ever be at a place again where applying for the show makes sense, but I do feel that just going through the audition changed me. I am so excited to be on a plan already. So excited to go to the gym tomorrow. So excited to do what I have been doing and add to it.
It's amazing to me the lessons that God teaches us in weird places. I went to auditions today wanting to be on a television show. I walked away with a few new friends (spent the last two hours texting with one!) and a whole new outlook. Maybe that was what "his" plan was for me all along.
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