A Don’t Stop Believing Weigh-In
Any other Glee fans in here? Maybe just a fan of Journey?
Me, I like both.
So why is this a Don’t Stop Believing Weigh-In?
‘Cause I gained weight.
February 11, 2011
Last Week’s Weight: 355.6
Today’s Weight: 356.6
Change from All-Time High: -46.2 pounds
Change from Last Week: +1.0 pounds
I’m not even one hundred percent sure why. I got in more activity this week than last week. I think my diet was about as good this week as last week.
So why did I gain?
It’s one of those things.
One thing I’ve heard in Weight Watchers before is, “Don’t stress it until it becomes a pattern.”
I gained this week. That isn’t a pattern. If I gain this week, then I’ll figure out why.
But for this week, it could be for any number of reasons.
Maybe my body is holding on to a bit more water than it should. Maybe I need to take a big poop and just haven’t realized it yet.
But I do not believe my actions are indicative of gaining an entire pound of fat this week, so I’m not going to worry about it. After all, that stupid scale weighs muscle, fat, skin, bone, water, poop, and everything else that currently exists in my body.
I almost slipped up and got into a funk about it. I ate more at lunch than I had planned to. I went out with colleagues, we went to a Mexican place, and rather than order my Mexican-go-to-healthier-option meal of chicken fajitas, I got a chimichanga. If you don’t know what that is, just know that it’s fried.
But I’m not giving up on me or this diet because of one bad weigh-in or even one bad meal. I haven’t stopped believing (see that – there’s where I tie it in!) that Weight Watchers is going to work for me. It will.
I’m so much more than a number of the scale. In the past, I might have used this as an excuse to go on a binge, and then a month later, I’d write a post along the lines of, “For real this time, no more bull, I can do this!” And repeat ad infinitum until eventually, I’m being buried in a box they use to ship pianos.
Or I’ll keep my head up and keep on plowing on. After all, in a little over eight months, I’m going to be running for my life from zombies!
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Way to keep the positive attitude! There is nothing worse than doing great all week and seeing no loss, or even worse, a gain. It plays with your head like nothing else. Even though we all say “the scale is just a number” (including me) seeing no change at all is like a punch in the balls. It hurts!
I need to take my measurements so when weeks like this happen I’ll have something else to look at, because they will happen. Keep up the good work Jer!
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It definitely felt like a punch, but you gotta take the good with the bad. That’s how this works, I’m afraid. I wish I had done it when I was younger. It was so much easier losing weight in my mid-twenties than early-to-mid thirties. Crap. Now I feel old.
Frustrating for sure, but as long as you know that you are being honest with yourself, you are on the right path. I agree, don’t let this be an excuse to fall off the wagon. We have all been there and done that! I’m glad you were able to turn it around right away and give yoruself credit for how far you’ve already come!
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It’s so easy to let stuff like this knock me off the wagon. I’m bound and determined not to this time.