Living The Lifestyle 10/3/2017

Jerdtrmndone

offered up for discussion. Everyone says it, but just how do you do it? How do you take the guidelines of the WW program lifestyle you can live every day...from now on? That is what we are here to explore. Each weekday, a new topic is and turn them into a Newbie? Join in! Veteran? Join in! Your thoughts may be just what someone else needs to hear.

Monday -- imastar2 (Derrick)
Tuesday --Jerdtrmndone (Jerry)
Wednesday -- minimyzeme (Kim)
Thursday -- DavidKuhnsSr (Dave)
Wildcard (up for grabs each Friday)

Today's topic: Setbacks happen to all of us sometime.

Maybe you’re not exercising as much as you had been, or you are using more pt. values, calories. Slacked off taking time for yourself.
What strategies have you used to get back on track?

minimyzeme

Keep it simple: track.

From there, all else usually comes together for me. If I track, it means I have to weigh or measure. It forces me to be mindful of what and how much I'm eating. It does not obligate me to stay within my daily allocation but it certainly steers me in that direction.

My meeting leader gave some great but simple advice last Spring. Even if you eat way over your points (calories, widgets, etc.), just track it. Doing so cultivates a sense of accountability and allows me to let go of any guilt. I can't un-eat the food but tracking it, no matter how large the number, allows me to let go of any single eating event and make a fresh start.

88olds

Agree. Track.

I made goal and tracked for 5 more years. With considerable effort, I finally was able to maintain for about a year with no tracking. But when point creep turned to scale creep I started tracking again and regained control.

Then about 3-4 years later, a bad case of creep really put me at risk. I was still attending my meeting. I was going to weigh in and for the first time I was not at all sure I would be within 2 lbs of my goal of 184lbs. WI= 186 lbs.

Grabbed several of those little blue books and set about learning Points Plus. It worked.

I've had 3 separate goes at tracking. It has worked every time.

BTW my food scale is on the kitchen counter and gets daily use, tracking or not.

gadgetgirlIL

Add me to the tracking group. It is just an ingrained habit. Good, bad, or truly ugly, I track.

Jimb376mfp

Tell myself "Do you see how EASY it is to gain weight?" I have weeks when I think I have been On Plan all week and have a small gain at my official WW WI.
I've learned to deal with the temporary scale fluctuations by keeping my eye on Long Term progress.
My last big gain of 4# came as a shock because I didn't Binge Eat, it just made me realize I must be vigilant of the many things that can and sometimes do affect the scale. (Sodium, exercise, fluids, not getting enough of Good Stuff like H2O, protein, veggies etc etc.)
I never want to be on the road back after coming so far (-175#).
I get back on track because I know what will happen if I don't.

goldenfrisbee

Tracking is really the only thing that works for me. Now, if I would just start doing it again...

Out_of_Bubblegum

Track.. whether I want to or not. It's a lot harder to start, but once started, is much easier to keep going.

podkey

Shrug my shoulders (a lot) and get back to it next meal or next day.

RedSassyPants

Focus on Tracking and sticking to the plan ONE meal at a time.
Baby steps. One meal...then two...then three etc.

My workouts seemed to have slacked last month
Don't feel like I put the same into it consistently
1) I tell myself that's ok
2) Change directions and try something new

misterhub

Track. And, employing the wisdom of @podkey.