Living The Lifestyle, Wednesday, April 5, 2017
goldenfrisbee
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Good morning GOAD.
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Today's topic: Mistakes of the past
What were the top 2 or 3 mistakes you made in the past when trying to lose weight before drinking the GOAD/WW Kool Aide?
Everyone says it, but just how do you do it? How do you take the guidelines of the WW program and turn them into a lifestyle you can live every day...from now on? That is what we are here to explore. Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion. Newbie? Join in! Veteran? Join in! Your thoughts may be just what someone else needs to hear.
Monday -- RedSassyPants
Tuesday -- 88olds
Wednesday -- goldenfrisbee
Thursday -- imastar2
Friday -- Al_Howard
Today's topic: Mistakes of the past
What were the top 2 or 3 mistakes you made in the past when trying to lose weight before drinking the GOAD/WW Kool Aide?
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1) Undereat for breakfast and lunch, come home starving, eat the entire kitchen, go to bed and vow to do better, rinse and repeat
2) Thinking I hated exercise (I just hate the standard machines at the gym).
3) Thinking I was "addicted" to sugar (really I was just massively undereating for my activity level so my body had trouble stopping when I started to eat calorie rich foods). Now I eat a more moderate deficit and allow myself to have a treat every day. Bingeing is no longer a major concern.0 -
1) Trying to go without eating until lunchtime even though I had run 3 miles early in the morning.
2) Trying to eat just one meal a day.
3) Trying to completely eliminate sweets.
None of these worked well for more than a few days before I'd completely faceplant into food/treats.
Breaking out of all or nothing thinking has probably been the best thing for me. As one of my friends likes to say, "all things in moderation, including moderation".
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Cheat Day #2. Cheat Day #1 worked fine. But, when you begin to fudge and justify, you are doomed. I don't do cheat days anymore. If I know I am going to go over for a day or a meal, I just own it. Period.1
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Not going to meetings. I really need them.0
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1) Trying to eat a very low calorie diet that left me feeling deprived. I can remember the exact moment when I got home from work one day, looked in the pantry, and decided I was tired of being "good"
2) Completely eliminating foods that I love instead of eating them in moderation
3) Thinking that exercise could combat overeating0 -
Cheat Day #2. I don't do cheat days anymore. If I know I am going to go over for a day or a meal, I just own it. Period.
Same here @misterhub I don't beat myself up, I just log it and move on. But there is a temptation to under report calories consumed.
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1. Getting too busy in my work and blow meal times then dbl up and dbl down to catch up.
2. Eating all the wrong foods no tracking if it feels good I ate it.
3. Generally not paying attention to nutritional balance in my diet.
4. Not drinking enough water.1 -
1. Not knowing/understanding there is no Finish Line.
2. Eating frozen diet meals (LC, Smart Ones) for lunch.
3. Never finding an exercise that I liked doing.
4. Thinking I could do it by myself.
5. Thinking that IF I ever got serious the weight would just melt off easily.0 -
Telling myself I couldn't do it.
Thinking WL happened because of exercise.
Running.1 -
Thinking I could go back to the "way things were" once I reached goal.
Thinking that diet coke + M&Ms for breakfast was okay, since, you know, DIET coke.2 -
1) Thinking the solution to my weight loss journey was low carb, (i.e., eating mass quantities of meat and cheese), since I was convinced portion control was not a skill I could develop. 2) Thinking I could out exercise my poor late night eating habits and binges.0
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@MurpleCat. Diet Coke and M&Ms for breakfast? I thought I was the only one.
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@MurpleCat. Diet Coke and M&Ms for breakfast? I thought I was the only one.
I remember putting M&Ms into bottles of Pepsi! Was that a "thing"? I'm thinking 1960s or 1970s!0 -
@misterhub When I would paint myself into a point corner, I would calculate a reasonable number and just "give" myself more WPA & continue tracking. I didn't think of it as cheating. It was eating too many points that week. Nobody's perfect.0
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+1 Murple. Afternoon snack of Snickers and beer too1
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Also apathetic slippage on various schemes and probably going it alone.0
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Thinking about losing weight instead of actually doing it. This was pre-WW but only served to feed my procrastination longer.
After I first joined, I thought some foods were going to be totally out of bounds / off-plan.
I too figured I'd 'live happily ever after' once I reached goal. Though I didn't give it a lot of thought, that meant going back to the way I used to eat. Silly logic...0 -
Overestimating activity, underestimating consumption.0
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@mcbluesky @Jimb376mfp @podkey
I didn't put them *in* my soda, ew!
But that's what I could get from the vending machines on my way to class without having to stop at the dining hall in college.0
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