Living The Lifestyle, Tuesday, 4/18/17
88olds
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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: We All Make Mistakes
How do you deal with mistakes? I mean stuff like, I was talking to my cousin when the waiter came, so I didn't realize that fish was fried and smothered in cream sauce. Or, who would have expected a 1000 calorie salad? Or why did they have to put the wine next to the dessert table?
Do you throw in the towel for the week? Do you go to the gym in search of more points? Go on a binge and wake up in a cheap motel room filled with pizza & donut boxes? Your plan didn't work, now what?
Monday -- RedSassyPants
Tuesday -- 88olds
Wednesday -- goldenfrisbee
Thursday -- imastar2
Friday -- Al_Howard
TODAY'S TOPIC: We All Make Mistakes
How do you deal with mistakes? I mean stuff like, I was talking to my cousin when the waiter came, so I didn't realize that fish was fried and smothered in cream sauce. Or, who would have expected a 1000 calorie salad? Or why did they have to put the wine next to the dessert table?
Do you throw in the towel for the week? Do you go to the gym in search of more points? Go on a binge and wake up in a cheap motel room filled with pizza & donut boxes? Your plan didn't work, now what?
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I used to be an all or nothing guy, so I would just throw in the towel. Now I just shrug it off and go back to the plan. I have committed to making this a lifetime change, so one mistake or one meal or one mistake won't even register on the scale0
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I've done all those things in the post, the fish, the 1000 cal salad (Chilis) and the wine followed by the dessert table dive. When tracking, I made a good faith effort to write it down and put a # on it. Next day I would start back at finishing my plan for the week, even if I ended up eating too many points. Seemed like the best path long term.1
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I also used to be stuck in all or nothing thinking. Now I just log whatever it was I indulged in and move on.
I've been traveling since Thursday so I have 5 days of just making the best guesstimates that I could with the home cooked and restaurant meals that I enjoyed with my friends. There was a lot of physical activity (bike riding, hiking, dog walks) so I don't expect any major surprises on the scale when I return. I also tried to pay closer attention to my feelings of hunger and fullness, which was easier without work stress clouding my perceptions of those feelings.0 -
That was me prior WW I was alkyl or nothing. I'd tell myself I'd start back tomorrow. Tomorrow never came. ThenWW andLTL finally set in and one mistake like fried or wrong order doesn't even phase me anymore. I just go on to the next meal and stay on my plan.
I will say reverently I sent back some could because it was fried or something I looked at wrong. They made the change and it wasn't a problem.1 -
Nope no towel hurling. Gentle head slap and get a massage for shrugging my shoulders so much.
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I've been working really hard to not be a throw in the towel kind of girl. I am okay with overeating on occasion, but I am no longer okay with bingeing. I sometimes have to do some serious self talk to not throw in the towel and it doesn't always work...but progress not perfection right?
It helps a lot to pre-track my day and to track no matter what. That way if I do overeat I have to own up to it and it's easier to own up to an extra 500 calories than it is to own up to an extra 1000+ calories.0 -
I had a total eat-a-thon on Easter Sunday with 3 different away from home eating out adventures. Could have been worse and don't ever remember doing that in "forever". Dinner was with my DD and son-in-law and I suppose didn't eat "that much" and skipped dessert because I was feeling rather stuffed. A big "huh??" but knew ahead of time I would be eating special BKT, lunch after a bike ride and later dinner. Shrugged it off and got back into "normalsville" Monday morning. I am not by nature one to be either entirely "all in" or "all out" especially with WW. One reason among many it works for me I think. I didn't really binge at any of the meals but was too stuffed when you added it all up. We did skip dessert for dinner for sure.0
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There was a time it could lead to a multi day tailspin. Medical type setbacks are still hard to deal with, But generally when it is a bad food meal or day, I come to terms with it and try to just get back into the routine. I talk to a nutritionist periodically and she had a similar counsel. Rather than try to compensate get going again.0
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Track it and move past it.1
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I just made a big mistake yesterday! I buy this granola that comes in large bag at Wal Mart, Nature Valley Oats & Honey. I tell myself it's healthy but yesterday I ate 60 SPs of the stuff! It's in broken up chucks just right for snacking.
Mindless eating? YES
Because it tastes good YES
Today I am determined to not use my two remaining Weeklies and see how my WI reflects my granola binge! At least I know there are a thousand things I could have binged on besides GRANOLA!
MTBC!
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Not to get too cocky or brag, but really since I started in 2014, I haven't had one of those events. I attribute that largely to listening to the GOADies who suggested I not stop doing what I did to lose weight once I reached goal. I'm pretty sure left to my own devices, I would have left the track, if not gone completely off the rails otherwise.
My WW leader often reminds us that the first choice to make is whether or not we want to indulge. She suggests that doing so proactively allows us to stay OP even if we choose to indulge. She emphasizes the importance of tracking, even if we make the choice to indulge but that doing so--making proactive choices and being accountable for them--IS staying OP.
One of the elements I put in-place for myself right after joining WW was allowing myself to go on the "90/10" plan, adhering the majority of the time but still allowing for some spontaneity / foodlust. That 10% is perfect for me to enjoy a bit of coloring outside the lines and still be "on-plan". I think the primary benefit of structuring my plan that way has been relief from the mental burden of being off-plan.
I combine these things to help me sustain the lifestyle. I embrace the benefits that come with "persistence, not perfection". I appreciate the perspective of small fluctuations in weight relative to the total weight lost. Most of the time, all of this helps me be reasonable with myself and sustain a healthy weight without boxing myself in with guilt or regret.1 -
@Jimb376mfp Granola has an undeserved reputation as "health food."
@minimyzeme I've "given" myself extra WPA some weeks. I think the only way to be "off plan" is to quit tracking. Astounded by how many people respond to eating too many points by abandoning the journal.0 -
@Jimb376mfp Granola has an undeserved reputation as "health food."
@minimyzeme I've "given" myself extra WPA some weeks. I think the only way to be "off plan" is to quit tracking. Astounded by how many people respond to eating too many points by abandoning the journal.
Well, we all know that if we don't journal it, it doesn't count. Right?0 -
I take the BLIP and register it as just that. A Blip.
It does not define my week or even my day.
I may cut back slightly the next meal....or the next day, but only mildly
I don't increase my workout (it is rather intense right now)
but I certainly won't allow myself a day off0 -
Granola has an undeserved reputation as "health food." @88olds
Yeah I just looked at nutrition label
1/4 cup= 7 gm Sugar, 2 gram Protein
No wonder I eat it like it's candy!1 -
Jimb376mfp wrote: »Yeah I just looked at nutrition label
1/4 cup= 7 gm Sugar, 2 gram Protein
No wonder I eat it like it's candy!
And isn't it amazing how little 1/4 cup is?
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beachwoman2006 wrote: »@Jimb376mfp Granola has an undeserved reputation as "health food."
@minimyzeme I've "given" myself extra WPA some weeks. I think the only way to be "off plan" is to quit tracking. Astounded by how many people respond to eating too many points by abandoning the journal.
Well, we all know that if we don't journal it, it doesn't count. Right?
@88olds & @beachwoman2006 , we just talked about this at our meeting tonight. There are a few in our group who know better, but somehow can't bring themselves (maybe, couldn't) to track if they went (way) over.
Mind over matter, or vice-versa?
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I've long recognized that tracking is easy and really not that bothersome. The degree to which I am willing to track has nothing to do with difficulty or inconvenience and everything to do with how receptive I am to 'making the better choice' intentionally. So, when my head is in the game, I don't really need to track, but when I need to track my head isn't really in the game.
Overall, I'd say the best approach [for me] when I go far afield from 'plan' is to give the episode some careful thought, determine what correctable actions may be available and implement them. Then move on.1
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