My diet.
We're currently on again after a painful betrayal by my scale. My butt cheated on me with some oatmeal creme pies, so my diet and I got a mediator. We've been working through our issues, and have made good progress the last week and a half.
I haven't actually gained THAT much weight back after my Operation Wedding Weight journey from last fall. (Those of you that don't know, after D was born I joined Weight Watchers Online and lost over 40 pounds of chronic pudge that I've carried most of my adult life, not baby weight.) However, seeing those pounds creeping in on me is a scary thing. 8 pounds now can easily be 20 pounds in a few more months if I'm not careful. When I started getting pissed at the scale, I decided to DO something about it this time before it got out of hand, instead of just hoping that the weight would disappear. It seems like calorie counting is the easiest way for me to lose weight. I hate exercising more than I love food, so it's been the way to go. SparkPeople is a little more serious than Weight Watchers in that instead of blind "points" I have to keep track of calories, carbs, protein and fat. I've noticed that I'm always short on my protein for the day, so I need to make some changes to fix that next time I hit the grocery store. Also, it's free, so that appeals to my inner cheapskate.
My only problem with the whole process, if you can really call it a problem, is that I get a little overwhelmed and I over think everything that I eat. Instead of eating a normal breakfast and then tracking it, I obsess over what I'm going to eat and end up eating nothing for an hour while I decide what to have. While this tendancy is great to curb snacking, it makes eating my regular meals a pain. I try to have a plan of attack for the day and a set of go-to foods to eat so that I don't get stuck at mealtimes.
I've lost about 5 pounds so far. I think a good bit of it was just random water-weight and my starting weight was a bit pessimistic. Still, my numbers are dropping again so that makes me happy.
There weren't many "before" pics, but this was taken Spring, 2010.
This is my "after" pic!
I made my goal and wore my wedding dress on our 5 year anniversary: October 29, 2010.
On an annoying side-note, blogger isn't letting me comment on anyone's blog, including my own. I'm not ignoring anyone, just not computer literate enough to figure it out.
3 comments:
If only we could combine our habits. I can workout and you can control eating!
dude, i remember when you posted the pics of the wedding gown. i SO have to get my butt in gear. the pounds are creeping on me, too. especially since i'm home now. the difference in your face is awesome! i would like to get my face skinnier. and the rest of me.
i think i fixed the comment thing...
i've found it easier to keep the weight off when i'm at home. i think this is because my food choices are "unlimited" and i get stuck deciding what to have when i'm in diet mode. however, when i'm not in that frame of mind, i just grab whatever's handy.
also, losing weight in my face went hand in hand with losing weight in my boobs. so sad, but a worthy sacrifice, i guess. i definitely carry the weight differently now that i'm older. i weighed about the same as i did in my wedding, but when i tried on my dress last fall, it was too big. i guess it's all in my butt or something!
it was a hard journey, but easier than i anticipated. i made it a monumental "mt. everest" in my head when it was really more of a taxing nature hike, or something.
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