I wish I could say that, in the five months this blog’s been on hiatus, I’d kept up with the workout routine I’d been following, stuck with the diet I’d been on and was now rocking skinny jeans that really are skinny.
Fact is, I really did lose 38 pounds. Then I found them again. And that, in a nutshell, is why one doesn’t do mostly liquid diets: because the instant you start back on solid food, the pounds reappear, seemingly overnight.
Which is not to say that I’ve given up trying to lose weight. Quite the contrary, as a matter of fact: I’m working at it harder now than ever, only this time it doesn’t seem like work. See, this time I’m on Weight Watchers, and for the first time in my life I feel like I’m learning good eating habits. Most importantly (to my mind, at any rate), I’m not feeling constantly deprived. Unlike the Medifast diet I’d been on, I don’t have to fight my hunger urges and chew on my fingernails because I “can’t” have tempting foods. (I never did figure out the calorie count of fingernails.) In fact, if I want some potato chips I can have them… so long as I report the points and calculate it into my overall daily balance.
What a game-changer that is! No more feeling like ten potato chips just ruined my dieting efforts for the day — if not the entire week — and then going on a food binge because I’m angry with myself and tired of feeling deprived. Instead, I’ve been loading up on my fruits, veggies and scrambled egg whites throughout the day knowing that I want to save the majority of my Plus Points for our family dinner… and potato chips. Or a bowl of 94% fat-free popcorn. Or a glass of wine. In other words: this is a diet I can live with, and I love that!
Of course, now I wonder why I hadn’t tried Weight Watchers before. I think maybe it was because it just seemed so cliche. Also, I didn’t want to “do” meetings. But now that they’re doing an online only diet, I’m loving it! (Well, as much as anyone can love dieting, I guess.)
So now that I’m starting my third week of WW, it seems like a good time to reboot this blog. Hence the pretty new theme, and hence why I’m back to blogging here. As far as how often? Well, I plan to track my weekly progress and hope that by blogging here I’ll help myself stay accountable.
Now, to catch up:
WW Week #1: -3 pounds!
WW Week #1: -2.1 pounds!
I chose Sunday as my official weigh-in date to help myself stay on track over the weekend. So, if anyone’s reading this, I’ll see you Monday! In the meantime, here’s a great article on 9 surprising tips to break through a weight loss plateau. Considering the success of my first two weeks, and my past dieting history, I have a feeling I’m going to need those quite soon.