Play-doh's Journal

[griffin]

Sure, if you can lose 4 or 5 pounds every couple of months, by the end of a year that's a whole lot of weight! I doubt you even need to lose that much! Don't rush it, just stick to it.

[play-doh]

>>Don't rush it, just stick to it.<<

That's a good motto, Griffin!

Ten pounds, maybe fifteen, dropping off in a year would be great. For the past three years I watched the scale creep up to an uncomfortably high weight for me.

Right now I have my goal weight at 130 even though three years ago I weighed 125. I'm 5'6".

Funny thing is, I've seen women carry weights of 200 and look great, yet I look noticeable out of sorts and disproportionate when I'm at 145. I just look better being slightly on the thin side. Small bones maybe? I don't know.

[play-doh]

Friends are coming for dinner. I've made a wonderful SBD friendly and very hearty soup. I don't make it very often, but it is really delicious! I'll also prepare a salad, some veggie and olive appetizers, and for my guests I'll offer a fresh baked bread and then cookies and fruit for dessert.

Got it all worked out.

[play-doh]

I got on the scale today. 145. I'm not terribly happy with that, but onward!

The weird thing is that at the end of the first two weeks I got down to 143. Now I seem stuck at 145.

I started about five weeks ago at 148 and I've had some mild slips along the way.

I'll have NO mistakes this week and hope to be 144 next week!

[muffintop]

Hi Play-doh. Nice to meet you. I think that we have a lot in common. I, too, just hit my highest ever weight and ran screaming to SB. I've also avoided buying clothes lately and think that I need to get down to the thin side. I hope that all is going well for you. Good luck.

[play-doh]

Hi Muffintop. I'm so glad you said hello. I will check out your journal after I VENT MY DISCOURAGEMENT here. Sorry, didn't mean to yell in your ear.

Last night we had friends come for dinner. I had to find something to wear and it was so horrible I just wanted to crawl under my bed and stay there. Nothing fits. Not only that, I truly look awful. My face, my gut. Even my arms.

So, I wore the same nice clothes I've been wearing for the past couple of months and pushed myself not to dwell on it.

Then, for dinner, all I had were two small bowls of soup, all SBD friendly, and I had 3 strawberries and 6 blueberries for dessert. I was well sated and pleased with my will-power to stay away from the other goodies I served to my guests.

Then, this morning, the scale had the nerve to say 146.2!!!! Is that mean or what!

Okay, so the plan is to STAY AWAY from the scale. Even with the slip ups a week or so ago, I am undoubtedly eating better than I used to. There's no way I won't lose weight. Right?

Right.

Staying on the Beach and moving on...

[muffintop]

play-doh: my condolences on the weight gain. Perhaps you should give up weighing yourself for a few weeks? I'm thinking of using clothes rather than the scale to judge my progress, at least for a couple of weeks.
Don't forget to celebrate the sucess of staying on plan and eating healthfully. I managed to survive a buffet full of favourite foods and deserts this evening and am telling myself that that is more important than a smaller number on the scale.

[play-doh]

You are absolutely right, Muffintop. I need to stay away from the scale! I decided to take one more sneak peek this morning:146.6! Sheesh! What is that about?

NO MORE SCALE!!!

So, last night my daughter invited me to a Girl Scout spaghetti dinner and at first I panicked. But, of course, how could I say no to such a sweet invitation? I went to the dinner and managed to eat a small plate of raw veggies and two golf-ball sized turkey meatballs. Granted, I don't know what was in the meatballs, but considering all the desserts and other forbidden side dishes, I did well.

My whole day was perfect yesterday.

So, you can imagine the foul words I screamed when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw yet another gain. By mid-morning I was tempted to go to the kitchen and dive into the shortbread cookies that were leftover from the dinner party I served the other night.

But I didn't.

And here's why: If I do go for a big binge eat-fest right now, I will be THAT much farther from my weight-loss goal. It's as simple as that. True, the scale is telling me I'm not getting closer anyway, but my will-power muscles get a little stronger every time I resist eating foods I shouldn't.

[play-doh]

The BOTTOM line is this:

There's no point in caving in to a binge. It would just mean I have to start SBD all over again.

[muffintop]

Well done! I keep reminding myself that my real goal is healthy eating not weight loss. Therefore, going off plan is interfering with the goal, even if it has no major effect on when reach a given weight.

[play-doh]

The intellectual side of me agrees with you, Muffintop, healthy eating is the main goal. But the vain side of me says weight loss is the main goal.

I've been away for the past week but sticking as closely as possible to the SB plan. We went out to a fancy restaurant one evening and the dessert menu screamed at me throughout the meal.

I caved.

BUT listen to this: we split three desserts among five of us and even though I had three plates of cake parts in front of me, I only ate half of one of them! This was a huge breaking point for me. A couple months ago I would have gobbled up a whole dessert without thinking about it.

So, here's another new lesson I've learned. Even though my eating isn't completely SBD perfect, it is so SO much better. I'm THINKING about every morsel that passes through my lips.

I will lose weight. I will.

[muffintop]

You caught me! I might say that healthy eating is where it's at, but really, I want to get some lard off me and look better! I flipped out yesterday when I saw the sight of myself in a pair of light coloured shorts. The drawback of that lovely quick water weight loss is that it gives hope that such rapid loss will continue. I guess I'd better start practising what I'm preaching.

[play-doh]

143.2 and feeling good.

About 5 lost and another 13 to go.

[play-doh]

>>You caught me! I might say that healthy eating is where it's at, but really, I want to get some lard off me and look better! I flipped out yesterday when I saw the sight of myself in a pair of light coloured shorts.<<

Hi Muffintop. I hear you on the clothes issue. Oh my gosh. I hate, hate, hate shopping and I've basically been wearing the same three pairs of pants for the last year and a half. And shorts? Oh, no. I pray hard for a cold summer. I wonder how long I can keep doing that.

Vanity is cruel. I wish we didn't have to care about our looks.

[play-doh]

I walked a 5K with my daughter yesterday. It was a gorgeous day and I would have loved to have run, my daughter is not a runner. In fact, she's not even much of a walker. But I encouraged her to finish and she did. I have to admit, I didn't even feel like I'd gotten any exercise. But that's okay because the race was about her, not me.

There were tons of pastries and bagels for the participants but I just had a nice, cold bottle of water. Later, I did pull a sandwich apart and eat the insides and tossed the bread.

But last night I messed up. At a party, I had a small spoonful of potato salad with dinner and then I also had a brownie for dessert. DARNIT!

Oh, well. This morning I jumped right back on the SBD and ate eggs with Canadian bacon. I have left over roasted veggies to have for my lunch with a salad. I love having these yummies on hand. Such a relief especially when the temptation is high.

Onward!