The last big push! (sounds like I’m having a baby, right?)

14Feb08

So I’ve been on Weight Watchers for more than a year and have lost 60 pounds to date. My goal is to lose another 21.4 pounds before my cruise to the Mexican Riviera in August. That gives me more than 6 months to reach this goal.

Since early December my weight loss has been very stagnant. I’m sure a good amount of that has to do with my eating, (Thanksgiving Christmas, trip to Paris for New Year’s, trying to get back into the swing of things post-holidays), but alot also has to do with my workouts and attitude about weight loss. I know that WW works, I’ve lost 60 pounds and couldn’t be happier, but it’s been difficult lately because I’ve gotten bored with my workouts, bored with what I’ve been eating and just an overall listlessness with the entire weight loss process. I know that healthy eating needs to be a lifetime change, and I understand that, it’s just difficult to rid myself of years of bad eating habits.

I’m very hard on myself when I fall short of my weight loss goals, and when I feel like I’ve failed myself I tend to really get deep with it and fall into a binge. Which makes me feel even WORSE about myself and bla bla bla the cycle goes on and on and on. I’ve decided that I need to ease up on myself… the point counting.. core foods… calorie counting… telling myself I CAN’T have something… it’s all just too much. I don’t want to give up on WW because I want to do this, but I need a minute. I need to ease up on myself and just RELAX. So that’s why I’ve started this blog.

The intent of this blog will be to help me stay accountable for what I do and eat for the next six months as I follow Weight Watchers and the New Rules of Lifting for Women program. After that, I’ll figure it out. But for now…

THE GOALS!

My goals in the next six months:
1. Lose 22 pounds (although I’ll settle for 15) before my cruise in August. My current weight: 166.4

2. Increase muscle mass - which is my reason for following the NROL4W program. I want to be lighter AND muscular for the summer, so I can look good in tank tops and swimsuits.

3. Begin running. I have no plans to run marathons or 5k’s or anything like that. I just have a basic goal to get to a point where I can job for 30 minutes straight.

4. Eating. My main goal has to do with my my eating. I need to train my brain to realize that this has to be a lifetime thing, so I have to find a way to eat that will work for me for the long term. I’ve had success with Weight Watchers and have lost 60 pounds, but I need a boost to get back into the right mindset. Plus I need to tweak the program a little to find what’s best for me, AND I need to get over that “don’t eat to lose weight” mentality. I HAVE to eat. I just have to get myself to eat the right things.

Although the New Rules program has specific calorie counting and macro-nutrient goals ( I had to look up macronutrients - it just means carbohydrates, fats and proteins) I can’t say that I have a desire to get that deep with food tracking. I’ve decided that I’ll make sure to drink my protein shakes on workout days, eat more protein, vegetables and fruits with each meal, and eat as many unprocessed foods as I can. so basically do what I’ve been taught to do on WW. Previously I had been planning meals ahead of time, cooking two to three meals on Sundays to being for lunch and for dinners. I’ve realized that although it is a good idea to plan ahead of time, right now I’m going to focus on keeping healthy foods on hand in my kitchen and taking it one day at a time.

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Tags: goals, macronutrients, new rules of lifting for women, weight loss, weight watchers