I see on social media a lot of people who’ve taken to task
the same chore…*ahem*…the same goal as I have.
To get healthy, I choose to say healthy because if I happen to lose
weight in the process then HEY! All the better right? After all, in order to remain healthy (and
trimmer) in the end, it’s a matter of
making life changing habits that stick. I think that’s why I didn’t gain all that
much weight back (thank GOD!) considering it’s the holidays and The Wonder One
has made his world famous fudge now on three separate occasions and well Aunt
Flow has come to town. Like I said
previously, who’s to say how much of that 15 pounds is actual weight from being
off plan for six months?
However, where do I go from here?
Before, when I was on my journey, I was on Weight Watchers, and I plan on staying on
Weight Watchers. I’ll tell you why. Because, it DOES work. Look at The Wonder One, he lost how much
weight? I’ve a lot more to lose then he
did, he’s a man with more muscle mass and he was cross training in three
sports. So it only stands to reason, he
hit his goal in no time flat. If it were
to be that I had the cardiovascular aptitude that he did to start with, rather than
start at ground zero (which sadly, I am) then, I believe I would’ve had a
better time of it early on. Admittedly,
I get frustrated easily. So, I guess
that’s where I need to just kick myself in the pants and suck it up.
What I tell others, I need to listen to myself, no? If I can be so forthright with my friends, I
need to be so with myself. I serve no
purpose to no one if I can’t be so blunt and honest with myself. So there ya have it folks, I just need to suck it the hell up. *sigh*
I will say that I am going to be following a more vegetarian
way of eating.
My goal?
By the end of 2013, I’d like to be
vegan.
I watched a documentary this
weekend past while sick in bed called
Vegucated.
If you’ve not seen it, I highly recommend
it.
Although, use discretion, it’s not
for the squeamish.
Just like before, I’ve not set limits or that anything to be
taboo. To do that is only setting
yourself up for failure in my personal opinion.
Once you do that, those taboo items become a singular focus with laser
precision and that’s all you can think about.
Instead they become the occasional goodie. For example…The Wonder One makes incredible the most fudge, I don’t eat it all that
often. But when I do, I don’t feel
guilty for it because of the fact that he doesn’t make it often and it’s a
special treat when he does. I will say
however, this year he made more than he usually does so we had more than we
usually do. As always, it’s just about
using your head and making smart decisions about what goes into your mouth.
Keeping track of what you eat is paramount. When you stop doing that, that’s when you
fall off track. That’s how it came to be
that I’ve been gone so long. I stopped
longing in to Weight Watchers and stopped keeping track of my points. If you’re in the business of losing weight,
you have to have to HAVE TO….I cannot stress this enough…you HAVE TO keep track
of what you eat. It’s like this…you didn’t
keep track of what you put into your mouth and look where it got you? If you don’t keep track of what you put into
your mouth, how do you expect to get it off?
I’m just sayin’…
So that’s where I’m going from here.
Where are YOU going? How do you plan on getting there? What are your goals and how do you plan on
achieving them?
